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 believe in aliens? Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live...
May 30, 2022•49 min•Ep. 148
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: https://www.grubstreet.com/2022/05/grubhub-free-lunch-debacle.html Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.liv...
May 23, 2022•58 min•Ep. 147
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 how that applies when running IAM for an organization. Krebs On Security - Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/your-phone-may-soon-replace-many-of-your-passwords/ CIOinsight Best Practices for Plan-Build-Run Model Article: https://www.cioinsight.com/application-development/nine-best-prac...
May 16, 2022•56 min•Ep. 146
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 navigating how to get things done. Organizational Politics by Phil Venables: https://www.philvenables.com/post/organizational-politics Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com...
May 09, 2022•39 min•Ep. 145
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 rampage (for him) about World Password Day. Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live...
May 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 144
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 and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live...
Apr 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 143
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 McDonald's orders. 99% of cloud identities are overly permissive, opening door to attackers: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3656793/99-of-cloud-identities-are-overly-permissive-misconfigured-iam-opening-door-to-attackers.html Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman:...
Apr 18, 2022•42 min•Ep. 142
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 doing to provide options to IAM practitioners to move towards possession-based authentication. Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewshikiar/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://FidoAlliance.org Learn more about the FIDO Certified Professional Program: https://fidoalliance.org/fido-certified-professional-...
Apr 11, 2022•55 min•Ep. 141
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 12th, 2022. Follow #IDMGMTDay2022 and #BeIdentitySmart on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay in the loop with the festivities. Connect with Julie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/ Learn more about the IDSA: https://www.idsalliance.org/ Check out the Identity Management Day 2022 website: https://www.accelevents.com/e/identity...
Apr 04, 2022•42 min•Ep. 140
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 to be solved for in the metaverse. Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-creed-mba-ccsp-sscp-csis-cios-ecih-2947162/ Learn more about Meta: Meta.com Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit t...
Mar 28, 2022•53 min•Ep. 139
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 data challenges in the IAM space. Connect with Dieter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schullerd/ Learn more about Radiant Logic: https://www.radiantlogic.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.Identit...
Mar 21, 2022•52 min•Ep. 138
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 the focus should be on strategic vs. tactical items. Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live...
Mar 14, 2022•27 min•Ep. 137
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Fisher, Lead Analyst with KuppingerCole, to learn more about identity fabrics and KuppingerCole's DREAM (Dynamic Resource Entitlement and Access Management). Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carpaul/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ DREAM Introduction: https://www.kuppingercole.com/blog/kuppinger/access-entitlements-multi-cloud-hybrid Identity Fabrics: Developing your IAM Program from Vision to Strategy: https://www.kuppinge...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 136
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 development pipeline. Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itascode/ Learn more about Sophos: https://www.sophos.com/en-us Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @ID...
Feb 28, 2022•54 min•Ep. 135
Jim and Jeff talk with Frydentity, aka Alec Fry, Senior Systems Engineer at Transmit Security, about passwordless vs. password-less differences and how true passwordless works in the real world. Connect with Alec: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frydentity/ Learn more about Transmit Security: https://www.transmitsecurity.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at...
Feb 21, 2022•51 min•Ep. 134
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 and provide better payment experiences for their customers. Connect with Upendra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/upendra-mardikar-11523a/ Learn more about Snap Finance: https://snapfinance.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffs...
Feb 14, 2022•53 min•Ep. 133
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 (CIAM). Connect with Ward: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wardduchamps Learn more about Scaled Access: https://www.scaledaccess.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @I...
Feb 07, 2022•54 min•Ep. 132
Jim and Jeff talk with Archit Lohokare, Vice President of Product Management at CyberArk, about the NIST 800-63 publication for Digital Identity Guidelines. Connect with Archit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/architl/ NIST 800-63: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/ CyberArk NIST 800-63-3 Primer: https://www.cyberark.com/resources/blog/nist-800-63-3-digital-identity-guidelines-a-primer Learn more about CyberArk: https://www.cyberark.com/ CyberArk Webinar "Strengthen MFA Security in 2022: Master Authen...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 131
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 part of a higher education institution and bringing some of those experiences into the classroom. Connect with Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amikeal/ Texas A&M University: https://www.tamu.edu/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.l...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 130
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 with Den on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denwjones/ Learn more about Banyan Security: https://www.banyansecurity.io/ Check out UrbanPunks: https://soundcloud.com/urbanpunks Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 129
Jim and Jeff talk with John Tolbert, Lead Analyst and Managing Director at KuppingerCole, to learn more about fraud reduction intelligence platforms and how they fit into an identity program's capabilities. Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tolbert/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ Fraud Reduction Intelligence Platform Leadership Quadrant: https://plus.kuppingercole.com/article/lc80488/fraud-reduction-intelligence-platforms/ Connect wit...
Dec 13, 2021•48 min•Ep. 128
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 with Armin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aebrahimi/ Learn more about Ping Identity: https://www.pingidentity.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , follow @IDACPodcast on T...
Dec 06, 2021•52 min•Ep. 127
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 role their digital identity venture capital firm "1414 Ventures" plays in the identity ecosystem. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/englemichael/ Connect with Howard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-hall-38027/ Learn more about 1414 Ventures: https://www.1414ventures.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on...
Nov 29, 2021•46 min•Ep. 126
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, multicloud, and if it matters if a SaaS solution is multi-tenant versus single tenant. Connect with Nicholas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbrown2112/ Learn more about Hitachi ID Systems: https://www.hitachi-id.com/ Identity and Privileged Access Management Maturity Survey: https://www.hitachi-id.com/aboutus/news/press-releases/2021-10-07 Learn ...
Nov 22, 2021•54 min•Ep. 125
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 from the KuppingerCole CIAM Leadership Compass. Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tolbert/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ V...
Nov 15, 2021•45 min•Ep. 124
Jim and Jeff talk with Morey Haber, Chief Security Officer at BeyondTrust, about ransomware, multicloud, zero trust, and how privileged access and identity plays in role in mitigating risk and enabling organizations. Connect with Morey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjhaber/ Morey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Morey-J-Haber/e/B078HDPHSN Cyber Security Non-Profit Podcast: https://www.csnp.org/podcast Learn more about BeyondTrust: https://www.beyondtrust.com/ NIST 800-207: https://csrc...
Nov 08, 2021•49 min•Ep. 123
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Vesey, CEO & President at IdRamp, about the challenges and opportunities with increasing demand for digital touchless services and how they converge with traditional physical services. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-vesey/ Learn more about IdRamp: https://idramp.com/ Ontario Digital Identity: https://www.ontario.ca/page/digital-id-ontario Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdon...
Nov 01, 2021•46 min•Ep. 122
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. Jeff talks with Gail Hodges, Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation, about the role of non-profits in the shaping of the future of identity. Connect with Gail Hodges: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-hodges-26b1b9/ Learn more about the OpenID Foundation: https://openid.net/foundation/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://fidoalli...
Oct 29, 2021•43 min•Ep. 121
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. Jeff talks with Andrew Vitollo, Senior Product Manager at Trusona, about his identity background and the journey towards passwordless. Connect with Andrew Vitollo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewvitollo/ Learn more about Trusona: https://www.trusona.com/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://fidoalliance.org/ Connect with us on Lin...
Oct 28, 2021•39 min•Ep. 120
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. Jeff talks with Bob Lord, former CSO for the Democratic National Committee, about the role identity plays in security strategy. Connect with Bob Lord: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordbob/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://fidoalliance.org/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff S...
Oct 27, 2021•41 min•Ep. 119
