From the Fall 2025 Issue

Unified Linkage Models: Recontextualizing Cybersecurity

Author(s):

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

Unified Linkage Models

I. Introduction Cybersecurity frameworks have traditionally relied on a hierarchical approach to map assets, threats, and controls, mappings often done in a static, linear fashion.  While enormously useful and highly effective for baseline security posture, these models often fail to account for the dynamic and evolving relationships between system components. This is in part because … Read more