Federal 100: Thomas McCarty
Name: Thomas McCarty
Title: Director
Identity, Credential and Access Management Program Management Office
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
A singular effort. McCarty's dynamic leadership of the ICAM office has accelerated ID management at DHS, with single-sign-on capabilities and strong personal identity verification efforts leading the way. He and his team enabled single sign-on for more than 195,000 users for mission-critical and commonly used business applications, and aggressively moved DHS components to meet PIV card use requirements. McCarty is also known for being generous with his expertise and sharing lessons learned and success stories within DHS and with the wider cybersecurity community across government.