About the Speaker

Dr. Rich Osolease is an information assurance and cybersecurity strategist with more than two decades of experience advising federal programs on risk management, cybersecurity governance, and enterprise IT modernization. His work emphasizes disciplined execution, evidence-based decision-making, and alignment of security controls with operational and mission requirements.

Dr. Osolease has supported initiatives across the Social Security Administration, Defense Health Agency, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Army, helping organizations strengthen audit readiness, improve decision quality, and move beyond compliance-only security postures. He is recognized for translating complex regulatory frameworks into practical, defensible security outcomes.

He holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology and has maintained the CISSP credential since 2003 and the ISSMP since 2005. Dr. Osolease brings deep technical expertise, structured analysis, and clear executive communication to environments involving high-risk systems and complex oversight. Audiences value his stories from the front lines of IT Service Delivery and his three guiding principles:

• Always remember reliable standards are the backbone of zero trust.
• Always backup gut-feelings with evidence-based data because clarity is the leader in a noisy world.
• Always secure delivery channels by protecting what matters most, the human being.