Janice Kephart | Chief Executive Officer
Identity Strategy Partners
Janice Kephart is a national security changemaker, biometrics pioneer, and entrepreneur whose work has shaped global identity standards and border policy. As Counsel to the 9/11 Commission, her words in the Final Report—calling for systems to “assure a person is who they say they are”—helped redefine national security as border security. With 19 Congressional testimonies, she has been instrumental in linking identity assurance to the prevention of terrorist travel and fraud. Internationally respected for her work in biometrics, Kephart co-founded Identity Strategy Partners to modernize identity frameworks across government and industry. Today, she leads ZipID, an innovative platform revolutionizing employment compliance through real-time biometric I-9 authentication. From helping craft international border requirements to advancing federal identity strategy, Kephart’s lifelong commitment to protecting people through policy, technology, and law is clear. She builds where others hesitate—turning risk into resilience.
Learn more: zipidapp.com | LinkedIn | Wikipedia
Appearances:
Identity Week America - Day 1 @ 09:25
Keynote: The unseen shield: Professionalizing America's identity workforce for national security
This keynote address argues that a professionalized identity workforce is a critical and urgent necessity for U.S. national security. The speaker highlights that while identity is the foundation for countering every major threat—from border security and cyberattacks to insider threats and fraud—the thousands of government professionals performing this work lack unified standards, formal training, and a defined career path.
The address warns that without a formalized and interoperable identity workforce; the nation remains vulnerable to adversaries who exploit identity vulnerabilities with increasing sophistication. The proposed solution is to establish a professionalized corps of identity experts, modeled after cyber and intelligence career fields. This would involve creating a clear competency framework, a training and certification pipeline, and formal career tracks. The result would be a more resilient nation, capable of faster threat attribution, stronger fraud prevention, and enhanced public trust in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Identity Week America - Day 1 @ 13:20
Fighting fraud presentation
Identity Week America - Day 1 @ 15:45
Panel: From stadiums to statehouses: Analyzing commercial biometric implementation and impact
- Review biometric adoption for commercial purposes across different industries – is sports & entertainment leading the way?
- What can government branches learn from the experience gained through commercial implementation of biometric technologies?
- Discuss the benefits gained through biometric adoption in commercial environments.
- Review the human response to biometrics being deployed. What friction was faced during rollouts?
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