Federal System Owner in the Age of Continuous Authorization
From the Summer 2026 Issue

The Federal System Owner in the Age of Continuous Authorization

Author(s):

Bobbie Stempfley, Vice President, Dell Technologies, Former CIO Defense Information Systems Agency, Dell Technologies

Dr. Ray A. Letteer, DSc, Former Director, Operations Risk Assessment, Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer Former CISO/Authorizing Official (AO), United States Marine Corps

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

Introduction: When Ownership No Longer Means Control Federal system ownership is undergoing a quiet but consequential transformation (National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], 2018; Office of Management and Budget [OMB], 2016). For decades, system … 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