From the Winter 2026 Issue

CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment vs. Certification Assessment: What’s the Difference—and Which Should You Choose?

Author(s):

Claudine Adams, President & CEO, ArCybr Inc.

Lauren Beward, Director of Business Development, ArCybr

As the Department of War (DoW) advances the rollout of CMMC 2.0, members of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are working to understand the various certification levels and requirements. For contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information … Read more

From the Fall 2025 Issue

Cyber Risk Mitigation in the Use of AI for Information Security

Author(s):

Claudia da Costa Bonard de Carvalho, Criminal Lawyer Specialist, Speaker, Lecturer, Founder of CCBS TECH, Cyber Influencer, Independent Advisor, CCBS TECH (Criminal Compliance Business School)

For decades, information security has been a constant arms race between defenders and attackers. Traditionally, the primary threats to businesses and governments included high-profile cybercrimes such as ransomware attacks, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaigns, and Advanced … Read more

From the Fall 2025 Issue

Governance Risk Management and Compliance Frameworks: Essential Foundations

Author(s):

Dr. Michael C. Redmond, PhD, MBA, ISO Certifications, CEO and Sr. Lead Implementer and Sr. Lead Auditor , Redmond Worldwide

Shadrack Oriaro, PhD (ABD), PhD Candidate, Researcher, Cloud & AI Security Lead, Robert Morris University

The New Era of AI Accountability Artificial intelligence has come with a speed that has never been seen before and is changing the landscape of businesses across all industries including the healthcare industry and the … Read more

From the Fall 2025 Issue

Establishing Trustworthiness: An Adaptive Governance Approach

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty, Former CIO, DISA, Georgetown and George Washington Universities

INTRODUCTION Modern cyber ecosystems increasingly resemble rhizomatic structures – non-hierarchical, lateral networks of interconnected nodes. With no clear center or periphery, this distributed topology promises resilience and agility. Rhizomatic structures complicate traditional notions of trust … Read more