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The Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity Assessments and Technical Services team is beefing up its role in securing federal IT and critical infrastructure.

Here’s a sampling of what to expect in 2018, including how cybersecurity will evolve and how agencies will build on cloud migrations. 

The Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force are planning to incorporate mobile and wireless technology into more aspects of their operations. 

The recent discovery of classified data that was accessible on the public internet underscores the importance of cloud security technologies and protocols.

Expect to see movement on IT modernization, cybersecurity enhancements and data center optimization, with agencies laying groundwork for new networks.  

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and International Trade Commission expect agencies to modernize cybersecurity systems next year.

The final draft of the American Technology Council’s report heavily emphasizes a shift to cloud architecture and shared IT services. 

The law’s promise of working capital funds could help accelerate the migration to the cloud and legacy IT system updates.

In addition to mobile applications and integrations with Microsoft Cortana and Bing, children (and users of all ages) can track Santa’s location on Christmas Eve with Amazon’s Alexa.