Announcing Defense Strategies Institute’s 11th Annual Identity Management Symposium – PR.com

National
Harbor,
MD,
February
08,
2025
–(PR.com)– For
the
2025
fiscal
year
budget,
the
Department
of
Defense
is
requesting
$14.5
billion
for
cyberspace
endeavors
including
over
$1.2
billion
for
identity
management
capabilities.
Within
this
larger
budget,
roughly
$977
million
is
being
allocated
towards
zero-trust
transitions
and
$300
million
for
ICAM
initiatives.

To
this
end,
DSI’s
11th
Annual
Identity
Management
Symposium
on
April
9-10
in
National
Harbor,
MD,
will
bring
together
senior
leaders
across
DoD,
DHS,
federal
government
and
industry
to
discuss
open
dialogue
on
the
latest
policy
and
technology
developments
impacting
the
identity
and
access
management
sector.
Attendees
will
have
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
speakers
as
they
explore
the
development
of
ICAM
capabilities
as
foundations
for
achieving
the
DOD’s
zero
trust
target
levels.

2025
Confirmed
Speaker
Include:
·
Leslie
Beavers,
SES,
Acting
Chief
Information
Officer,
DoD
·
Sam
Yousefzadeh,
SES,
Director,
Defense
Manpower
Data
Center,
DoD
·
Kevin
Mulvihill,
SES,
Acting
Principal
Deputy
Chief
Information
Officer,
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
·
Jack
Wilson,
PM
I2S,
PEO
C3N
·
Col
Bryan
A.
Eovito,
USMC,
Commanding
Officer,
Marine
Corps
Cyberspace
Operations
Group
·
LTC
Paul
Janker,
USA,
PM
Biometrics,
Terrestrial
Sensors,
PEO
IWE&S
·
Kenneth
Myers,
Principal
Identity
Architect,
Federal
Reserve
Board
·
Marisol
Cruz
Cain,
Director,
Information
Technology
and
Cyber
Security,
US
GAO
·
Craig
A.
Wilson,
ICAM
Director,
FEMA
·
David
Temoshok,
Senior
Advisor,
Information
Technology
Laboratory,
NIST
·
Dr.
Ronald
Martin,
Director,
ICAM
Lab,
Capitol
Technology
University

2025
Topics
of
Discussion
Include:

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
Maintaining
Information
and
Personnel
Security
for
Government,
Industry,
and
Academia

DSI
is
now
welcoming
Sponsors
and
Exhibitors
for
the
forum.
To
learn
more
please
contact
Amanda
Delgado
at
adelgado@dsigroup.org
or
201-940-6680.
Active
US
military
and
government
and
state
personnel
attend
complimentary.
Those
interested
in
participating
in
the
Identity
Management
Symposium
can
visit
Defense
Strategies
Institute’s
website
at
https://identitymanagement.dsigroup.org/.
Anyone
interested
in
learning
more
or
sending
questions
please
contact
Jessica
Joaquim
at
jjoaquim@dsigroup.org
or
(201)
824-0077.