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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Identity at the Center

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idacpodcast.com

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

#8 - Talking IAM with Ash Motiwala 23.08.2019

On this episode, Jim and Jeff talk with Ash Motiwala, Managing Partner at Identropy, about the history of Identropy, current IAM trends, and the future of IAM. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#7 - How the IAM Value Proposition Has Changed 16.08.2019

On this episode, Jim and Jeff talk with Luis Almeida, VP of Business Development at Identropy, about how the value proposition for IAM has changed over the years. You can read his take here. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#6 - Black Hat 2019 09.08.2019

Warshipping, US military CAC's on the way out, and how to identify Deepfakes... all topics of discussion brought to the table by Jeff who has his boots on the ground at the annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#5 - What Just Left Your Wallet? 02.08.2019

On this episode, Jim and Jeff talk about the recent news regarding the Capital One data breach and what might have been the motivations behind the incident. They also reference this video when talking about man in the middle attacks against two-factor authentication. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#4 - The Circle of (IGA) Life 26.07.2019

On this episode, Jim talks with Jeff about his idea in an upcoming article he is writing about the IGA lifecycle: Approve - Provision - Collect - Verify Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#3 - Healthcare IAM, MFA, and PAM Oh My! 19.07.2019

On this episode, Jim and Jeff talk about Kacy Zurkus' article "Healthcare Organizations Too Confident in Cybersecurity" for InfoSecurity Magazine and  why multi-factor authentication (MFA) isn't more widely adopted. Jeff also poses a question to Jim: Do you choose MFA or Privileged Access Management (PAM) first if you can only do one? Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor....

#2 - Getting into the sexy world of IAM 12.07.2019

With Jim on vacation this week, Jeff has called up Fletcher Edington as a pinch hitter. Fletcher talks about his path from college intern to IAM implementation engineer to IAM sales. They also talk about how to get young talent into the IAM space to solve the UI and design challenges of the future. Want to join the conversation? Leave us a message here: anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

#1 - Introduction to an IAM Strategy Framework 02.07.2019

It's our first one! Hosts Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman have a combined 30 years of experience in the identity and access management field. In this episode, they talk about how to create identity and access management strategies to better secure your organization. ***Correction - In this episode, we mention our friend Mario. He works at Callsign and not Transmit Security. Sorry, Mario!***

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