2017 Federal Identity Forum & Homeland Security

Janice Kephart
Founder and CEO of Identity Strategy Partners
Identity Strategy Partners


Janice L. Kephart is a senior national security attorney, technology entrepreneur, and one of the foremost federal identity policy architects in the United States. As Border Counsel to the 9/11 Commission, she coined the phrase "terrorist travel" and authored the Commission's foundational findings that assuring people are who they say they are is a national security imperative — findings enacted into federal law as the biometric entry-exit mandate (IRTPA §7208), the REAL ID Act, and passport requirements for all travelers. She subsequently served in senior advisory and policy roles across DoD and DHS, including directing the Biometrics Interagency Working Group across 40+ federal programs spanning DoD, DHS, DOJ, DOS, ODNI, NCTC, and the White House NSC, and serving as principal author of the EO 14074 Section 13(e) Biometric Technology Assessment Report — the first White House-mandated government-wide biometric and identity intelligence policy assessment. Earlier in her career, she served as Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where she drafted the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act. She holds an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. Janice is Founder and CEO of Identity Strategy Partners (identitystrategy.com), an 8(a)-designated, TS facility-cleared federal identity advisory firm with contracts across DoD, DHS, DOS, and the IC, and ZipID, Inc. (zipidapp.com), the first-to-market biometric I-9 compliance platform combining biometric identity verification, AI-powered fraud detection, and an ID Forensic Fraud Intelligence Dashboard in a single employer workflow. She has delivered 19 congressional testimonies, made hundreds of appearances across CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, and BBC, and keynoted biometric and identity conferences worldwide.

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