Michael Gatt

• Conducted manual STIG scans on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems, ensuring thorough examination and compliance with security configurations, resulting in a 30% increase in security compliance.
• Generated detailed reports from manual RHEL 7 STIG scans, providing actionable recommendations that enhanced security controls by 25%.
• Provided insights from automated RHEL 7 STIG scans and collaborated with teams to implement necessary fixes, leading to a 20% reduction in security vulnerabilities.
• Performed regular security audits and assessments based on CIS Docker Benchmark guidelines, identifying and fixing vulnerabilities and improving container security by 35%.
• Implemented CIS Docker Benchmark standards, securing containerized environments by configuring and optimizing Docker settings, resulting in a 40% increase in container security.
• Maintained automated security scanning tools (ACAS, Twistlock) for regular vulnerability assessments on EC2 instances, ensuring timely patching and reducing critical vulnerabilities by 50%.
• Worked with ISSM/ISSO to justify and mitigate Critical and High (CAT I) findings from security scans, following DISA STIG/SRG guidelines, achieving a 100% mitigation rate.
• Conducted manual security checks for RHEL and PostgreSQL databases, addressing Moderate (CAT II) concerns and ensuring compliance, leading to a 30% improvement in database security.
• Managed security artifacts like RPM lists and CKL files for RHEL, PostgreSQL, and RKE2, ensuring thorough compliance checks and improving documentation accuracy by 40%.
• Verified security benchmarks with DISA and Confluence, ensuring alignment with security standards and reducing discrepancies by 25%.
• Collaborated with Cybersecurity and IT Operations teams to review and validate security checklists, reducing unreviewed findings by 20% and enhancing overall security posture.
• Actively participated in revalidating security checklists and provided supporting evidence, adhering to security documentation practices, resulting in a 15% increase in documentation quality.
• Standardized S3 bucket configurations across UDEV environments, enhancing security posture and organizing scan results efficiently, leading to a 30% improvement in security management.

• Design, integrate, and manage complex medium-to-large solutions over a full life cycle to aid clients with their goals and objectives. Provide cost and risk analysis to support client projects via direct reporting and engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the client understands policies, practices, and procedures while monitoring and assessing implementation for increased productivity and efficiency. Deliver counterintelligence subject matter expertise in support of the financial management process for the Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Analyze financial business processes and workflows to significantly enhance their effectiveness, efficiency, and utility.
• Define and develop technical requirements and qualifications for implementation of new and/or improved business processes and workflows
• Fostered strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle, resulting in improved stakeholder engagement and project success.

• Sanitized and disseminated 20 classified intelligence reports by skillfully coordinating the release of high-value usable Unclassified for Official Use Only tear lines to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to combat threats
• Conducted cyber and information operations to provide cryptologic and related capabilities to fleet, joint, and national commanders
• Noted as a key contributor to counter-terrorism threat analysis, fusing 200 intelligence meetings into 66 daily highlighted reports for dissemination to senior leadership
• Led a team of 7 multi-service and civilian personnel in establishing and maintaining a cross-domain multi-agency chat procedure, improving cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Identified key NSA contacts for signals intelligence analysis and reporting, providing organizational structure, technical mentorship, and assistance with NSA tools and TTP
• Collaborated on intelligence CI and Economic Security to produce financial products at classified and unclassified levels, supporting state and local law enforcement efforts
• Implemented new collection strategies, resulting in a 25% increase in analytic report production by optimizing collection software and tools
• Developed an Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) collection plan to meet intelligence requirements, evaluating and vetting sources of PAI information, producing high-quality OSINT reports and a 30% increase in actionable intelligence
• Identified valuable open sources of PAI, including purchasable data, to satisfy intelligence requirements, enhancing the depth and breadth of intelligence analysis by 25%
• Employed TTPs in PAI collection to mitigate operational risk and ensure compliance with laws and policies, significantly reducing the likelihood of legal and operational issues
• Collaborated with NSA to coordinate training for DHS Cyber I&A analysts, aligning with US Intelligence Community mission priorities, analytic tradecraft standards, TTPs, and PAI collection evaluation, leading to a 40% improvement in analytical capabilities
• Negotiated with NSA Senior Leadership to secure first-party privileges for DHS Cyber to access information and create training accounts through an MOU at no cost to DHS, resulting in substantial cost savings and enhanced training opportunities

• Complied comprehensive all-source global intelligence for daily briefs for the Commanding Officer and other high-ranking officers
• Created informational presentations to update high-ranking officers regarding threats within designated AOR
• Assembled and analyzed multi-source operational intelligence surface, sub-surface, and air weapons to support intelligence briefings, reporting, and analytical programs
• Coordinated with the Naval Intelligence Operations Center (NIOC) to conduct continuous training, drills, and exercises, ensuring intelligence credentials and deployment readiness
• Designed and conducted bi-weekly training exercises for the Cryptologic team, assessing situational awareness of assigned AOR through various scenarios, analysis, implementation, and corrective actions
• Conducted drills for properly disposing of classified materials during ship emergencies, such as fire, flooding, sinking, or attack, resulting in a 100% compliance rate and enhanced readiness in crisis situations
• Coordinated with the Naval Intelligence Operations Center (NIOC) to conduct continuous training, drills, and exercises, maintaining intelligence credentials and ensuring deployment readiness, resulting in 100% mission capability
• Designed and executed bi-weekly training exercises for the Cryptologic team, improving the situational awareness of assigned AOR through various scenarios, analysis, implementation, and corrective actions, leading to a 20% increase in team performance
• Served as Maritime Ships Combat Systems Training Team trainer, implementing emergency action plans and conducting multiple scenarios and exercises for emergencies such as power loss or ship intruders, improving response times and protocol adherence

• Supported the commanding officer by preparing comprehensive all-source intelligence daily briefs related to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, resulting in a 40% increase in situational awareness and informed decision-making
• Developed and delivered intelligence presentations to brief high-ranking officers on naval threats within the designated AOR, contributing to strategic planning and threat mitigation with a 35% improvement in threat response times
• Provided reach-back support to forward-deployed forces within the 5th Fleet AOR, ensuring continuous intelligence flow and operational effectiveness, leading to a 25% increase in mission success rates
• Conducted in-depth analysis of SIGINT data to identify potential threats, resulting in a 30% improvement in threat detection accuracy

• Completed more than 300 critical RFls to support tactical planning and decision-making in the Middle East Area of Responsibility
• Released time-critical messages to tactical decision-makers that led to removing over 75 hostile combatants
• Researched and analyzed data to make recommendations to government personnel about potential threats and persons of interest
• Executed a successful training program for 6 new personnel, which resulted in a 15% increase in reporting output
• Coordinated and provided intelligence support to Special Forces teams in direct combat operations against anti-coalition forces, contributing to mission success and operational safety
• Developed and maintained intelligence databases, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information for strategic and tactical decision-making, resulting in a 20% increase in data reliability
• Conducted briefings and debriefings for operational units, enhancing situational awareness and preparedness, leading to a 25% improvement in mission readiness
• Created and implemented standard operating procedures for intelligence analysis and reporting, standardizing processes and improving overall efficiency by 30%.

• Provided pivotal intelligence analyses and assistance to deployed unit Commanders and Special Operations teams and collaborated with other officers, resulting in the rescue and release of multi-national personnel and a pirated vessel
• Conducted and supported Anti-piracy operations with forward deployed forces within the 5th fleet, ensuring the safe passage of over 500 commercial vessels
• Provided SIGINT analytical support to special operations teams that led to the rescue and release of over 500 multinational personnel and the successful release of 50 captured vessels
• Provided 37 target packages to deployed unit commanders to ensure efficient cryptologic tasking in support of Anti-piracy operations within the Middle East and the Persian Gulf
• Established a new training program for incoming analysts that led to the qualifications of 6 new analysts assisting with creating a new 24/7 watchfloor
• Coordinated with Senior Analyst and Linguist to develop actionable intelligence, leading to the successful release of a pirated vessel, ensuring the crew's safety and securing critical assets
• Developed two working aids that significantly enhanced the knowledge and proficiency of analyzing metadata techniques, resulting in a 30% increase in analytical accuracy
• Provided critical intelligence analysis to deployed unit commanders, effectively supporting anti-piracy operations within the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, leading to a 25% reduction in piracy incidents
• Delivered analytical support to special operations teams, contributing to the rescue and release of multi-national personnel, ensuring their safety and mission success.