Identity at the Center

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...

Jim and Jeff celebrate the show turning 3 and then get into thoughts around the ISACA report "State of Cybersecurity 2022" ISACA State of Cybersecurity 2022 report: https://www.isaca.org/go/state-of-cybersecurity-2022 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....

Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance, about their recent report "2022 Trends in Securing Digital Identities" and some of the key findings they observed. Connect with Julie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/ Identity Defined Security Alliance: https://www.idsalliance.org/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: htt...

Jim and Jeff ask a few of their identity friends to answer the question: What is the difference between digital identity and identity and access management? Ian Glazer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglazer/ Sarah Cecchetti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcecchetti/ Eve Maler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evemaler/ Adam Mikeal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amikeal/ Jaime Lewis-Gross: https://www.lin...

Jim and Jeff talk about the RSA Conference in San Francisco and thoughts on how to govern and structure IAM in a distributed environment. 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 with Andi Hindle, Chair at IDPro and Content Chair of Identiverse, about the upcoming Identiverse 2022 conference and the IDPro organization. Connect with Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahindle/ Follow Andrew on Twitter: @andrewhindle Learn more about Identiverse: https://identiverse.com/ Learn more about IDPro: https://idpro.org/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here:...

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 @IDACPodc...

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. Ide...

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...

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/ Je...

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. IdentityAtTheC...

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...

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...

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...

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.idsalli...

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://...

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/ji...

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. Identity...

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-clou...

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:...

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.linked...