Marine Corps’ Stormbreaker Project Rewrites Cyber Compliance Rules

Federal cybersecurity is moving beyond a traditional checklist approach, with IT leaders emphasizing continuous monitoring and faster deployment cycles. Marine Corps Community Services Chief Digital Business Officer David Raley told GovCIO Media & Research that one of the biggest compliance challenges is the reliance on legacy risk management processes, which can add significant time to development timelines.

In the face of evolving cyber threats, time is a critical asset. Raley joined CyberCast to explain how Operation Stormbreaker is reshaping cybersecurity compliance by enabling workloads to be deployed with continuous monitoring rather than one-time approvals. To keep pace with mission demands, he said, agencies must adopt more modern, agile timelines.

Raley also discussed how innovation and collaboration are key to modernizing legacy systems within existing cyber compliance frameworks. By shifting to systems that provide engineers with immediate feedback on vulnerabilities, programs like Operation Stormbreaker help build more resilient software while accelerating both delivery and compliance.