May 5 | The Hotel UMD, College Park, Maryland

Agenda 2025

CMMC Day is Part of DIB Certification Week 2025:

DIB Certification Week Events Include:

Monday, May 5: Common Criteria Day, CMMC Day

Tuesday, May 6: CSfC Conference

Wednesday, May 7: DoDIN APL Day.

One-Day, Two-Day and Three-Day Discount Registration is available.

Achieve Certification!

These Optional Workshops Are Available After DIB Certification Week:
CSfC Trusted Integrator Training Workshop
3-Day Workshop presented by SecureXperts, Thu-Sat, May 8-10

CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) Workshop
4-Day Workshop presented by ecfirst, Thu-Fri, May 8-9 and Mon-Tue, May 12-13

Monday, May 5

CMMC Day

08:00-09:00 Registration

09:00–10:10 Plenary Keynote Session

Ballroom CDE

09:00 Welcome and Introduction (P00a) David Nathans, Board Member, SOCSoter

9:10 Government Keynote (P00b) TBA

9:40 Industry Keynote (P00c) Katie Arrington, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Exiger

10:10-10:50 Networking Break in Exhibits

10:50-12:50 Track Sessions

Salon C
Data Protection (M01)
Moderator: TBA

10:50 How to Identify and Designate Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (M01a) Leslie Weinstein, The Cyber Advisor


11:20 Finding Your Flow with CUI (M01b) Hayden Freese, CMMC Program Manager, Sentar


11:50 Understanding the Realities of Safeguarding Hardcopy Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (M01c) George Perezdiaz, Director of Advisory Services, Cuick Trac by Beryllium InfoSec; Jeff Baldwin, Founder & CEO, Space Coast Cyber


12:20 Zero Trust and CMMC: Selecting a Service Provider (M01d) David Bedard, CISA, CCA, CCP Manager of Information Security and Compliance, KTL Solutions


Salon D
Case Studies (D01)
Moderator: TBA

10:50 View from the Application Owner (D01a) James Novakoff, MSTM, CCP / Director and Senior Solution Architect for Public Sector, Salesforce


11:20 ICT = Specialized Assets = Pain in Your Assets (D01b) Carter Schoenberg, Vice President – Cybersecurity Solutions, SoundWay Consulting


11:50 Too Much, Too Little, and Just Right (D01c) Chris Silvers, Founder, CG Silvers Consulting; Kat Adams, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant and Trainer, Edwards Performance Solutions


12:20 Commonly Misunderstood CMMC Access Control Requirement Assumptions and Strategies to Address Them (D01d) Ozzie Saeed, Founder & CEO, IntelliGRC


Salon E
CMMC Policy & Standards (L01)
Moderator: TBA

10:50 Update on NIST SP 800-171 Series (L01a)


11:20 CMMC 2.0 and the False Claims Act: Keeping Your Company Out of Hot Water (L01b) Adam Bartolanzo, Principal, Miles & Stockbridge


11:50 From Plan to Action: Implementing Successful POA&Ms (L01c) John Nolan, VP of IT operations, ISI


12:20 Artifacts + Assessment Objectives = Secrets for a CMMC Assessment (L01d) Ali Pabrai, MSEE, CISSP (ISSAP, ISSMP), CMMC (Lead CCA, CCP, RP, RPA), HITRUST CCSFP, ecfirst


12:50–13:50 Lunch in Exhibit Area

13:50-15:20 Track Sessions

Salon C
CMMC Policy & Standards (L02)
Moderator: TBA

13:50 Decoding CMMC Assessment Readiness (L02a) Ali Pabrai, MSEE, CISSP (ISSAP, ISSMP), CMMC (Lead CCA, CCP, RP, RPA), HITRUST CCSFP, ecfirst


14:20 From Chaos to Compliance: Aligning CMMC and Zero Trust Architecture (L02b) Sieglinde Leahy, 0, Okta


14:50 Microsoft Cloud for CMMC Compliance (L02c) Prabhat Nigam, Global CTO, Golden Five


Salon D
CMMC Outlook (K02)
Moderator: TBA

13:50 Case Study: CMMC Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (K02a) Kyle Lai, President / Lead Assessor, KLC Consulting


14:20 Panel Discussion: Meet the Experts—Forecasting CMMC for 2025 and Beyond (K02b) Eric Crusius, Partner, Holland & Knight [60MIN]


15:20-15:50 Networking Break in Exhibits

Exhibits Close at 15:50

15:50-17:20 Track Sessions

Salon C
CMMC Policy & Standards (L03)
Moderator: TBA

15:50 Mastering the Art of Influencing Standards, Regulations, and Policy (L03a) Andrew Freund, Founder & CEO, Kraken Compliance


16:20 Configuring Intune for 800-171 Compliance (L03b) David Fraley, Chief Technology Officer, Secure IT Service Management


16:50 Leveraging RMF for CMMC Success: Strategy, Structure, and Solutions for Defense Vendors (L03c) Mike Brooks, Managing Director, SDVOSB Founder, CCA


Salon D
CMMC Outlook (K03)
Moderator: TBA

15:50 CMMC: Past, Present, and Future (K03a) Fernando Machado, Managing Principal/CISO, CyberSec Investments


16:20 Documentation Best Practices for CMMC Level 2: Hard-Earned Lessons from Over a Dozen Assessments (K03b) Noel Vestal, Chief Compliance Officer, PreVeil [60MIN]


Salon E
CMMC in Practice (E03)
Moderator: TBA

17:20 Adjourn