- Computer Scientist, Software Security Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology1
Harold Booth is a computer scientist in the Software Security Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Booth is a co-author of NIST's Dioptra Test Platform, software for assessing the trustworthy characteristics of AI, and of its earlier documentation as the Securing AI Testbed. Booth is also the first-listed author of NIST's 2024 Secure Software Development Framework community profile for generative AI and dual-use foundation models.12
At a glance
- Current role
- Computer Scientist, Software Security Group
- Company
- NIST
- Sector
- Government lab or agency
- Work listed
- 2
- Sources cited
- 2
- Profile reviewed
Dioptra
Booth is listed first among the authors of the June 2021 Securing AI Testbed (Dioptra) documentation, which describes an experimentation testbed built at NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for evaluating attacks and defenses. Booth is also a named author of the Dioptra Test Platform software publication.1
The Dioptra repository describes the platform as supporting research tracking, evaluations and challenges, and red-teaming, with reproducible, traceable and extensible experiments composed from modular components, with a plugin system for extending functionality.2
Software security
Booth works in NIST's Software Security Group. In July 2024 Booth was the first-listed author of "Secure Software Development Practices for Generative AI and Dual-Use Foundation Models: An SSDF Community Profile".1
Work and contributions
Dioptra Open-source code
Second-listed author in the repository's citation for the Dioptra Test Platform and first author of the 2021 Securing AI Testbed (Dioptra) documentation.21
SSDF community profile for generative AI and dual-use foundation models Published research
First-listed author of a 2024 NIST document that adds AI-specific practices and tasks to the Secure Software Development Framework version 1.1.1
Timeline
- Published the Securing AI Testbed (Dioptra) documentation as first author.1
- Co-authored a NIST paper on a Bluetooth Low-Energy device for electronic encounter metrics.1
- Listed as an author of the Dioptra Test Platform software publication.2
- First-listed author of the SSDF community profile for generative AI and dual-use foundation models.1
Where they work
- NIST 3 people in the wiki
Related people
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- Arvind RamanAlso at NIST
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- Peter MattsonEvaluation and benchmarks · Safety and alignment
- Timnit GebruEvaluation and benchmarks · Safety and alignment
- Jack ClarkSafety and alignment · Evaluation and benchmarks
- Hamel HusainEvaluation and benchmarks · Developer tools
- Shawn LewisDeveloper tools · Evaluation and benchmarks
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References
2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 22, 2026 · data updated Oct 22, 2026