Jeff talks with Andrew Hindle, Identiverse Conference Chair, about the 2023 Identiverse conference and how he defines Digital Identity and Identity and Access Management (IAM). Connect with Andi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahindle/ Learn more about Identiverse: https://events.identiverse.com/identiverse2023/begin?code=IDV23-ICEN20 Use our discount code for 20% off your Identiverse registration: IDV23-ICEN20 Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ J...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 208
Jim and Jeff talk with Srini Kasula, Senior IAM Technology Leader at Wells Fargo, about IAM in the banking world and the unique challenges of that industry. Connect with Srini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-kasula-cissp-cisa-cism-4681a46/ Identiverse: https://events.identiverse.com/identiverse2023/begin?code=IDV23-ICEN20 Use our discount code for 20% off your Identiverse registration: IDV23-ICEN20 Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff ...
Apr 10, 2023•50 min•Ep. 207
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Founding Executive Director, and Jeff Reich, Executive Director from the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) about Identity Management Day 2023. Connect with Jeff Reich: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jreich Connect with Julie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/ Learn more about the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA): https://www.idsalliance.org/ IDM Day: http://identitymanagementday.org Identiverse: https://events.identiverse.com/identiverse2...
Apr 03, 2023•53 min•Ep. 206
Jim and Jeff talk about their experiences at the 2023 Gartner US IAM Summit. More takeaways from the conference: https://venturebeat.com/security/4-key-trends-from-the-gartner-iam-summit-2023/ Identiverse: https://events.identiverse.com/identiverse2023/begin?code=IDV23-ICEN20 Use our discount code for 20% off your Identiverse registration: IDV23-ICEN20 Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/...
Mar 27, 2023•40 min•Ep. 205
Jim and Jeff talk about the Gartner US IAM Summit 2023 kicking off today, March 20, along with a few other miscellaneous items. Oort State of Identity Report: https://oort.io/hubfs/Reports/State-of-Identity-Security-2023.pdf Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.
Mar 20, 2023•47 min•Ep. 204
Jim and Jeff talk with Igor Farinic, Co-Founder at Evolveum, about the role of open-source options as a transparent and collaborative approach to software development In the Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) space, which can help ensure the security and reliability of the software. Connect with Igor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorfarinic/ Learn more about Evolveum: https://evolveum.com/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Ste...
Mar 13, 2023•53 min•Ep. 203
Jim and Jeff talk with Eve Maler, Chief Technology Officer at ForgeRock, about trust within the context of identity and access management (IAM) and discuss that trust in three different areas: trust in the practice of IAM, trust and bias, and trust in IAM vendors. Connect with Eve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evemaler Learn more about ForgeRock: https://www.forgerock.com/ ForgeRock Community - CTO Lounge: https://community.forgerock.com/c/cto-lounge/6 Explain AI: https://explainai.org/ Connect w...
Mar 06, 2023•59 min•Ep. 202
Jim and Jeff talk with Helen Patton, Chief Information Security Officer for the CISCO Security Business Group, about her views on a range of IAM topics through her eyes as a CISO. Connect with Helen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenpatton/ Visit her website: https://www.cisohelen.com/ Cybersecurity Canon: https:// cybersecuritycanon.com/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show ...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 201
Jim and Jeff take an episode to celebrate putting out 200 episodes and talk about how the show started and where it is going before highlighting a handful of favorite episodes over the last few years. Thanks to everyone who listens, shares, and subscribes! Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter....
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 200
Jim and Jeff talk with Sarah Cecchetti, Head of Product for AWS Cognito and co-founder and board member of IDPro, about managing IAM teams, products, projects, and everything in between. Connect with Sarah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcecchetti/ IDPro: https://idpro.org/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 199
Jim and Jeff have a discussion with Muli Motola, Co-founder, and CEO at accSenSe, about the need to consider Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) for identity infrastructure in the cloud. Connect with Muli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/motolamuli/ Learn more about accSenSe: https://accsense.io/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpod...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 198
Jim and Jeff talk with Ken Myers, Director in the Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division for the GSA, and Ross Foard, IT Specialist in the INFOSEC group of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), about the GSA & CISA PAM Playbook. Connect with Ken: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idmken/ Connect with Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-foard/ Privileged Identity Playbook: https://playbooks.idmanagement.gov/playbooks/pam/ Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (2nd Pre...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 197
Jim and Jeff talk with Mickey Boodaei, CEO and co-founder of Transmit Security, about reducing risk and fraud with modern authentication in Customer/Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) platforms. Connect with Mickey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeyboodaei/ Learn more about Transmit Security: https://www.transmitsecurity.com/ Events: Gartner IAM Summit: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/identity-access-management-us European Identity and Cloud Conference: https://www.kuppi...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 196
Jim and Jeff talk with Gabe Avner, Director of Content at Authomize, about his blog post about the merging of identity security with information security. Connect with Gabe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-avner-57a67717/ Read Gabe's article: https://www.authomize.com/blog/2022-is-the-year-that-identity-fully-merged-with-security-a-retrospective/ Learn more about Authomize: https://www.authomize.com/ Upcoming events: KuppingerCole European Identity & Cloud Conference: https://www.kupping...
Jan 16, 2023•48 min•Ep. 195
Jim and Jeff talk with Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts, about a wide range of IAM topics in the first episode of 2023. Connect with Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinkuppinger/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ KuppingerCole European Identity & Cloud Conference: https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2023 Identiverse 2023: https://identiverse.com/ Gartner US IAM Summit 2023: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences...
Jan 09, 2023•50 min•Ep. 194
Jim and Jeff sit with Jerod Brennen, Principal Consultant and vCISO with SideChannel, to discuss IAM themes for 2022 and predict the 2023 IAM breakout stars for the identity space. Connect with Jerod: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodbrennen/ Jerod's LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/jerod-brennen Jerod’s Cybersecurity Talks (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0hoXtO7SA5Lq0rHrsT02SXWulm2Dal- Decentralized Identity Foundation - https://identity.foun...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 193
Jim and Jeff talk with Mel Dingman, Program Director with Booz Allen Hamilton, to learn more about how voice biometrics (VB) work for identification and authentication, the primary use cases, and what is next for the VB space. Connect with Mel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissadingman/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: 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...
Dec 12, 2022•55 min•Ep. 192
Jim and Jeff talk with Eric Woodruff of Semperis to learn more about Microsoft's Entra offering and where it fits into the identity ecosystem. Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msfthiker/ Eric on Mastodon: @[email protected] Eric On Identity: https://ericonidentity.com/ Learn more about Semperis: https://www.semperis.com/ Microsoft Entra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-entra Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.co...
Dec 05, 2022•51 min•Ep. 191
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Mezzara, Vice President of Strategy with Saviynt, about his background as a Gartner analyst and some of the challenges of proper identity governance across an organization. Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmezzera/ Learn more about Saviynt: https://saviynt.com/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , ...
Nov 28, 2022•57 min•Ep. 190
Jim and Jeff talk with Axay Desai, Founder & CEO of ObserveID, about different trends in the IAM space including converged IAM, managing multi-cloud identity, and user behavior analytics. Connect with Axay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axay-desai/ Learn more about ObserveID: https://www.observeid.com Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com , fol...
Nov 21, 2022•44 min•Ep. 189
Jim and Jeff talk with Eric Anderson, Enterprise Security Director at Adobe, about Oktane 22 conference themes before ending with some new music recommendations as the walls come crumbling down around us to close out the conference. Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonericrobert/ IDSA/Adobe Identity-Centric Security: https://www.idsalliance.org/customer-stories/adobe/ Adobe's Zero-Trust Enterprise Network Platform: https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/en/security/pdfs/Adobe-ZE...
Nov 16, 2022•28 min•Ep. 188
Jim and Jeff talk with Abhay Thomas, Director of Application Development at Pega, and Vijay Amanchi, Senior Manager of Application Development at Pega, about the multi-year customer and enterprise IAM journey their organization has been on. Connect with Abhay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhaythomas/ Connect with Vijay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-amanchi/ Pegasystems: https://www.pega.com/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman...
Nov 15, 2022•30 min•Ep. 187
Jim and Jeff talk with Eugenio Pace, President of Customer Identity at Okta, and Shiv Ramji, Chief Product Officer of Customer Identity at Okta, about the role Auth0 has played in the formation of the Okta Customer Identity Cloud. Connect with Shiv: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivenramji/ Connect with Eugenio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugeniop/ A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control, Second Edition - Book Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28362 E...
Nov 14, 2022•37 min•Ep. 186
Jim and Jeff talk with Matt Vlasach, VP of Product with Jamf, about managing identity on Apple devices. Connect with Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvlasach/ Learn more about Jamf: https://www.jamf.com/ Episode Sponsors: Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/ RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Ste...
Nov 11, 2022•33 min•Ep. 185
Jim and Jeff talk with Alvina Anta, CIO at Okta about her path to the role, Oktane 22, and the sessions she is leading on diversity and the role of the CIO when it comes to driving business transformation. Connect with Alvina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinaantar/ Episode Sponsors: Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/ RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McD...
Nov 10, 2022•24 min•Ep. 184
Jim and Jeff talk with fellow RSM Digital Identity team member Ben Doud and recap the first day of the Oktane 22 conference. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendoud/ Episode Sponsors: Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/ RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://ww...
Nov 09, 2022•23 min•Ep. 183
Jim and Jeff talk about Oktane 2022 before getting into a conversation Jim had about IDQL (ID Query Language) and the open source Hexa project to tackle multi-cloud identity and access management with Gerry Gebel, Head of Standards at Strata Identity. Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-gebel/ Learn more about Strata.io: https://www.strata.io/ Learn more about IDQL and Hexa: https://hexaorchestration.org/ Retail & Hospitality ISAC: https://rhisac.org/ Connect wi...
Nov 07, 2022•49 min•Ep. 182
Jim and Jeff put on an IAM spooktacular episode with the help of listeners that sent in their IAM horror stories. Oktane: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: 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...
Oct 31, 2022•58 min•Ep. 181
Jim and Jeff are on location at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2022 Conference and wrap up the coverage with a talk with Kevin Goldman, Chief Design Officer at Trusona and Chair of the User Experience Committee and Board Member for the FIDO Alliance, about the sharp focus the FIDO Alliance has put on the customer user experience of passkey authentication. Connect with Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevingoldman/ Learn more about Trusona: https://www.trusona.com/ Learn more about the FIDO Des...
Oct 25, 2022•53 min•Ep. 180
Jim and Jeff are on location at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2022 Conference and talk with Sarah Clark, Senior Vice President for Digital Identity at Mastercard about the work being done at Mastercard to create a reusable identity network. Connect with Sarah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmclark/ Learn more about Mastercard Digital Identity Service: https://idservice.com/en/home.html Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https:...
Oct 24, 2022•32 min•Ep. 179
