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

#83 - Penetration Testing with Krissy Safi 08.03.2021

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...

#82 - Organizational Change Management with Carlos Rodriguez 01.03.2021

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...

#81 - RBAC with Jim and Jeff 22.02.2021

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.

#80 - People-Centric IAM and Breach Prevention with FRYdentity 15.02.2021

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...

#79 - Zero Trust with Dr. Chase Cunningham 08.02.2021

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...

#78 - Digital Transformation and IAM with Luis Almeida 01.02.2021

Jim and Jeff talk with Luis Almeida, Chief Revenue Officer at Clear Skye, about the role IAM is playing in digital transformation. Connect with Luis on LinkedIn: 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 Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jef...

#77 - Women in Identity with Kay Chopard 25.01.2021

Jim and Jeff talk with Kay Chopard, US Ambassador for the Women in Identity organization, about their goals, their membership (that includes not just women), and the role that mentors and mentees play in their career. Connect with Kay Chopard on LinkdedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaychopard/ Women in Identity on the web: https://womeninidentity.org/ Book - The Silent Sex: https://press.princet...

#76 - IAM as a Career with IDPro Ian Glazer 18.01.2021

Welcome to 2021 and back to the office! Jim and Jeff talk with Ian Glazer, Co-Founder and Vice President of IDPro, about his career in the IAM space and how IDPro is positioning itself to help the IAM community. Connect with Ian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglazer/ IDPro: https://www. IDPro.org Identity: The Next Ten Years: https://identiverse.gallery.video/detail/video/6184188772001/...

#75 - SolarWinds Breach with Paul Volosen 28.12.2020

Jim talks with Paul Volosen, Information Security Architect & Vice President at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, about the recent SolarWinds breach. Show Links: Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvolosen/ Paul's CyberSecurity 101 on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6733870238582108160/ SolarWinds Brief: https://www.solarwinds.com/securit...

#74 - PAM Training with Katie McCroskey 14.12.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Katie McCroskey, Director of Knowledge Management and Training at Thycotic, about her background in Privileged Access Management (PAM), how she handles PAM training, and what is next for PAM. Programming note: This is the last show of 2020 and we wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday and new year. We'll be back in January of 2021 with new episodes. Connect with Katie on...

#73 - All The IAM Things with Nishant Kaushik 07.12.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Nishant Kaushik, CTO at Uniken and Identropy Alumnus, about a wide range of IAM topics including the different IAM organizations he is a part of, biometrics as convenience versus security, identity fraud in the era of COVID, and some rapid fire predictions for identity in 2021. Show Links: Connect with Nishant on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishantkaushik/ Fol...

#72- Talking about PAM with Paul Lanzi 30.11.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Lanzi, Co-Founder and COO at Remediant, about privileged access management maturity and capabilities that impact the overall security and risk management for an organization. Paul Lanzi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/planzi/ Remediant: https://www.remediant.com Lockheed Success Story: https://www.remediant.com/solutions/success-story CSNP: https://www.csnp.org/ IDSA: http...

#71 - Transitioning from Enterprise IAM to IAM Consulting with Mayda Gonzalez 23.11.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Mayda Gonzalez, Identropy's newest member of the advisory team, about what it is like to transition from being a part of an enterprise IAM program into an IAM consultant role and what IAM thing everyone is thankful for this year. Connect with Mayda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayda-gonzalez-00515a28/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: http...

#70 - IAM Trends and Challenges with Asad Ali 16.11.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Asad Ali from Thales and Chair of the Identity Defined Security Alliance Technical Working Group about IAM trend and challenges including Zero Trust and AI authentication. Connect with Asad on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asadali2/ Thales: https://www.thalesgroup.com/ Identity Defined Security Alliance: https://www.idsalliance.org Kim Cameron's Laws of Identity...

#69 - The Role of IAM in an API-First Implementation 09.11.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Bill Nelson, co-founder, at Identity Fusion about what an API-First Implementation is and the role that IAM plays. Show links: Connect with Bill Nelson on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wnelson/ Visit Identity Fusion on the web at http://www.identityfusion.com Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Je...

#68 - Nok Nok... Who's There? - An Identity and Access Management Conversation with Phil Dunkelberger 02.11.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Phil Dunkelberger, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nok Nok Labs, about soooooo many IAM things: His long history in the space, going password less and how to justify it, and how long it will be before the password dies (again). Show Links: Connect with Phil on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipdunkelberger/ Game Rangers Association of Africa: https:/...

#67 - Identify 2020 Virtual Conference Show 26.10.2020

In case you missed the video version, this is the audio from the special video podcast that Jim and Jeff recorded for the Ping Identify 2020 Virtual Conference. To watch the on-demand show, visit the conference link below. Ping Identify 2020: https://identify2020virtual.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https:/...

#66 - IAM Certifications with Henry Bagdasarian from the Identity Management Institute 19.10.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Henry Bagdasarian, Founder, and President of the Identity Management Institute about the benefits and options there are for getting certified in the IAM field. Show Links: Connect with Henry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/identitymate/ Connect with the IMI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/identity-management-institute/ Visit the Identity Management Ins...

#65 - Inside the IGA Sales Cycle with Mary Berg 12.10.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Mary Berg, Vice President of Channels and Alliances with CloudBridge, about the IGA trends she is seeing before going into what the IGA sales cycle is like. Show Links: Connect with Mary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marybergbroyles/ SecurEnds: https://www.securends.com/ Clear Skye: https://clearskye.com/ SATH ID Hub: https://idhub.sath.com/ Ilantus: https://www.i...

#64 - Identity Product Design with Mary Writz 05.10.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Mary Writz, Vice President of Product Management at ForgeRock, about the challenges and thought process that goes into designing an identity product. Show Links: Connect with Mary on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marywritz/ Visit ForgeRock to learn more about what they offer: https://www.forgerock.com/ Ping Identity Identify 2020 Virtual Conference: https://www....

#63 - The Open-Measure Initiative and Measuring IAM Performance with David Doret 28.09.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with David Doret, IT Risk & Cybersecurity: IAM & PAM Manager at BNP Paribas, and founder of the Open-Measure project about the initiative and his upcoming research about measuring IAM performance. Be sure to connect and follow David on LinkedIn to be notified when his research will be made publicly available. Show Links: Connect with David Doret: https://www.linkedin.com/...

#62 - Managing Third Party Identity with David Pignolet from SecZetta 21.09.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with David Pignolet, founder, and CEO of SecZetta, about how they address the problems of managing third party identities and some of their associated risks. Show Links: Connect with David Pignolet on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpignolet/ SecZetta:       https://www.seczetta.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.co...

#61 - Zero Trust & "Strong" Authentication with Rebecca Nielsen 14.09.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Rebecca Nielsen, Director of Technology Integrations at PKH Enterprises, about Zero Trust, "Strong" Authentication, and her work on the US Department of Defense ICAM reference design. Show Links: Connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccanielseniam/ Identiverse 2020 On-Demand: https://portal.inxpo.com/ID/PingIdentity/IdentiverseVirtual/ About...

#60 - Identity Centric Security with Jerrod Brennen 07.09.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Jerod Brennen, Music Teacher and IAM Renaissance Man, about his IAM journey, Identity Centric Security, and some of the IAM education sessions that he has developed. Show Links: Connect with Jerod on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/slandail/ LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/jerod-brennen Webinar - Hacking Identity: The Good, Bad and...

#59 - Optimizing Security & Convenience with Frank Villavicencio 31.08.2020

Jim and Jeff talk with Frank Villavicencio, Head of Product for Shared Services at ADP, about the IAM user experience and how to optimize security and convenience. Connect with Frank on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fvillavicencio/ IDSA Webinar - Hacking Identity: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Identity-Centric Security Controls with Jerod Brennen of SailPoint: https://www.idsalliance.org/...

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