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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#99 - 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities with Julie Smith
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), about their recent report: 2021 Trends in Securing…
Identity at the Center#98 - Identity First Security with Gal Diskin
Jim and Jeff talk with Gal Diskin, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Authomize, about Identity First Security and Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement…
Identity at the Center#97 - Zero Trust with Sami Laine
***NOW WITH 100% MORE ZERO TRUST*** Jim and Jeff talk with Sami Laine, Director of Technology Strategy at Okta, about what Zero Trust is and how you can start…
Identity at the Center#96 - The Convergence of Identity Proofing and Passwordless Technologies with Mike Engle
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Engle, Head of Strategic Planning at 1Kosmos, about the convergence of identity proofing and password less technologies. Connect…
Identity at the Center#95 - CARTA with Mario Dusaj
Jim and Jeff talk with Mario Dusaj, Senior Solutions Engineer with Callsign, about Gartner's Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment (CARTA) model and…
Identity at the Center#94 - Identity Proofing with Bala Kumar
Jim and Jeff talk with Bala Kumar, Chief Product Officer at Jumio, about identity proofing and how it plays a key role in Know Your Customer (KYC) and…
Identity at the Center#93 - Open Banking with Nathan Coffing
Jim and Jeff talk with Nathan Coffing, Head of Strategy at Cloudentity, about Open Banking and how related standards and APIs are being leveraged to improve…
Identity at the Center#92 - Zero Trust Network Architecture with Brian Deitch
Jim and Jeff talk with Brian Deitch, Solutions Architect at Zscaler and all-around good guy, about the role of Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) as part…
Identity at the Center#91 - IAM Riffs with Eric Anderson
Jim and Jeff talk with Eric Anderson, Director of Enterprise Security at Adobe, about a bunch of IAM stuff including Zero Trust, privileged access, identity…
Identity at the Center#90 - The Semantic Web and IAM with Evan Gertis
Jim and Jeff talk with Evan Gertis from NetFoundry about the semantic web and how IAM concepts like attribute and policy-based access controls are going to…
Identity at the Center#89 - Converged IAM with Arun Singh
Jim and Jeff talk with Arun Singh, CEO and Board Member at Ilantus, about the convergence of IAM capabilities, the "as a service" model, and IAM industry…
Identity at the Center#88 - Identity Management Day with Julie & Kelvin
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director, Identity Defined Security Alliance, and Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director National Cyber Security…
Identity at the Center#87 - IAM Workforce Planning with Ken Myers
Jim and Jeff talk with Ken Myers who is pursuing a doctorate that is focused on developing an IAM competency model. We talk about his research that includes…
Identity at the Center#86 - IAM and the Business with Bryan and Pierce
Jim and Jeff talk with Bryan Macleod, a Global Head of Identity & Access Management, and Pierce Chakraborty, a fellow colleague with Protiviti's Digital…
Identity at the Center#85 - Privacy & Consent with Katie Stevens
Jim and Jeff talk with Katie Stevens, Director with Protiviti's Security & Privacy practice about privacy, consent, data residency, and how to start thinking…
Identity at the Center#84 - Solorigate Recap with Robb Reck
Jim and Jeff talk with Robb Reck, Chief Information Security Officer at Ping Identity, about the Solar Winds breach aka Solorigate, Zero Trust, and Identity…
Identity at the Center#83 - Penetration Testing with Krissy Safi
Jim and Jeff talk with Krissy Safi, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader for Attack & Penetration Testing at Protiviti, about penetration testing -…
Identity at the Center#82 - Organizational Change Management with Carlos Rodriguez
Jim and Jeff talk with Carlos Rodriguez, Director IT Security & Risk at Citizens Property Insurance, about organizational change management, bringing…
Identity at the Center#81 - RBAC with Jim and Jeff
Jim and Jeff talk about what Role Based Access Control is and ideas on how to tackle these complicated projects at an organization. Connect with Jim and Jeff…
Identity at the Center#80 - People-Centric IAM and Breach Prevention with FRYdentity
Jim and Jeff talk with Alec Fry, aka FRYdentity, about designing people-centric IAM processes and services and how it impacts an organization's ability to…
Identity at the Center#79 - Zero Trust with Dr. Chase Cunningham
Jim and Jeff talk with Dr. Chase Cunningham, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Ericom Software, about Zero Trust in the real world. Connect with Chase on…
Identity at the Center#78 - Digital Transformation and IAM with Luis Almeida
Jim and Jeff talk with Luis Almeida, Chief Revenue Officer at Clear Skye, about the role IAM is playing in digital transformation. Connect with Luis on…
Identity at the Center#77 - Women in Identity with Kay Chopard
Jim and Jeff talk with Kay Chopard, US Ambassador for the Women in Identity organization, about their goals, their membership (that includes not just women)…
Identity at the Center#76 - IAM as a Career with IDPro Ian Glazer
Welcome to 2021 and back to the office! Jim and Jeff talk with Ian Glazer, Co-Founder and Vice President of IDPro, about his career in the IAM space and how…
Identity at the Center#75 - SolarWinds Breach with Paul Volosen
Jim talks with Paul Volosen, Information Security Architect & Vice President at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, about the recent SolarWinds breach. Show Links…
Identity at the Center#74 - PAM Training with Katie McCroskey
Jim and Jeff talk with Katie McCroskey, Director of Knowledge Management and Training at Thycotic, about her background in Privileged Access Management (PAM)…
Identity at the Center#73 - All The IAM Things with Nishant Kaushik
Jim and Jeff talk with Nishant Kaushik, CTO at Uniken and Identropy Alumnus, about a wide range of IAM topics including the different IAM organizations he is a…
Identity at the Center#72- Talking about PAM with Paul Lanzi
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Lanzi, Co-Founder and COO at Remediant, about privileged access management maturity and capabilities that impact the overall…
Identity at the Center#71 - Transitioning from Enterprise IAM to IAM Consulting with Mayda Gonzalez
Jim and Jeff talk with Mayda Gonzalez, Identropy's newest member of the advisory team, about what it is like to transition from being a part of an enterprise…
Identity at the Center#70 - IAM Trends and Challenges with Asad Ali
Jim and Jeff talk with Asad Ali from Thales and Chair of the Identity Defined Security Alliance Technical Working Group about IAM trend and challenges…
Identity at the Center#69 - The Role of IAM in an API-First Implementation
Jim and Jeff talk with Bill Nelson, co-founder, at Identity Fusion about what an API-First Implementation is and the role that IAM plays. Show links: Connect…
Identity at the Center#68 - Nok Nok... Who's There? - An Identity and Access Management Conversation with Phil Dunkelberger
Jim and Jeff talk with Phil Dunkelberger, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nok Nok Labs, about soooooo many IAM things: His long history in the space…
Identity at the Center#67 - Identify 2020 Virtual Conference Show
In case you missed the video version, this is the audio from the special video podcast that Jim and Jeff recorded for the Ping Identify 2020 Virtual…
Identity at the Center#66 - IAM Certifications with Henry Bagdasarian from the Identity Management Institute
Jim and Jeff talk with Henry Bagdasarian, Founder, and President of the Identity Management Institute about the benefits and options there are for getting…
Identity at the Center#65 - Inside the IGA Sales Cycle with Mary Berg
Jim and Jeff talk with Mary Berg, Vice President of Channels and Alliances with CloudBridge, about the IGA trends she is seeing before going into what the IGA…
Identity at the Center#64 - Identity Product Design with Mary Writz
Jim and Jeff talk with Mary Writz, Vice President of Product Management at ForgeRock, about the challenges and thought process that goes into designing an…
Identity at the Center#63 - The Open-Measure Initiative and Measuring IAM Performance with David Doret
Jim and Jeff talk with David Doret, IT Risk & Cybersecurity: IAM & PAM Manager at BNP Paribas, and founder of the Open-Measure project about the initiative and…
Identity at the Center#62 - Managing Third Party Identity with David Pignolet from SecZetta
Jim and Jeff talk with David Pignolet, founder, and CEO of SecZetta, about how they address the problems of managing third party identities and some of their…
Identity at the Center#61 - Zero Trust & "Strong" Authentication with Rebecca Nielsen
Jim and Jeff talk with Rebecca Nielsen, Director of Technology Integrations at PKH Enterprises, about Zero Trust, "Strong" Authentication, and her work on the…
Identity at the Center#60 - Identity Centric Security with Jerrod Brennen
Jim and Jeff talk with Jerod Brennen, Music Teacher and IAM Renaissance Man, about his IAM journey, Identity Centric Security, and some of the IAM education…
Identity at the Center#59 - Optimizing Security & Convenience with Frank Villavicencio
Jim and Jeff talk with Frank Villavicencio, Head of Product for Shared Services at ADP, about the IAM user experience and how to optimize security and…
Identity at the Center#58 - Browser Tracking and the Identity Effects with Vittorio Bertocci
Jim and Jeff talk with Vittorio Bertocci, Principal Architect with Auth0, about the effects of browser tracking and how it is affecting the identity space…
Identity at the Center#57 - Learning about the Identity Defined Security Alliance with Julie Smith
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), about their mission, IAM frameworks they have…
Identity at the Center#56 - What is FIDO with Andrew Shikiar
Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer of the FIDO Alliance, about what FIDO is and the challenges it seeks to…
Identity at the Center#55 - Solving Identity Challenges with MFA
Jim and Jeff talk about the challenges of multifactor authentication and solving some of the unique challenges that come with it. A Security Update From…
Identity at the Center#54 - Mark Perry on Open Banking
Jim and Jeff talk with Mark Perry, CTO for Ping Identity APAC region, about his Identiverse talks around the user experience with IAM and the Open Banking…
Identity at the Center#53 - Twitter, MGM, and ITSM IGA with Darran Rolls
Jim and Jeff talk with Darran Rolls, former CTO and CISO at SailPoint and current "Identity Dude" about the recent Twitter breach, the new revelations as to…
Identity at the Center#52 - Jackson Shaw, IAM Jedi
Jim and Jeff talk with an IAM Knight of the Old Republic, Jackson Shaw, about his 36 years in the IAM space, some of his observations over the years, and the…
Identity at the Center#51 - Insider Threat with Phil from Preempt
Jim, Jeff, and special guest Phil Meneses from Preempt Security talk about insider threat and an upcoming report that Preempt is releasing about the hidden…
Identity at the Center#50 - It's Our Birthday!
Jim and Jeff talk almost nothing about IAM and instead reflect on the show turning 1, some of their favorite episodes from the first year, a new show website…
Identity at the Center#49 - Role Mining Lessons Learned
Jim and Jeff talk with IAM Architect and fellow Identropian Helio Gomez about the lessons they have all learned when it comes to role mining and engineering…
Identity at the Center#48 - Eve Maler, IAM UMAnitarian
Jim and Jeff talk with Eve Maler, CTO at ForgeRock about her work in the IAM space which includes helping found standards like XML and UMA, why we think…
Identity at the Center#47 - IAM Program Drivers & Requirements
Jim and Jeff talk about IAM Program Drivers & Requirements and which comes first. LastPass Report…
Identity at the Center#46 – The 2020 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management
Jim and Jeff talk about some of the findings in the recently released 2020 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management. Grab the report…
Identity at the Center#45 - The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
Jim and Jeff talk about some of the findings in the recently released 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (link below). Report link…
Identity at the Center#44 - IDSA Report-Identity A Work In Progress
Jim and Jeff talk about some of the findings in the recently released Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) report "Identity Security: A Work In Progress"…
Identity at the Center#43 - Passwords and Phishing in the COVID Era
Jim and Jeff talk about passwords for World Password Day (May 6th) and a Barracuda Networks commissioned study about the security concerns businesses are…
Identity at the Center#42 - Ron's IAM Program Framework
Jim and Jeff talk with Ron about the IAM program framework he is developing and some of the challenges some organizations face when it comes to IAM context and…
Identity at the Center#41 - Server Access Management 101 with Paul
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Volosen from Centrify about the IAM concepts used to secure server access. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here…
Identity at the Center#40 - IAM ROI
Jim and Jeff talk about how to develop a Return on Investment (ROI) strategy when it comes to IAM. Link to Auth0 Forrester report we discuss…