Kyle Haefner

Kyle Haefner, PhD, serves as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Colorado State University since August 2024. Kyle is a Principal Security Architect and Lead Architect at CableLabs, where responsibilities include contributions to the Open Connectivity Foundation Security Working Group and expertise in Public Key Infrastructure, Software Defined Networking, Network Security, IoT Security, and IoT Research since September 2018. Additionally, Kyle co-chairs the AI/ML Anti-Abuse Committee at the Messaging, Malware, Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, focusing on the intersection of AI/ML and anti-abuse initiatives since December 2023. Previous roles at the Open Connectivity Foundation included Chair of the Core Security Working Group and Chair of the Security Oversight Working Group from October 2019 to December 2023. Earlier career positions at Colorado State University involved IT Supervisor from January 2015 to September 2018 and Communications Systems Programmer from November 2005 to September 2014. Kyle earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Colorado State University, along with an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Wyoming.