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Identity at the Center
Identity at the Center is a weekly podcast all about identity security in the context of identity and access management (IAM). With decades of real-world IAM experience, hosts Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman bring you conversations with news, topics, and guests from the identity management industry. Do you know who has access to what? Visit us on the web at idacpodcast.com
Episodes
Identity at the Center#159 - The Evolution of IAM Pricing Models with Binod Singh
Jim and Jeff talk with Binod Singh, Founder & President at Ilantus Technologies about how pricing models for identity tools has changed over the years from…
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#158 - IAM for State & Local Government with Robert Snodgrass
Jim and Jeff talk with Robert Snodgrass, Director in the Information Security practice at RSM, about how state and local governments are tackling identity and…
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#157 - Chris asks IDAC…
Jim and Jeff tackle a tweet from listener Chris covering manual extracts, job roles, managing audit expectations and more. Have a topic you want us to address?…
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#156 - IAM in M&A
Jim and Jeff talk about considerations for IAM when it comes to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald…
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#155 - An IAM Mailbag
Jim and Jeff answer listener submitted questions from around the world. Thanks to Joe, Andrew, and Nigel for submitting great questions! Connect with Jim and…
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#154 - Customer MFA vs. Workforce MFA
Jim and Jeff talk about the differences between customer and workforce multifactor authentication (MFA) use cases and which they feel is "harder." Deepfake…
Identity at the Center#153 - ISACA State of Cybersecurity 2022
Jim and Jeff celebrate the show turning 3 and then get into thoughts around the ISACA report "State of Cybersecurity 2022" ISACA State of Cybersecurity 2022…
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#152 - 2022 Trends in Securing Digital Identities with Julie Smith
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance, about their recent report "2022 Trends in Securing Digital…
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#151 - What's the difference between Digital Identity and Identity and Access Management?
Jim and Jeff ask a few of their identity friends to answer the question: What is the difference between digital identity and identity and access management?…
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#150 - Zero Trust Consumes RSA and Centralized IAM Program Governance
Jim and Jeff talk about the RSA Conference in San Francisco and thoughts on how to govern and structure IAM in a distributed environment. Connect with Jim and…
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#149 - Identiverse and IDPro with Andi Hindle
Jim and Jeff talk with Andi Hindle, Chair at IDPro and Content Chair of Identiverse, about the upcoming Identiverse 2022 conference and the IDPro organization…
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#148 - Fixed Fee vs. Time and Materials
Jim and Jeff get into a discussion about fixed-fee vs. time and materials pricing when it comes to contracting and what to be aware of for each. Also, do we…
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#147 - Go-Live Lessons From a Free Lunch Fiasco
Jim and Jeff talk about a free lunch fiasco in New York City and the things to consider when planning an IAM go-live. GrubHub article we discussed…
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#146 - The Plan-Build-Run Philosophy and Running IAM
Jim and Jeff talk about passwordless for the masses coming over the course of the next year and then get into the IT philosophy of the Plan-Build-Run model and…
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#145 - The Politics of IAM
Jim and Jeff talk about a blog post by Phil Venables from Google about the role of organizational politics when it comes to Identity & Access Management and…
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#144 - IAM Conferences, B2B Identity, and Jeff Hates World Password Day
Jim and Jeff talk about who should go to IAM conferences and why, gaps organizations seem to have in managing B2B identities consistently before Jeff goes on a…
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#143 - Listener Questions and Jim Rocks the Casbah
Jim and Jeff take some time to answer a variety of IAM questions from listeners around the world before pivoting to Jim belting out the hits. Connect with Jim…
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#142 - Is PAM Dead?
Jim and Jeff talk about the role of Privileged Access Management as the organizations shift more to the cloud for their infrastructure. Also, our favorite…
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#141 - 2022: Year of the MFA Bypass
Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director at the FIDO Alliance, about why he thinks 2022 will be the year of the MFA Bypass and what FIDO is…
Identity at the Center#140 - Identity Management Day 2022
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance, about Identity Management Day 2022 which is on Tuesday, April…
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#139 - Identity in the Metaverse with Dan Creed
Jim and Jeff talk with Dan Creed, Head of Infrastructure Security at Meta about the IAM challenges Meta faces on a daily basis and some of the identity risks…
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#138 - Identity Data Fabrics with Dieter Schuller
Jim and Jeff talk with Dieter Schuller, Chief Revenue Officer at Radiant Logic, about what an Identity Data Fabric is and how it can help solve some of the…
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#137 - IAM Strategy vs. Program
Jim and Jeff talk about working in IAM consulting as strategists and answer a listener question from Matt about IAM strategy vs. programs and when and where…
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#136 - DREAMing about Identity Fabrics with Paul Fisher
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Fisher, Lead Analyst with KuppingerCole, to learn more about identity fabrics and KuppingerCole's DREAM (Dynamic Resource…
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#135 - DevSecOps with Mike Fraser
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Fraser, VP of DevSecOps at Sophos, to learn more about DevSecOps and how digital identity plays a role in the application…
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#134 - Sans Password with Frydentity
Jim and Jeff talk with Frydentity, aka Alec Fry, Senior Systems Engineer at Transmit Security, about passwordless vs. password-less differences and how true…
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#133 - Customer Identity with Upendra Mardikar
Jim and Jeff talk with Upendra Mardikar, Chief Security Officer, at Snap Finance about customer identity and how the fintech space is evolving to combat fraud…
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#132 - The A in CIAM with Ward Duchamps
Jim and Jeff talk with Ward Duchamps, CEO at Scaled Access, about authentication and authorization when it comes to the world of Consumer or Customer IAM…
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#131 - NIST 800-63 with Archit Lohokare
Jim and Jeff talk with Archit Lohokare, Vice President of Product Management at CyberArk, about the NIST 800-63 publication for Digital Identity Guidelines…
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#130 - IAM in Higher Ed with Adam Mikeal
Jim and Jeff with Adam Mikeal, Director, Information Security & Adjunct Prof. at Texas A&M University talk about the challenges of running identity services as…
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#129 - Zero Trust in 2022 with Den Jones
Jim and Jeff talk with Den Jones, Chief Security Officer at Banyan Security, about what Zero Trust in the year 2022 looks like and how to get started. Connect…
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#128 - Fraud Reduction Intelligence Platforms with John Tolbert
Jim and Jeff talk with John Tolbert, Lead Analyst and Managing Director at KuppingerCole, to learn more about fraud reduction intelligence platforms and how…
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#127 - Identity Proofing with Armin Ebrahimi
Jim and Jeff talk with Armin Ebrahimi, Head of Distributed Identity at Ping Identity, about the role identity proofing plays in the identity space. Connect…
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#126 - Venture Capital in Digital Identity
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Engle, Head of Strategic Planning from 1Kosmos, and Howard Hall, lead for the North American Office of Consult Hyperion, about the…
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#125 - Identity Chaos is a Ladder with Nicholas Brown
Jim and Jeff talk with Nicholas Brown, Interim CEO at Hitachi ID Systems, about chaos in the identity space with things like ransomware, user experience…
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#124 - Consumer IAM with John Tolbert
Jim and Jeff talk with John Tolbert, Lead Analyst and Managing Director at KuppingerCole, about the state of the Consumer IAM (CIAM) field and observations…
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#123 - Ransomware, Multicloud, & Zero Trust with Morey Haber
Jim and Jeff talk with Morey Haber, Chief Security Officer at BeyondTrust, about ransomware, multicloud, zero trust, and how privileged access and identity…
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#122 - Public Sector Identity Orchestration with Mike Vesey
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Vesey, CEO & President at IdRamp, about the challenges and opportunities with increasing demand for digital touchless services and…
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#121 - Authenticate 2021 - The Non-Profit Shaping of Identity with Gail Hodges
This is the fifth in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference…
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#120 - Authenticate 2021 - The Passwordless Journey with Andrew Vitollo
This is the fourth in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference…
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#119 - Authenticate 2021 - Identity Security Strategy with Bob Lord
This is the third in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference…
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#118 - Authenticate 2021 - FIDO Developer Challenge
This is the second in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference…
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#117 - Authenticate 2021 - IAM's Accessibility Problem with Arynn Crow
This is the first in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference…
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#116 - The 2021 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report with Eve Maler
Jim and Jeff talk with Eve Maler, ForgeRock's Chief Technology Officer and Chief UMAanitarian, about the 2021 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report and…
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#115 - The Cloud is Different with John Morton
Jim and Jeff talk with John Morton, Director of Solutions Engineering at Britive, about why managing IAM for the cloud is different and the challenges it…
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#114 - Getting into IAM with Andrew Chanthaphone
Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Chanthaphone, Manager with Edgile's Identity Service Line, about getting into the IAM space and things to consider for running…
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#113 - Third-Party Risk with Jen Kraxner
Jim and Jeff talk with Jennifer Kraxner, Director of Strategic Advisory at SecZetta, about the convergence of third-party risk and identity and the importance…
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#112 - CIAM with Stephen Cox
Jim and Jeff talk with Stephen Cox, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Strivacity, about customer or consumer IAM (CIAM) and things to consider for a…
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#111 - Authenticate 2021 Conference Preview with Andrew Shikiar
Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, about the upcoming Authenticate 2021 Conference. Authenticate 2021 Conference…
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#110 - Microsoft Hybrid Identity with Gil Kirkpatrick
Jim and Jeff talk with Gil Kirkpatrick, Chief Architect at Semperis and 17-year Microsoft MVP for Active Directory and Enterprise Mobility, about how Microsoft…
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#109 - Hacking MFA with Roger Grimes
Jim and Jeff talk with Roger Grimes, Data Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4 about hacking MFA and some of the misconceptions people might have about the…
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#108 - About Passwordless with Kurt Johnson
Jim and Jeff talk with Kurt Johnson, Vice President of Strategy & Business Development at Beyond Identity, about the ongoing maturity of authentication and…
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#107 - Getting SASE & Identity Based Segmentation with Harry Sverdlove
Jim and Jeff talk with Harry Sverdlove, Chief Technologist at Zscaler, about Identity Based Segmentation, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE aka "Sassy"), and…
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#106 - Successful IAM with Martin Kuppinger
Jim and Jeff talk with Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, about things to consider on how to make your IAM programs and projects…
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#105 - Evangelizing IAM with Tom Malta
Jim and Jeff talk with Tom Malta, CEO & Principal of IAM Experts, LLC, about his Identify Defined Security Alliance IAM Evangelist of the Year award, hybrid…
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#104 - Modern IGA and Zero Trust with Rod Simmons
Jim and Jeff talk with Rod Simmons, Vice President of Product Strategy at Omada, about the role modern IGA plays in a Zero Trust strategy. Connect with Rod on…
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#103 - Going Passwordless with Frank Villavicencio
Jim and Jeff talk with Frank Villavicencio, Chief Product Officer with Greenshades Software, about going passwordless and the approach he took with his…
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#102 - Identity Orchestration with Gerry Gebel
Jim and Jeff talk with Gerry Gebel, Head of Standards for Strata.io, about identity orchestration, identity fabrics, and how these are coming together to…
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#101 - AWS Cognito & CIDPRO with Sarah Cecchetti
Jim and Jeff talk with Sarah Cecchetti, Principal Product Manager for AWS Identity and Co-founder, Board Member, and President of IDPro, about AWS Cognito and…
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#100 - The Identropy Story with Victor Barris
It's our 100th episode AND our second birthday! A big thank you to everyone that listens! Jim and Jeff talk with Victor Barris, Co-Founder of Identropy and now…