Identity at the Center

Jim and Jeff are on location at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2022 Conference and talk with Tom Sheffield, Senior Director, Cybersecurity with Target, about the multiyear FIDO journey that Target has been on to simplify and strengthen their enterprise user authentication experiences. Connect with Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sheffield/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://ww...

Jim and Jeff are on location at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2022 Conference and talk with Ian Glazer, SVP Product Management at Salesforce and cofounder of IDPro, and Andi Hindle, Content Chair for Identiverse and Board Member at IDPro, about the IDPro organization and findings from the 2022 IDPro Skills Survey. Connect with Ian Glazer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglazer/ Connect with Andi Hin...

Jim and Jeff are on location at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2022 Conference and talk with John Poirier, Lead Director for CVS Health, about the role voice can play in a positive authentication experience. Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpoirier/ Learn more about the VEX Robotics Competition: https://www.vexrobotics.com/competition Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: ht...

Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director at the FIDO Alliance, to get a preview of the Authenticate 2022 conference kicking off today (October 17, 2022) in Seattle, Washington. Connect with Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewshikiar/ Authenticate 2022: https://authenticatecon.com/ FIDO Alliance: https://fidoalliance.org/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://ww...

Jim and Jeff talk with Gary Rowe, Founder, CEO, and Principal Consulting Analyst at TechVision Research, about the upcoming Chrysalis 2022 conference and what identity practitioners should expect. Connect with Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-rowe-b6966523/ Chrysalis 2022: https://techvisionresearch.com/chrysalis-2022/ TechVision Research: https://techvisionresearch.com/ Connect with us on L...

Jim and Jeff talk with Kurt Greening, Head of Sales for Cerby, about things the IAM practitioners of the world should consider when managing access to social media accounts. Connect with Kurt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtgreening/ Learn more about Cerby: https://www.cerby.com/ Cerby Social Media Checklist: https://go.cerby.com/take-action Authenticate 2022: https://authenticatecon.com/event/au...

Jim and Jeff talk with Jay Klauser, Head of Global Sales Engineering and Tech Alliances with Britive, about how IAM in the cloud is different and how frameworks like CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) and DREAM (Dynamic Resource Entitlement and Access Management) are helping the IAM industry and practitioners get their arms around identity security for the public cloud. Connect wit...

Jim and Jeff talk with Nishant Kaushik, CTO with Uniken, about the identity proofing space including the difference between verified identity and verifiable credentials. Connect with Nishant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishantkaushik/ Learn more about Uniken: https://www.uniken.com/ 1Kosmos Webinar Link: https://www.1kosmos.com/event/mfa-tried-to-fix-passwords-but-how-do-we-fix-mfa/ Authenticate...

Jim and Jeff talk with Andres Aguiar, Product & Engineering Leader with Okta, about Fine Grained Authorization (FGA), OpenFGA, and where they fit in the authorization landscape. Connect with Andres on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaguiar/ Learn more about OpenFGA: https://openfga.dev/ Google Zanzibar Academy: https://zanzibar.academy/ 1Kosmos Webinar Link: https://www.1kosmos.com/even...

Jim and Jeff answer questions from Identity at the Center listeners including traditional MFA versus man in the middle attacks, managing layered access, and why modernization is usually just a fancy word for "catching up." 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...

Jim and Jeff talk with Brad Tumy, Senior Solutions Engineer with IndyKite about identity graphs that support knowledge-based access controls. Connect with Brad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradtumy/ Learn more about IndyKite: https://www.indykite.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jef...

Jim and Jeff talk with Vittorio Bertocci, Principal Architect with Auth0 a Product Unit of Okta, about the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit and get into some of the recent changes in the world of Identity-related technical specifications such as passkeys, verified credentials, and privacy. Connect with Vittorio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vittoriobertocci/ Learn more about Auth0: https://auth0.com/ Listen...

Jim and Jeff talk with Hed Kovetz, CEO & Co-Founder at Silverfort, at the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit about the Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) space and why it should be top of mind for your authentication plan. Connect with Hed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hed-kovetz-910ba5b9/ Learn more about Silverfort: https://www.silverfort.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim...

Jim and Jeff talk with Jaime Lewis-Gross, Vice President, Solutions Engineering & Strategy with Saviynt, about a range of topics from the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit in Las Vegas. Connect with Jaime: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimelewisgross/ Learn more about Saviynt: https://saviynt.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff S...

Jim and Jeff talk with Luis Almeida from Clear Skye about the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit including differences from prior years and the role platforms are playing in the IGA space. Connect with Luis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalmeida/ Learn more about Clear Skye: https://clearskye.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadm...

Jim and Jeff talk with Pierce Chakraborty, Associate Director with Protiviti, about the final day and overall experience of the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit. Connect with Pierce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierce-c-61aa57116/ 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 w...

Jim and Jeff talk with Steven Rennick, Identity Architecture at Ciena, Craig Ramsay, Solution Architect with Omada, Scott Harrod, IAM Technical Analyst with Sallie Mae, and Chris Power, Ops Manager with Sallie Mae, about their identity origin stories and our experiences through day two of the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit. Connect with Steven: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-rennick/ Connect with Cra...

Jim and Jeff talk with Rosa Black, Manager of IAM at Sidley Austin, about the first day of the 2022 Gartner IAM Summit in Las Vegas and our favorite sessions and highlights from the day. Connect with Rosa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosanna-black-422710bb/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.l...

Jim and Jeff talk about the upcoming Gartner IAM Summit in Las Vegas and answer the question "Is cereal soup?" 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

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 perpetual, subscription, to consumption based. Connect with Binod: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binodsingh-ilantus-chairman/ Learn more about Ilantus: https://www.ilantus.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https:/...

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 access management as part of a broader push for the availability of more digital services. Connect with Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-snodgrass-7a199412/ Shameless plug for where we all work and what we do: https://r...

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? Tweet it to @idacpodcast 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...

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: 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

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 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...

Jim and Jeff talk about the differences between customer and workforce multifactor authentication (MFA) use cases and which they feel is "harder." Deepfake Interviews: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/criminals-deepfake-video-interview-remote-work Marriott July 2022 breach: https://siliconangle.com/2022/07/05/second-time-year-marriott-suffered-data-breach/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on...