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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

  • April 9-10, 2025
  • 151 St. George, National Harbor, MD

Event Overview

DSI’s 11th Annual Identity Management Symposium will bring together DoD, DHS, the Federal Government and industry leaders to facilitate open dialogue on the latest policy and technology developments impacting the identity and access management sector. Ensuring the integrity of federal accounts and identity is imperative to national security efforts. Strengthened multifactor authentication processes, the adoption of a Zero Trust framework through ICAM foundations, and improved biometrics helps combat reusing stolen credentials and phishing scams, which remain the primary ways attackers access federal organizations to deploy ransomware and mine personal information.

Early Confirmed Speakers Include

  • Leslie Beavers, SES

    Acting Chief Information Officer, DoD

  • Sam Yousefzadeh, SES

    Director, Defense Manpower Data Center

  • Kevin Mulvihill, SES

    Acting Principal Deputy CIO, DoD

  • Brian Hermann, SES

    PEO Cyber, Defense Information Systems Agency

  • BG Eric J. Van Den Bosch, USA

    Deputy Commanding General, NETCOM

  • Dovarius Peoples, SES

    Deputy Chief Information Officer, GSA

  • Timothy A. Ferguson

    Acting Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services, FBI

  • Ross Ermel

    ADM Digital Services and Defense Chief Digital Officer, Department of National Defense, Canada

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TOPICS TO BE COVERED

  • Managing Internal Security and Threat Mitigation Through Integrated Security Architectures
  • Sourcing Identity Identification and Authentication Protections for DoD Personnel and Information
  • Emphasizing the Importance of ICAM for DoD IT Systems
  • Efficiently Providing Timely Criminal Justice and Identity Information in Support of National Security Efforts
  • Overseeing DoD ICAM Services to Ensure Secure Government Agency Information Access
  • Accelerating ICAM Interoperability Between Canada and the U.S.

In the 2025 fiscal year budget, the Department of Defense is seeking $14.5 billion for cyberspace endeavors. Within this larger cyberspace budget, roughly $977 million is being allocated towards zero-trust transitions and $300 million for ICAM initiatives making the total budget for identity management capabilities over $1.2 billion.  A baseline level of zero trust across the department is required by 2027, so efforts and funding have ramped up to try and achieve this goal. As technology evolves, the need to safeguard sensitive information and maintain the integrity of federal accounts becomes increasingly paramount. The U.S. federal government, entrusted with safeguarding national interests and critical data, relies on advanced systems to thwart potential threats, ensuring that only authorized personnel gain access to classified information. DSI’s 11th Annual Identity Management Symposium will address these initiatives and the importance of developments across the biometric, identity management, and zero trust sectors as they relate to national security.

Attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from, engage with, and ask questions of senior leaders across the identity management community about how the DOD is developing our national security. Speakers will detail how the adoption of multifactor authentication, the adoption of a Zero Trust framework through ICAM foundations, and improved biometrics further exemplify the commitment to combatting cyber threats, phishing scams, and credential misuse. This year’s panel will explore the development of ICAM capabilities as foundations for achieving the DOD’s zero trust target levels. Additionally, attendees will be able to listen in on international ICAM interoperability development discussions between Canadian and U.S. senior leaders.

The DSI team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Symposiums’ content and focus areas; we will assemble the most respected minds in identity management as well as key-policy makers across military and civilian offices.

Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the identity intelligence communities.

Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.

Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments, or ideas.

DSI’s symposium directly supports DoD & Federal Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their organization’s overall mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.

DSI’s symposium will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.

The symposium is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal Government employees and is considered an educational and training forum.

*Symposium is Closed to The Press/ No Recordings*

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

The 11th Annual Identity Management Symposium provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.

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