Kate Macri

Deputy Editor

Kate Macri is an experienced writer, marketer, and storyteller with a consistent track record of driving brand demand, awareness, engagement, and cross-team collaboration. Passionate about keeping our country safe and empowering the warfighter to complete their mission without an IT handicap while showing how IT can support them, optimize mission operations, and maintain information dominance and competitive advantage. Tenacious about research and details. Ambitious, hardworking, and heavily invested in understanding the Defense Department’s tech and IT pain points, brainstorming solutions with engineers, then weaving the story of how we can help.

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Chris Inglis Assumes Nation's First Top Cyber Post

The Senate unanimously confirmed John "Chris" Inglis as the first National Cyber Director last Thursday as major cyberattacks continue to pummel the nation’s critical infrastructure following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AI, Automation Improves ICE Call Center Efficiency

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies on a special call center — the Homeland Security Investigations Tip Line — for leads on human trafficking, terrorism, cybersecurity crimes and money laundering, but it faces operational challenges due to outdated IT infrastructure.

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CISA Highlights 5G Risks as Federal Agencies Pursue 5G Adoption

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is eager to transition to 5G infrastructure to improve mission delivery, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned against hasty 5G adoption citing 5G supply chain security concerns during an FCW Network Modernization event this week.

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Centralizing Cyber Ops Necessary as Cyberattacks Escalate

Cyber leaders say federal agencies should break down information silos, centralize their cyber operations, and use data to drive security decisions in order to barricade their networks against hackers.

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Supply Chain Risk, Data Interoperability are Major Goals at DHS

Zero trust, supply chain risk management, enhanced mobility and data interoperability are the top IT goals for the Department of Homeland Security its components in 2021, according to comments from DHS chief technology officers at the AFCEA Bethesda Law Enforcement and Public Safety (LEAPS) Technology Forum last week.

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Zero Trust, IT Supply Chain Security are Cybersecurity's Next Big Buzzwords

Federal cyber leaders are drilling down on IT supply chain security, signaling a major new trend in federal cybersecurity following the December 2020 SolarWinds hack.

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Data Initiatives at DHS Helped Deliver Vaccines to Frontline Workers

The Department of Homeland Security is prioritizing artificial intelligence, machine learning and data sharing to support data analytics for mission delivery — an effort that enabled the department to roll out COVID-19 vaccines rapidly to frontline workers earlier this year.

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- DevSecOps
How to Keep DevSecOps Teams Motivated

Agile requires longstanding culture shifts and decisions rooted in data.

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- Data
Interoperability a Major Goal in Data Strategies

The Department of Veterans Affairs describes data as a "superpower" unlocked by thoughtful data governance.

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- Cybersecurity
- Zero Trust
More Zero Trust, Information-Sharing to Come Amid Colonial Pipeline, SolarWinds Incidents

As cyber crime explodes, cyber experts and federal cyber leaders insist on systemic change.

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- Cybersecurity
- DevSecOps
SolarWinds Opened the Door for Cybersecurity Culture Overhaul at DHS

DHS and CISA want to lead the federal register and private industry by example.

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- Artificial Intelligence
NASA Focused on Cultural Transformation to Launch AIOps

Data readiness and cultural change are key to a successful AI program.

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