Join the Excitement of IMPACT '25!
The security community comes together at NSI IMPACT to ignite & foster the kind of impact-mindset that produces pride of work, increases business value, protects U.S. competitive advantage, and strengthens our national security.
Earn Yourself An Impact Reputation
Be seen as a collaborative partner who's serious about security – but also knows how to find solutions for each of your stakeholders.
Gain a reputation as a knowledgeable resource who can put compliance risk and security risk into business context for decision-makers. Become known for your ability to continuously find ways to optimize programs for effectiveness and efficiency.
"NSI IMPACT is the perfect security forum for security professionals. It does not matter if you’re industry or government, junior, mid-level or C suite. Their speakers are always first-class presenters."
Lucas Bosch, Director of Security, TTM Technologies
The Unique
Impact Mission
Invited speakers, sponsors and attendees of NSI IMPACT are on a mission to ignite & foster the kind of impact-mindset among security professionals that produces pride of work, creates business value, strengthens U.S. competitive advantage and protects our national security. Why shouldn't you join in too?
The Unique Impact Mission
Invited speakers, sponsors and attendees of NSI IMPACT are on a mission to ignite & foster the kind of impact-mindset among security professionals that produces pride of work, creates business value, strengthens U.S. competitive advantage and protects our national security.
Why shouldn't you be a part of it too?
"NSI IMPACT is the perfect security forum for security professionals. It does not matter if you’re industry or government, junior, mid-level or C suite. Their speakers are always first-class presenters."
Lucas Bosch, Director of Security, TTM Technologies
Should You Attend?
Over 95% of Past Attendees Say Yes, You Should.
Industry and government security professionals who join in on the excitement April 14-16 will engage with experienced leaders, top officials, impressive experts and accomplished colleagues.
These leaders make time for you at NSI IMPACT because they support the mission and are personally invested in your success.
Take Advantage of an Early
Opportunity to Engage with DCSA
Stay Audit-Ready and Fully Prepared for the Compliance Challenges of 2025.
Yes, this unique event is all about going beyond a typical "check-the-box" mentality, but the job starts with foundational compliance. At IMPACT you'll get the assistance and information you need, plus you'll learn how to develop a more partner-oriented relationship with DCSA.
"Impact never disappoints and keeps me coming back every year. Best security conference around."
Kari Nacy, Vice President, IEA
2025 NISPOM Compliance
Stay Audit-Ready and Prepared for the Compliance Challenges of 2025.
Prepare for Expanded DCSA Audits
Get detailed guidance and insider advice for maintaining continuous audit readiness as DCSA audits grow in scope and depth. Join sessions that highlight key issues, with insights into DCSA's near and longterm priorities, greater visibility into ongoing initiatives that impact your work, practical guidance to avoid common compliance pitfalls, and learn where to go for help.
Continuous Vetting & Investigations
Learn how to implement and manage continuous vetting processes that align with new DCSA standards. Gain practical guidance on balancing privacy and compliance, real-time monitoring, and knowing when to escalate issues—all critical to ensuring your personnel security meets evolving requirements.
Security Education, Training, Awareness
Build a more effective security awareness program that resonates with both cleared and uncleared employees. Learn proven strategies for increasing engagement, keeping content relevant, and ensuring your training meets requirements—creating a culture of security within your organization.
Personnel & Facility Clearances
Get strategies to navigate the ongoing challenges around clearance reciprocity. Learn how to mitigate delays that impact staffing and project timelines, communicate effectively with employees and clients, and explore advocacy tips to expedite the clearance process.
CUI Compliance Challenges
Clear up the confusion around CUI handling, marking, and transmission. Attend sessions that break down the latest guidelines and offer actionable steps for managing CUI alongside classified information—helping you reduce compliance risks and ensure consistency.
Program Alignment with CMMC
Gain practical guidance on integrating CMMC standards into your security operations. Discover actionable steps for meeting cybersecurity maturity requirements, collaborating with IT, and building a compliance-ready framework that aligns with both CMMC and NISPOM.
Insider Threat Compliance
Strengthen your insider threat program with specific operational improvements that will move the needle. Arm yourself with facts about the risks posed so you can make your case. Build cross-departmental strategies that engage HR and IT to support your ability to meet NISPOM requirements.
Should You Attend?
Over 95% of Past
Attendees Say "Yes!"
Defense industry and government security professionals who join us April 14-16 will engage with experienced leaders, top officials, accomplished colleagues and impressive experts who make time for NSI IMPACT because they are personally invested your success.
Take Advantage of an Early Opportunity to Engage with DCSA
Stay Audit-Ready and
Fully Prepared for 2025 Compliance Challenges
Yes, our unique event is about going beyond a "check-the-box" mentality, but the job does start with compliance.
At IMPACT you'll get the assistance and information you need, plus you'll learn how to develop a more partner-oriented relationship with DCSA.
In 2024 newly appointed DCSA Director David Cattler gave one of his first addresses to the IMPACT audience, sharing his vision for the future. We also engaged with Assistant Director Matt Redding on the priorities of the industrial security program, and heard from Assistant Director Andrew Lochli, who shared the latest research into tactics used by foreign intelligence entities (FIE).
The DCSA also participated in panel discussions and audience Q&A regarding clearances, continuous vetting, technology rollouts and other important issues.
One of the many highlights was our IMPACT Panel of veteran ISRs speaking candidly about how facilities can get a better review. A lot of great questions from the audience for that one!
"Impact never disappoints and keeps me coming back every year. Best security conference around."
Kari Nacy, Vice President, IEA
Prepare for Expanded Audits
& Digital Transformation
Receive detailed guidance and insider advice for maintaining continuous audit readiness as DCSA audits grow in scope and depth. Join sessions that highlight key issues, with insights into DCSA's near and longterm priorities, greater visibility into ongoing initiatives that impact your work, practical guidance to avoid common compliance pitfalls, and learn where to go for help.
Continuous Vetting
and Investigations
Learn how to implement and manage continuous vetting processes that align with new DCSA standards. Gain practical guidance on balancing privacy and compliance, real-time monitoring, and knowing when to escalate issues—all critical to ensuring your personnel security meets evolving requirements.
Security Education,
Training, Awareness
Build a more effective security awareness program that resonates with both cleared and uncleared employees. Learn proven strategies for increasing engagement, keeping content relevant, and ensuring your training meets requirements—creating a culture of security within your organization.
Personnel and Facility Clearances
Get strategies to navigate the ongoing challenges around clearance reciprocity. Learn how to mitigate delays that impact staffing and project timelines, communicate effectively with employees and clients, and explore advocacy tips to expedite the clearance process.
CUI Compliance
Challenges
Clear up the confusion around CUI handling, marking, and transmission. Attend sessions that break down the latest guidelines and offer actionable steps for managing CUI alongside classified information—helping you reduce compliance risks and ensure consistency.
Program Alignment
with CMMC
Gain practical guidance on integrating CMMC standards into your security operations. Discover actionable steps for meeting cybersecurity maturity requirements, collaborating with IT, and building a compliance-ready framework that aligns with both CMMC and NISPOM.
Insider Threat
Compliance
Strengthen your insider threat program with specific operational improvements that will move the needle. Arm yourself with facts about the risks posed so you can make your case. Build cross-departmental strategies that engage HR and IT to support your ability to meet NISPOM requirements.
Grow Your Understanding of Evolving Threats & Emerging Vulnerabilities
Better Understand Why a Program Like Yours is Vital
Learn How to Share that Context with Others
At IMPACT you'll get an insider's look into the national security threats that make a program like yours necessary. You'll be armed with information and context that you can share with leadership and the people in your program.
Our 2024 keynoter, former Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, gave the IMPACT audience a sobering assessment of our adversarial relationship with China. We also heard a joint presentation from the FBI and RAND Corp on the latest tactics spies are using when they approach people who work for defense contractors. Dr. Shayla Treadwell, ESC, shed light on the emerging threat of generative AI to the protection of classified and proprietary information. The increasing threat of cyberattacks on classified networks was illuminated by Tanya Simms of the NSA. And we heard from John Dixson, Director, Office of Undersecretary of Defense regarding trends in U.S. counterintelligence, among other threat related briefings.
"NSI IMPACT has the ability to combine networking and education in a fantastic way that makes you want to come back year after year. The connections I have made at IMPACT have helped me in tough times in my career."
Kathleen McCormack, AFSO, Fibertek, Inc.
New to IMPACT?
Training Hours
IMPACT Attendees receive 20 hours of education, training, and professional development over three days of engaging and interactive sessions at the beautiful Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, VA.
Presenters
Invited presenters are accomplished experts and top officials from inside industry and government. They make time for IMPACT because they are personally invested in your success.
Audience
Attendees hold security responsibilities at defense industry contractors, inside the federal government, U.S. military, and at contractors for other federal agencies.
Program
Unique blend of how-to instruction, threat briefings, NISPOM compliance support, real-world professional development, best practice in security program optimization.
Achieve Important
Goals & Objectives
Learn from Successful Colleagues – Then Go
Make Your Own Success.
Personal Job Satisfaction
Attend IMPACT to up-level your he professional growth and acquire the know-how that leads to more wins, less stress, a smoother operation, less miscommunication, and greater cooperation from your colleagues. – That's something that feels pretty good day-to-day!
Quality Engagement
with Your Stakeholders
Attend IMPACT to find out how to break down communication barriers by better understanding what motivates your stakeholders to cooperate, collaborate and participate. Learn to translate security into the language of every one of your stakeholder groups.
Recognition for Being
Aligned with Business Goals
Attend IMPACT to learn what you should (and should not!) do to show cross-functional colleagues that although you take security seriously, you also understand and support their objectives. Show them you know how to find solutions that work for everyone.
Achievable Progress Towards Program Optimization
Attend IMPACT and take back specific, practical recommendations from accomplished practitioners. Return to work with a list of do-able action items that will make your job easier, your process more efficient and your program more effective.
Grow Your Understanding of
Evolving Threats & Emerging Vulnerabilities
Learn More About Why Your Program Is So Vital to National Security – Share That Context With Others.
At IMPACT you'll get an insider's look into the national security threats that make a program like yours necessary. You'll be armed with information and context that you can share with leadership and the people in your program.
"NSI IMPACT has the ability to combine networking and education in a fantastic way that makes you want to come back year after year. The connections I have made at IMPACT have helped me in tough times in my career."
Kathleen McCormack, AFSO, Fibertek, Inc.
New to IMPACT?
Here's Some Key Information.
Training Hours
IMPACT Attendees receive 20-hours of education, training, and professional development over three days of engaging and interactive sessions at the beautiful Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, VA.
Presenters
Invited presenters are accomplished experts and top officials from inside industry and government. They make time for IMPACT because they are personally invested in your success.
Audience
Attendees hold security responsibilities at defense industry contractors, inside the federal government, U.S. military, and at contractors for other federal agencies.
program
Unique blend of how-to instruction, threat briefings, NISPOM compliance support, real-world professional development, best practice in security program optimization.
"NSI IMPACT allows you to gain valuable insight into best practices and network with professional colleagues from industry and government. The presentations by the various SME's are excellent, providing the knowledge necessary to enhance your professional career and the safety and security of our nation's critical assets and information."
Rick Secondo, Security Operations Manager, MITRE
"NSI IMPACT allows you to gain valuable insight into best practices and network with professional colleagues from industry and government. The presentations by the various SME's are excellent, providing the knowledge necessary to enhance your professional career and the safety and security of our nation's critical assets and information."
Rick Secondo, Security Operations Manager, MITRE
Level-Up Your Professional Know-How
& Personal Effectiveness Skills
Achieve Important Goals & Objectives in 2025.
Job Satisfaction
Professional growth and the development of new skills leads to more wins, less stress, smooth operation and greater cooperation from colleagues – something that feels pretty good day-to-day!
Engagement
Show your cross-functional colleagues that although you take security seriously, you also understand and support their objectives. Show them you know how to find sensible solutions that work for everyone.
Business alignment
Earn a reputation as a persuasive, knowledgeable and collaborative team player who understands how to communicate effectively with all your stakeholders. Learn to translate security into the language of every one of your stakeholder groups.
program efficiency
Take away specific and practical know-how from accomplished practitioners. Return to work with a list of do-able action items that will make your job easier, your process more efficient and your program more effective.
Learn from accomplished leaders who've been in your shoes
Optimize Your Security Program for Efficiency and Effectiveness
Borrow the Best Ideas and Practices of Colleagues
Return with Achievable Recommendations
One important measure of a worthwhile event is the list of specific recommendations you can take back with you and actually implement right away. At IMPACT you benefit from accomplished security practitioners who know your job and want to share what's worked for them.
In 2024 former NCMS president Cathy Kaohi and seasoned experts Tricia Brokenik, General Dynamics, and Richard Ray, Eutelsat, shared real stories of using the gray area of NISPOM to their advantage. We learned from LaToya Coleman, ManTech, simple ways to start using metrics to gain executive support. The IMPACT audience also took away from Roz Wesley, MIT Lincoln Labs, many specific ideas to improve the employee security awareness program. We also gained great insights into practical steps for making progress on the insider threat program, even in smaller organizations, from pioneer Doug Thomas, formerly of Lockheed Martin and now with JPMorgan Chase.
Optimize Your Security Program
for Efficiency and Effectiveness
Return to Work with Specific, Achievable Recommendations from Accomplished Experts
One important measure of a worthwhile event is the list of specific recommendations you can take back with you and actually implement right away. At IMPACT you benefit from accomplished security practitioners who know your job and want to share what's worked for them.
"I have attended the IMPACT event several times. It is a main event for me and my continuing education in keeping up with what’s new in security! The networking is amazing. The presenters are well-chosen members of their respective fields of business and are obviously experts. Learning what is new, what is on the horizon and getting the updated resources available to make me (and you!) a better security professional is crucial in this ever-changing business. Every time I attend, I am amazed at what I walk away with – what I learned that I didn’t know I didn’t know."
Roselita Berta, FSO, Axiologic Solutions, LLC
"I have attended the IMPACT event several times. It is a main event for me and my continuing education in keeping up with what’s new in security! The networking is amazing. The presenters are well-chosen members of their respective fields of business and are obviously experts. Learning what is new, what is on the horizon and getting the updated resources available to make me (and you!) a better security professional is crucial in this ever-changing business. Every time I attend, I am amazed at what I walk away with – what I learned that I didn’t know I didn’t know."
Roselita Berta, FSO, Axiologic Solutions, LLC
Speakers Invited to IMPACT Bring You a Wide Range of Perspectives
Industry • Federal Agencies • DCSA • Academia • Military • Senior Officials • Executives • Expert Security Practitioners • Accomplished Colleagues & Peers • Knowledgeable Researchers • Respected Consultants
2025 NISPOM Compliance
Stay Audit-Ready, Prepared for the Compliance Challenges of 2025.
Prepare for Expanded DCSA Audits
Get detailed guidance and insider advice for maintaining continuous audit readiness as DCSA audits grow in scope and depth. Join sessions that highlight key issues, with insights into DCSA's near and longterm priorities, greater visibility into ongoing initiatives that impact your work, practical guidance to avoid common compliance pitfalls, and learn where to go for help.
Continuous Vetting & Investigations
Learn how to implement and manage continuous vetting processes that align with new DCSA standards. Gain practical guidance on balancing privacy and compliance, real-time monitoring, and knowing when to escalate issues—all critical to ensuring your personnel security meets evolving requirements.
Security Education, Training, Awareness
Build a more effective security awareness program that resonates with both cleared and uncleared employees. Learn proven strategies for increasing engagement, keeping content relevant, and ensuring your training meets requirements—creating a culture of security within your organization.
Personnel & Facility Clearances
Get strategies to navigate the ongoing challenges around clearance reciprocity. Learn how to mitigate delays that impact staffing and project timelines, communicate effectively with employees and clients, and explore advocacy tips to expedite the clearance process.
CUI Compliance Challenges
Clear up the confusion around CUI handling, marking, and transmission. Attend sessions that break down the latest guidelines and offer actionable steps for managing CUI alongside classified information—helping you reduce compliance risks and ensure consistency.
Program Alignment with CMMC
Gain practical guidance on integrating CMMC standards into your security operations. Discover actionable steps for meeting cybersecurity maturity requirements, collaborating with IT, and building a compliance-ready framework that aligns with both CMMC and NISPOM.
Insider Threat Compliance
Strengthen your insider threat program with specific operational improvements that will move the needle. Arm yourself with facts about the risks posed so you can make your case. Build cross-departmental strategies that engage HR and IT to support your ability to meet NISPOM requirements.
Develop Your Stakeholder Skills for Greater Job Satisfaction & Influence
Get the Keys to a Satisfying Work Experience
Gain More Influence with Colleagues and DCSA
In a security role, the key to satisfying work and professional success is knowing how to work well with your stakeholders, top to bottom, internal and external. At IMPACT you'll get straight talk from experienced leaders who've come to share concrete advice and sage guidance that will make you more effective and persuasive with your stakeholders.
In 2024 the IMPACT audience received a ton of valuable advice from Michelle Lambiasi, SAIC, Mike Londregan, Peraton, Heather Sims, General Dynamics, and Leonard Moss, Johns Hopkins. We also got straight talk from Curtis Chappell, Thales, on how to make your CMMC partnership with the IT dept. really work. The CEO of Peraton, Stu Shea, explained how security folks can gain the trust of business leaders and develop strong relationships. Jim Kennedy, Boeing, shared from his own career experience the specific steps he took to steadily and successfully change security culture.
Improve Your Stakeholder Skills for
Greater Job Satisfaction and Influence
Get the Keys to Satisfying Work and a More
Partner-Oriented Relationship with Stakeholders
In a security role, the key to satisfying work and professional success is knowing how to work well with your stakeholders, top to bottom, internal and external. At IMPACT you'll get straight talk from experienced leaders who've come to share concrete advice and sage guidance that will make you more effective and persuasive with your stakeholders.
“NSI IMPACT met all my needs. Several speakers provided eye opening information. I’m looking forward to attending again next year.”
Jeffrey Jones, Sr. Systems Engineer, Collins Aerospace
“NSI IMPACT met all my needs. Several speakers provided eye opening information. I’m looking forward to attending again next year.”
Jeffrey Jones, Sr. Systems Engineer, Collins Aerospace
The Speakers Invited to IMPACT Are Invested in You
They Make Time for IMPACT Because They Want to See You Succeed
“The speakers were excellent and really conveyed their knowledge effectively. Great topics with just the right amount of time for each. Can’t wait till next year!” – Kelly Batchelder-Long, FBI
“The speakers were excellent and really conveyed their knowledge effectively.
Great topics with just the right amount of time for each. Can’t wait till next year!”
Kelly Batchelder-Long, FBI
IMPACT Speakers are
Invested in You
They Make Time for IMPACT Because They Want to
See You Succeed
Earn an Impact Reputation
Change Their Perception of the Security Function
& Your Role on the Team
Be Recognized as a
Proactive Business Partner
Attend IMPACT to be known as someone who has the answers or can get them fast. Impress colleagues and leadership with steady improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.
Be Known as a
Collaborative Team Player
Attend IMPACT to earn a reputation as collaborative team player who's serious about security, but knows how to find pragmatic solutions that work for your stakeholders.
Be Seen as a Knowledgeable and Trusted Advisor
Attend IMPACT to be seen as someone who helps leaders make sober, informed business decisions about risk. Learn to put security threats into proper business context, and help colleagues understand the tactics spies and hackers use to exploit vulnerabilities.
Earn Yourself an Impressive Reputation
Change Their Perception of Security & Your Role On The Team
Be Known as a
Collaborative Team Player
Earn a reputation for being a collaborative team player who’s serious about security, but knows how to find pragmatic solutions that work for your stakeholders.
Be Recognized as a
Proactive Partner
Be known as someone who has the answers or knows how to get them fast. Impress colleagues and leadership with steady improvements in process efficiency and program effectiveness.
Be Seen as a Trusted and Knowledgeable Advisor
Be seen as someone who soberly helps leaders make informed business decisions about risk, knows how to put security threats into proper business context, and helps people understand the tactics being used to exploit vulnerabilities.
NSI
IMPACT '25
April 14-16
Westfields Marriott
Chantilly, VA
Join IMPACT '25 to go beyond mere compliance and reach for excellence.
"You won’t get this level of expertise and excellent speakers anywhere else!"
Kimberly Kindle, FSO & Technology Control Officer, Westinghouse Government Services LLC
"You won’t get this level of expertise and excellent speakers anywhere else!"
Kimberly Kindle, FSO & Technology Control Officer, Westinghouse Government Services LLC
IMPACT Speakers Bring a Wide Range of Perspectives
Industry • Federal Agencies • DCSA • Academia • Military • Senior Officials • Executives • Expert Security Practitioners • Accomplished Colleagues & Peers • Knowledgeable Researchers • Respected Consultants
What You Can Expect
From IMPACT '25
Get Audit-Ready, Fully Prepared for 2025 NISPOM Compliance
Stay audit-ready, aware of changing requirements, and up to date on evolving processes and critical system developments. Hear directly from top DCSA officials, engage in person with the people who can answer your questions and get you the assistance you need. Get the connections that will allow you to develop a more partner-oriented relationship with DCSA, making you more solution-oriented and more valuable to your business leaders and cross-functional colleagues.
Understand Threats and Learn to Put Them into Context
Participate in threat briefings with top security experts from government and industry. Develop a greater understanding of evolving threats to classified information, competitive business advantage and U.S. national security. Hear the cases, examples and expert insights that will allow you to put your security program in context for business leaders and colleagues. Return to work better able to articulate what makes a program like yours so vital to business success and national security.
Improve Your Stakeholder Management Skills
In a security role, the key to satisfying work and professional success is knowing how to work well with your stakeholders, top to bottom, internal and external. At IMPACT you'll get straight talk from experienced leaders within industry and government. They come to share concrete advice and sage guidance that will make you more effective and persuasive with your stakeholders. Earn a reputation for taking security seriously, but also knowing how to find solutions that work for your stakeholders.
Return to Work "Do-Able" Recommendations to Implement
Borrow the know-how of accomplished security practitioners and take away specific, do-able action items that you can implement right away. Make your job easier, your processes more efficient and your program more effective when you return to work with a list of specific recommendations that have worked for your colleagues and - maybe even more important – insight into the mistakes that they've learned from so you don't have to.
“After 30+ years as a security professional in both industry and government, I attended my first IMPACT in 2023. As with many conferences external to federal government entities, the subject matter presented was geared more towards industry but even from the perspective of government security the conference was still worth the time and money spent to attend. The material discussed was beneficial and the networking proved very valuable. Many career professionals shared valuable security information beneficial to both industry and government based organizations.”
John F. Brown, Chief, Information Protection, USAF
“After 30+ years as a security professional in both industry and government, I attended my first IMPACT in 2023. As with many conferences external to federal government entities, the subject matter presented was geared more towards industry but even from the perspective of government security the conference was still worth the time and money spent to attend. The material discussed was beneficial and the networking proved very valuable. Many career professionals shared valuable security information beneficial to both industry and government based organizations.”
John F. Brown, Chief, Information Protection, USAF
Explore Solutions & Discover Free Resources That Make Your Job Easier
The day one expo of security product and service vendors, plus government agency outreach teams with free resources and training opportunities is a great opportunity to make your job easier and your program more effective and efficient. Sponsors of IMPACT, who generously support your efforts to go beyond compliance and reach for excellence, are available to meet with you throughout the event to show you what they can do for you and answer your questions.
Make New Connections,
Share Some Laughs
At NSI IMPACT you'll meet colleagues from industry, government, military and academia, and from every level, newbies to mid-career to seasoned executives and top officials. Now that's networking! The late afternoon outdoor champagne networking reception feels great after an engaging day spent indoors.
Enjoy Some Good Food and Insightful
"Shop Talk" at the NSI Luncheons
Luncheons at NSI IMPACT have a long reputation of being great. Take advantage of optional "IMPACT Shop Talk" tables to learn from colleagues and share what you know about a particular important topic.
Enjoy a Beautiful & Convenient Venue
All program events are held at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, VA. 14750 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151.
Discounted Hotel Stay
Reserve Your Room Online at the Westfields Marriott, Chantilly, VA or Call (703) 818-0300 – Mention NSI IMPACT to get your discounted rate.