Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty (Former CIO, DISA), is a seasoned cybersecurity strategist, educator, and author with over three decades of experience in the public and private sectors. He is on faculty at Georgetown and George Washington Universities where he teaches graduate courses in cybersecurity, information assurance, and applied intelligence. His research work focuses on trust architectures, cyber risk frameworks, artificial intelligence, and digital sovereignty.
Mr. Sienkiewicz previously served as the Chief Information Officer and Approval Authority (AO) for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and is a retired Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel.
These devices, all of these little devices. The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) devices into society’s fabric has been dramatic and rapid, revolutionizing industries and interactions.[1] Smart building management devices provide
While all companies with an online profile are at risk, nonprofit organizations face significant challenges. Not only are they increasingly targeted by cybercriminals due to their valuable donor data, storage of financial
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Infrastructure is everything you don’t think about. The roads you drive on. The rigs and refineries that turn fossil fuel into the gas that makes your car go. The electricity that power
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