Yong Kim serves as Vice President of Cyber Strategy and Research and CSO Chief of Staff at VERISIGN, having previously held multiple roles including Senior Director and Director of Applied Security, also as CSO Chief of Staff. Yong is an active member of the Board of Directors for M3AAWG and the Fairfax Library Foundation. Prior experience includes Global Analyst Relations Manager at Cisco Systems and Marketing Director at the Institute for International Research. Yong Kim earned both a Master of Arts in Telecommunications and a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from George Mason University.