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Look, until you can determine precisely what sort of work she was doing as an NIPC cybercrimes analyst, I don't think you should substitute the eulogizing of her colleagues to draw sketchy inferences.

I don't think I'll be able to make that precise determination. As the hometown paper story said, the nature of her work was classified, and she wouldn't talk about it.

But I do know, from a different story, that she was involved in a program for the FBI to give tips and warnings to private businesses. And I can guess what sorts of tips and warnings the FBI has been giving local businesses for the past two weeks.

she was involved in a program for the FBI to give tips and warnings to private businesses

In general terms, NIPC has no other mission than "to give tips and warnings to private businesses." That is their job.

Also, it seems that anyone working with NIPC would have clearance and be working on classified material. That also is their job.

From the NIPC web site:

"Located in the FBI's headquarters building in Washington, D.C., the NIPC brings together representatives from U.S. government agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector in a partnership to protect our nation's critical infrastructures."