Identity at the Center

Jim and Jeff talk with Frank Villavicencio, Chief Product Officer with Greenshades Software, about going passwordless and the approach he took with his organization. Connect with Frank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fvillavicencio/ Learn more about Greenshades: https://www.greenshades.com/ Learn more about HYPR: https://www.hypr.com/ Microsoft's CISO: Why we're trying to banish passwords...

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 provide a consistent cloud IAM experience. Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-gebel/ Learn more about Strata.io: https://www.strata.io/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin....

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 the new IDPRO Certified Identity Professional (CIDPRO) certification. Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcecchetti/ IDPro certification link: https://idpro.org/cidpro/ Learn more about AWS Cognito: https://aws.a...

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 Managing Director with Protiviti, about what it was like to build an identity company, identity software, pivoting to identity professional services, and getting acquired by a larger organization. Connect with Victor on LinkedIn: https://ww...

Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), about their recent report: 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities. Connect with Julie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/ 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities Report: https://www.idsalliance.org/2021-trends-in-securing-digital-identities-2/ Connect with Jim and Jeff...

Jim and Jeff talk with Gal Diskin, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Authomize, about Identity First Security and Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). Connect with Gal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galdiskin/ Check out his Identiverse 2021 Session: https://identiverse.com/idv2021/speaker/SPEJMKHDGKV/ Learn more about Authomize: https://www.authomize.com/ Lessons...

***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 your own Zero Trust organizational journey (hint: you might already have started and don't know it yet). Connect with Sami on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samiplaine/ Learn more about The Maturity of Zero Trust Across Organizations...

Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Engle, Head of Strategic Planning at 1Kosmos, about the convergence of identity proofing and password less technologies. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/englemichael/ Learn more about 1Kosmos: https://www.1kosmos.com/ 1Kosmos Webinar "Trends in IDAAS: Secure Workforce Access with Strong Identity Proofing: https://www.1kosmos.com/gate-webinar-f...

Jim and Jeff talk with Mario Dusaj, Senior Solutions Engineer with Callsign, about Gartner's Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment (CARTA) model and how it relates to Zero Trust. Connect with Mario on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariodusaj/ Learn more about Callsign: https://www.callsign.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ji...

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 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) capabilities as part of an identity program. Connect with Bala on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbalak/ Learn more about KYX from Jumio here: https://go.jumio.com/kyx-platform-ebook Learn more about Jumio: https:/...

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 and security for financial applications. Connect with Nathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncoffing/ Learn more about Cloudentity: https://cloudentity.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://w...

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 of a digital identity strategy. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/ Check out the PEBCAK Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pebcak-podcast-information-security-news-by-some-all/i...

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 governance, and security program gamification. Also, what rock star we would be for a day and an app recommendation from Jim. Connect with Eric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonericrobert/ IDSA/Adobe Identity-Centric Security:...

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 support our future. Connect with Evan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egertis/ Visit his website: http://www.evan-gertis.com/ Learn more about NetFoundry: https://netfoundry.io/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald:...

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 trends. Connect with Arun on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunksingh-ilantus-ceo/ Learn more about Ilantus here: https://www.ilantus.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpm...

Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director, Identity Defined Security Alliance, and Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director National Cyber Security Alliance, about Identity Management Day, their organizations, and what is next for IAM. Connect with Julie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/ Connect with Kelvin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvin-coleman/ Identit...

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 how to hire, train, and retain IAM professionals. Connect with Ken on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idmken Ken's Github Research: https://idmken.github.io/ More on ICAM: https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/icam-resources NIST NICE: NICE Frame...

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 practice about how to engage and partner with the business and some of the challenges that come up as part of an IAM Program. Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanmacleod/ Connect with Pierce on LinkedIn: h...

Jim and Jeff talk with Katie Stevens, Director with Protiviti's Security & Privacy practice about privacy, consent, data residency, and how to start thinking about these in the context of IAM. Connect with Katie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-stevens-7357433/ Identity Management Day 2021: www.identitymanagementday.org Identiverse 2021: https://identiverse.com/ Upcoming Protivit...

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 Management Day 2021. Connect with Robb on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbreck/ Robb's Colorado = Security Podcast: https://www.colorado-security.com/ Identity Management Day 2021: www.identitymanagementday.org Identiverse 2021:...

Jim and Jeff talk with Krissy Safi, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader for Attack & Penetration Testing at Protiviti, about penetration testing - what it is and why IAM is important to it. Connect with Krissy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krissysafi/ Resources to learn more about hacking Pen Testing: https://HackerHighSchool.org https://OWASP.org https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToHac...

Jim and Jeff talk with Carlos Rodriguez, Director IT Security & Risk at Citizens Property Insurance, about organizational change management, bringing stakeholders to the table, and Agile versus Waterfall project methodologies. Connect with Carlos on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosrodrigueza/ Managing Organizational change in IAM and IS Programs: https://multifactor-authentica...

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 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 and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

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 prevent breaches. Connect with Alec on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frydentity/ IDSA Report " Identity and Access Management: The Stakeholder Perspective" : https://www.idsalliance.org/blog/2021/02/04/new-research-provides-iam-stakehold...

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 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chase-cunningham-54b26243/ Read Chase's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084ZN2HBD/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Learn more about Ericom Software: https://www.ericom.com/ Google BeyondCorp...