Identity at the Center

Jim and Jeff talk with Upendra Mardikar, Chief Security Officer, at Snap Finance about customer identity and how the fintech space is evolving to combat fraud and provide better payment experiences for their customers. Connect with Upendra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/upendra-mardikar-11523a/ Learn more about Snap Finance: https://snapfinance.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim Mc...

Jim and Jeff talk with Ward Duchamps, CEO at Scaled Access, about authentication and authorization when it comes to the world of Consumer or Customer IAM (CIAM). Connect with Ward: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wardduchamps Learn more about Scaled Access: https://www.scaledaccess.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman:...

Jim and Jeff talk with Archit Lohokare, Vice President of Product Management at CyberArk, about the NIST 800-63 publication for Digital Identity Guidelines. Connect with Archit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/architl/ NIST 800-63: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/ CyberArk NIST 800-63-3 Primer: https://www.cyberark.com/resources/blog/nist-800-63-3-digital-identity-guidelines-a-primer Learn more about...

Jim and Jeff with Adam Mikeal, Director, Information Security & Adjunct Prof. at Texas A&M University talk about the challenges of running identity services as part of a higher education institution and bringing some of those experiences into the classroom. Connect with Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amikeal/ Texas A&M University: https://www.tamu.edu/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on L...

Jim and Jeff talk with Den Jones, Chief Security Officer at Banyan Security, about what Zero Trust in the year 2022 looks like and how to get started. Connect with Den on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denwjones/ Learn more about Banyan Security: https://www.banyansecurity.io/ Check out UrbanPunks: https://soundcloud.com/urbanpunks Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: h...

Jim and Jeff talk with John Tolbert, Lead Analyst and Managing Director at KuppingerCole, to learn more about fraud reduction intelligence platforms and how they fit into an identity program's capabilities. Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tolbert/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ Fraud Reduction Intelligence Platform Leadership Quadrant...

Jim and Jeff talk with Armin Ebrahimi, Head of Distributed Identity at Ping Identity, about the role identity proofing plays in the identity space. Connect with Armin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aebrahimi/ Learn more about Ping Identity: https://www.pingidentity.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.li...

Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Engle, Head of Strategic Planning from 1Kosmos, and Howard Hall, lead for the North American Office of Consult Hyperion, about the role their digital identity venture capital firm "1414 Ventures" plays in the identity ecosystem. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/englemichael/ Connect with Howard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ho...

Jim and Jeff talk with Nicholas Brown, Interim CEO at Hitachi ID Systems, about chaos in the identity space with things like ransomware, user experience, multicloud, and if it matters if a SaaS solution is multi-tenant versus single tenant. Connect with Nicholas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbrown2112/ Learn more about Hitachi ID Systems: https://www.hitachi-id.com/ Identity and Privileged Access...

Jim and Jeff talk with John Tolbert, Lead Analyst and Managing Director at KuppingerCole, about the state of the Consumer IAM (CIAM) field and observations from the KuppingerCole CIAM Leadership Compass. Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tolbert/ Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: ht...

Jim and Jeff talk with Morey Haber, Chief Security Officer at BeyondTrust, about ransomware, multicloud, zero trust, and how privileged access and identity plays in role in mitigating risk and enabling organizations. Connect with Morey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjhaber/ Morey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Morey-J-Haber/e/B078HDPHSN Cyber Security Non-Profit Podcast: https://www.cs...

Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Vesey, CEO & President at IdRamp, about the challenges and opportunities with increasing demand for digital touchless services and how they converge with traditional physical services. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-vesey/ Learn more about IdRamp: https://idramp.com/ Ontario Digital Identity: https://www.ontario.ca/page/digital-id-on...

This is the fifth in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference. Jeff talks with Gail Hodges, Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation, about the role of non-profits in the shaping of the future of identity. Connect with Gail Hodges: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-hodges-26b1b9/ Learn more about the Op...

This is the fourth in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference. Jeff talks with Andrew Vitollo, Senior Product Manager at Trusona, about his identity background and the journey towards passwordless. Connect with Andrew Vitollo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewvitollo/ Learn more about Trusona: https://w...

This is the third in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference. Jeff talks with Bob Lord, former CSO for the Democratic National Committee, about the role identity plays in security strategy. Connect with Bob Lord: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordbob/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://fidoallianc...

This is the second in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference. Jeff talks with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, Joon Hyuk Lee, Head of the FIDO Developer Challenge, Bhaskar Deo, CEO & Co-Founder of Trillbit, and Aaron Brighton, Founder of Lockdrop about the FIDO Developer chal...

This is the first in a five-part series of conversations that Jeff had with fellow identity professionals at the FIDO Alliance Authenticate 2021 conference. Jeff talks with Arryn Crow, Senior Technical Program Manager for AWS Identity about how to make the IAM field more inclusive and accessible. Connect with Arryn Crow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arynn-crow-821761103/ Learn more about the FIDO A...

Jim and Jeff talk with Eve Maler, ForgeRock's Chief Technology Officer and Chief UMAanitarian, about the 2021 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report and discuss some of the key findings including why the Healthcare sector continues to be targeted. Connect with Eve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evemaler/ Eve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/xmlgrrl ForgeRock 2021 Consumer Identity Breac...

Jim and Jeff talk with John Morton, Director of Solutions Engineering at Britive, about why managing IAM for the cloud is different and the challenges it brings to IAM programs. Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmortonnotromnhoj/ Learn more about Britive: https://www.britive.com/ Protiviti Webinar "Why IAM Fails: How to Develop an IAM Program That Works": https://gatew...

Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Chanthaphone, Manager with Edgile's Identity Service Line, about getting into the IAM space and things to consider for running successful IAM projects. Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewchanthaphone/ Check out Andrew's YouTube "All Things IAM": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQt1akSIv5b8GW6yp2sQzjw Andrew's Identity and Access Manage...

Jim and Jeff talk with Jennifer Kraxner, Director of Strategic Advisory at SecZetta, about the convergence of third-party risk and identity and the importance of having accurate and always up-to-date authoritative sources for all identities in the organization. Connect with Jennifer Kraxner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenkraxner/ IAM Best Practices Blog Series: The Importance of an Au...

Jim and Jeff talk with Stephen Cox, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Strivacity, about customer or consumer IAM (CIAM) and things to consider for a rollout such as security, scale, and using a product versus open-source solution. Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencox/ Learn more about Strivacity: https://strivacity.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on Link...

Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, about the upcoming Authenticate 2021 Conference. Authenticate 2021 Conference: https://authenticatecon.com/ Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://FidoAlliance.org Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewshikiar/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linke...

Jim and Jeff talk with Gil Kirkpatrick, Chief Architect at Semperis and 17-year Microsoft MVP for Active Directory and Enterprise Mobility, about how Microsoft approaches Hybrid Identity and what you should be thinking about when it comes to securing these identities. Connect with Gil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gil-kirkpatrick/ Learn more about Semperis: https://www.semperis.com/ Lea...

Jim and Jeff talk with Roger Grimes, Data Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4 about hacking MFA and some of the misconceptions people might have about the security it provides. Connect with Roger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogeragrimes/ Webinar - Nuclear Ransomware: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1016269776988/WN_gXRlL99_QcKbNTF8oMyiaQ Webinar - 12 Ways to Defeat Multi-Fac...