Speakers

Michael Friedrich works in the Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) Zero Trust (ZT) Center of Excellence (COE), leading architecture and design for Zero Trust and secure infrastructure client needs. The COE covers all areas of ZT for

BAH clients.

Prior to joining BAH, Mr. Friedrich served in several senior leadership and engineering roles in Dark Kryptonite, MAXISIQ, AppGate, Cyxtera, SAVVIS, Terremark, Verizon, and IBM. He joined BAH with over 20 years of managerial, operational, product, and technical leadership across government and commercial client verticals.

In his role as Vice President at Appgate and Cyxtera, he led the engineering, compliance, and product efforts that helped bring Zero Trust into the U.S. Department of Defense.

In his roles at Verizon & Terremark, he led the engineering and product efforts that helped bring the cloud into the United States Federal Government use. He led the efforts to help modernize and move U.S.A.GOV, F.B.I.GOV, Whitehouse.GOV, and many others to the cloud.

In his role at Terremark during and after its eventual sale to Verizon, Mr. Friedrich developed some of the largest and most complex cloud-hosted solutions for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These solutions dealt with the complex needs of securing the information of every veteran of the United States, but also those veterans’ ability to interact with the VA to realize benefits earned through their service. His efforts led to the VA’s ability to leverage cloud-based agile solutions that allowed them to process both educational and health benefits in hours and days instead of weeks and months.

Mr. Friedrich’s engineering knowledge covers zero trust/software-defined perimeters, cybersecurity, cloud architecture, solutions integration, compliance, networking, and product management/engineering.

With over twenty years of experience in cybersecurity and IT, Daren Presbitero has played a pivotal role in advancing new technologies within Federal agencies. His expertise encompasses product design, development, planning, and execution, addressing the unique constraints of highly regulated environments. Daren has been at the forefront of zero-trust adoption, particularly across network (SASE), application (API discovery & security), and automation (SOAR) pillars. He has authored numerous articles on emerging capabilities aligned with zero trust and NIST standards, while adhering to the stringent regulatory and compliance requirements within the US Federal Government. Recently, Daren has shifted his focus to the data and visibility tiers of zero trust, emphasizing data discovery, classification, and labeling with AI/ML. This ensures agencies can control access to sensitive data while accurately detecting cyber attacks and unauthorized use.