Author: Henry J. Sienkiewicz

Henry J. SienkiewiczHenry 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.

BAMCIS
From the Summer 2018 Issue

Tell it to the Marines: Leadership Principles and Network Security

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty | Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Former CIO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Tom Costello, Network & Systems Technician, XR Trading LLC

It’s after-hours on a Friday. You are talking a remote employee through installing a next-generation firewall. No traffic is passing through the network and now you’re stuck on the project until it’s

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From the Spring 2018 Issue

Cybersecurity Impacts of the EU GDPR

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty | Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Former CIO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Cybersecurity Considerations Around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Data breaches and cyber-attacks have become commonplace. Every organization, regardless of the type of business or size, is a target. Safeguarding data (and it

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From the Winter 2018 Issue

Closing the Gap: Supply Chain Risk Management

Author(s):

Christopher Jones, Senior IT Project Manager , CACI

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty | Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Former CIO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

The growing sophistication of Information Technology (IT) and the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to exacerbate vulnerabilities leading to cybersecurity risks. With the supply chain globalization and continued reliance on

From the Fall 2017 Issue

Legacy Modernization as a Cybersecurity Enabler

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty | Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Former CIO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Dependencies on information technology began logically enough. In a technology-driven and dependent marketplace, enterprises seek to leverage information technology to improve their market position. Industries adopted COBOL-based software and mainframe computers for

From the Spring 2017 Issue

INDEPENDENCE & OBJECTIVITY: Fundamental Best Practices for Cybersecurity Assessments

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Adjunct Faculty | Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Former CIO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Cyber professionals generally know one thing – the cyber environment is constantly shifting. New business requirements, end-user needs and technologies change. New devices and applications create or remove vulnerabilities on a daily