Nikki Henderson

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Staff Writer and Researcher at GovernmentCIO

Articles

Acting TMF Executive Director Eyes AI to Drive Efficiency

2 weeks ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

Acting TMF Executive Director Jessie Posilkin looks to AI to modernize government’s IT infrastructure and improve efficiency. The General Services Administration’s recently appointed Acting Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Executive Director Jessie Posilkin is exploring how AI can promote efficiency and revolutionize digital operations, she told GovCIO Media & Research in a recent interview.
Public-Private Partnerships Back Evolving Cybersecurity Frameworks

2 weeks ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson |Sarah Sybert

Federal agencies are developing joint efforts with government partners and industry to share new cybersecurity frameworks, tools and defense strategies to stay ahead of growing digital threats, cyber leaders explained at the 2025 CyberScape Summit in Bethesda, Maryland Thursday. NIST’s CSF 2.0 Leverages PartnershipsNIST launched its Cybersecurity Framework Version 2.0 in Feb. 2024.
Mark Green: ROTC-Like Program, Automation Can Impact Federal Cyber

3 weeks ago | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber |Nikki Henderson

Policies like the proposed Cyber PIVOTT Act could be critical boosts to federal cybersecurity challenges fraught with compliance burdens. A new bill proposes an ROTC-style scholarship program approach to hiring cybersecurity talent, a move among Rep. Mark Green’s cybersecurity policy priorities that include filling a workforce shortage, reducing compliance burdens and disincentivizing threat actors.
Trump Nominates Former DOE Cyber Official to Lead CISA

4 weeks ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

Sean Plankey, federal cyber leader during President Donald Trump’s first administration, has been tapped to lead CISA. President Donald Trump nominated Sean Plankey, a top cyber leader from Trump’s first administration, earlier this month to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). If confirmed, Plankey will succeed the agency’s former director Jen Easterly, who resigned from the position during the presidential transition in Jan. 2025.
Learning from the 'near-miss'

1 month ago | sailingscuttlebutt.com | Nikki Henderson

Published on March 21st, 2025by Nikki Henderson, Yachting World Back in December, I reminded myself what 'too close for comfort' feels like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I finished an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with around 5 litres of usable diesel left - barely a couple of hours run time for our 60hp Volvo. You could look at that and consider it an example of exceptional seamanship and precise fuel management - a perfect plan.
White House's Plan for Hiring Reform Signals Tech, AI Needs

1 month ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

Here is what President Donald Trump’s workforce hiring plan might mean for IT modernization at federal agencies. The White House’s call to reform the federal workforce hiring process calls on the Office of Personnel Management to integrate more technology into recruitment and continue increasing the talent pool based on people’s skills.
‘Does anything ever go completely to plan at sea?’ - Nikki Henderson

1 month ago | yachtingworld.com | Nikki Henderson

The best laid plans can come unstuck, but get away with it and there’s always a lesson to learn from a ‘near-miss’ Back in December I reminded myself what ‘too close for comfort’ feels like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I finished an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with around 5lt of usable diesel left – barely a couple of hours run time for our 60hp Volvo.
NIST's Latest Guidance Bolsters Identity Management

1 month ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) is building on its guidance for zero trust and identity, credential and access management (ICAM) to support federal government’s next stage of cybersecurity. Guide for Implementing a Zero Trust ArchitectureAt the end of last year, the agency publicly released the initial draft of the practice guide, Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture, for comment.
New DHS Secretary Sets Sights on Cybersecurity

2 months ago | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

Kristi Noem plans to utilize “cutting-edge” technologies to combat emerging cybersecurity threats and support the agency’s workforce. The newly confirmed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has targeted cybersecurity and workforce development as priority areas to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure and prepare for future challenges, building on her track record of advancing tech as South Dakota Governor.
Outgoing OPM CIO Reflects on Two-Year Cloud Sprint

Jan 22, 2025 | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson

Guy Cavallo reflects on his tenure at OPM, where he migrated legacy data centers to the cloud and advanced the agency’s tech workforce. Former Office of Personnel Management CIO Guy Cavallo migrated almost a hundred legacy, on-premise data centers to the cloud during a two-year sprint before announcing his retirement earlier this month. OPM was the third federal agency Cavallo led to the cloud, he told GovCIO Media & Research in a recent interview.