This week Simon and David continue the conversation around identity and access management deployment patterns. Identity is broad and can be deployed in many different ways - yet buy side decision makers and vendors alike often misunderstand the nuances seen in the difference between SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Managed Services and the classic on-premises. The Cyber Hut released a free open source article this week outlining the definitions. Identity Threat Detection and Response startup Oort received a $15M round this week - Simon and David weigh in on identity funding and the rise of ITDR in general. And finally German based identity consultancy IC-Consult acquired fellow specialists Kapstone to make an 800 strong private consultancy practice.