Identity at the Center

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?

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

#208 - Identiverse 2023 Preview with Andi Hindle 17.04.2023

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: I...

#207 - Banking on IAM with Srini Kasula 10.04.2023

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...

#206 - Identity Management Day 2023 03.04.2023

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/...

#205 - 2023 Gartner US IAM Summit Review 27.03.2023

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: ...

#204 - 2023 Gartner US IAM Summit Preview 20.03.2023

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 id...

#203 - Open-Source in IGA with Igor Farinic 13.03.2023

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: ht...

#202 - Trust in Identity with Eve Maler 06.03.2023

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 Commu...

#201 - IAM through CISO eyes with Helen Patton 27.02.2023

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:&n...

#200 - Celebrating 200 20.02.2023

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.li...

#199 - Managing IAM with Sarah Cecchetti 13.02.2023

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:&...

#198 - Identity BCP and DR for the Cloud with Muli Motola 06.02.2023

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....

#197 - GSA & CISA PAM Playbook with Ken Myers and Ross Foard 30.01.2023

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/ Privi...

#196 - CIAM Authentication with Mickey Boodaei 23.01.2023

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.ga...

#195 - Fully Merged Identity Security with Gabe Avner 16.01.2023

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: http...

#194 - IAM AMA with Martin Kuppinger 09.01.2023

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/ei...

#193 - Recapping 2022 and Predicting 2023 with Jerod Brennen 19.12.2022

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/playli...

#192 - Voice Biometrics with Mel Dingman 12.12.2022

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://w...

#191 - Microsoft Entra with Eric Woodruff 05.12.2022

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: @ericonidentity@infosec.exchange Eric On Identity: https://ericonidentity.com/ Learn more about Semperis: https://www.semperis.com/ Microsoft Entra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/...

#190 - Identity Governance with Paul Mezzara 28.11.2022

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...

#189 - IAM Trends from a CEO Perspective with Axay Desai 21.11.2022

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 Ste...

#188 - Oktane 22 - Closing Oktane with Eric Anderson 16.11.2022

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 Ze...

#187 - Oktane 22 - Abhay Thomas and Vijay Amanchi 15.11.2022

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/...

#186 - Oktane 22 - Customer Identity Cloud with Eugenio Pace and Shiv Ramji 14.11.2022

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 Contr...

#185 - Oktane 22 - Managing Identity on Apple devices with Matt Vlasach 11.11.2022

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....

#184 - Oktane 22 - Okta CIO Alvina Antar 10.11.2022

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-cybersecurit...

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