Matthew Scholl is the Deputy Chief of the Computer Security Division in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  His is responsibilities include the divisions Cybersecurity strategic direction and planning in IT research and development, program coordination with other US Federal Agencies, international engagements, Standards Development Organization (SDO) strategy and coordination and internal logistics and operations. 

In the Computer Security Division, focus areas include measures, metrics and programmatic guidance in information assurance and Cybersecurity, Cryptography, IT security test and validation, Federal Government Agency security programs, creation of reference materials and security primitives and components.