Lieutenant Fredericksen, reported to the Coast Guard’s CYBER Command as Deputy of the Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch in July of 2020. His primary duties include leading a team of Subject Matter experts in providing cybersecurity support to Maritime Transportation System (MTS) operations through maintaining situational awareness of all MTS cyber incidents, fostering collaborative information sharing between federal and private sector stakeholders, and improving the overall cybersecurity posture of critical U.S. maritime information and network systems.
Prior to his current assignment, LT Fredericksen spent four years conducting IT project management and service delivery as a member of the Coast Guard’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center. LT Fredericksen is originally from Nashua, N.H. and graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Computer Analysis, and Florida Institute of Technology in 2020, with a Masters in Management/Information Systems.