Forging the Future of Identity Intelligence: Glenn Krizay on Biometrics in National Security

Glenn Krizay is the former Director of the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA), an Army agency responsible for developing and implementing strategic biometric plans and concepts for the DoD. Prior to his role with DFBA, (DHS), he served as the Executive Director, Information Sharing and Safeguarding Executive Staff and Deputy Undersecretary for Plans, Policy and Performance Management in the Department of Homeland Security. He also retired from the Air Force with 26-years of honorable service. In total, Krizay has over four-decades of experience in biometrics and identity intelligence that ranges across the DHS, DoD, and other key federal agencies.

In 2024, Krizay officially left the federal government, and he has since been named chairman IDGA’s Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement Summit. Before arriving in Reston last winter, Krizay sat down with IDGA to discuss the evolution of biometrics.