

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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Mar 6, 2023 • 59min
#202 - Trust in Identity with Eve Maler
Jim and Jeff talk with Eve Maler, Chief Technology Officer at ForgeRock, about trust within the context of identity and access management (IAM) and discuss that trust in three different areas: trust in the practice of IAM, trust and bias, and trust in IAM vendors.
Connect with Eve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evemaler
Learn more about ForgeRock: https://www.forgerock.com/
ForgeRock Community - CTO Lounge: https://community.forgerock.com/c/cto-lounge/6
Explain AI: https://explainai.org/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Feb 27, 2023 • 1h 16min
#201 - IAM through CISO eyes with Helen Patton
Jim and Jeff talk with Helen Patton, Chief Information Security Officer for the CISCO Security Business Group, about her views on a range of IAM topics through her eyes as a CISO.
Connect with Helen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenpatton/
Visit her website: https://www.cisohelen.com/
Cybersecurity Canon: https://cybersecuritycanon.com/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Feb 20, 2023 • 1h 16min
#200 - Celebrating 200
Jim and Jeff take an episode to celebrate putting out 200 episodes and talk about how the show started and where it is going before highlighting a handful of favorite episodes over the last few years. Thanks to everyone who listens, shares, and subscribes!
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Feb 13, 2023 • 1h 2min
#199 - Managing IAM with Sarah Cecchetti
Jim and Jeff talk with Sarah Cecchetti, Head of Product for AWS Cognito and co-founder and board member of IDPro, about managing IAM teams, products, projects, and everything in between.
Connect with Sarah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcecchetti/
IDPro: https://idpro.org/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Feb 6, 2023 • 1h 2min
#198 - Identity BCP and DR for the Cloud with Muli Motola
Jim and Jeff have a discussion with Muli Motola, Co-founder, and CEO at accSenSe, about the need to consider Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) for identity infrastructure in the cloud.
Connect with Muli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/motolamuli/
Learn more about accSenSe: https://accsense.io/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Jan 30, 2023 • 1h 3min
#197 - GSA & CISA PAM Playbook with Ken Myers and Ross Foard
Jim and Jeff talk with Ken Myers, Director in the Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division for the GSA, and Ross Foard, IT Specialist in the INFOSEC group of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), about the GSA & CISA PAM Playbook.
Connect with Ken: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idmken/
Connect with Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-foard/
Privileged Identity Playbook: https://playbooks.idmanagement.gov/playbooks/pam/
Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (2nd Preliminary Draft): https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/1800-35/draft
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Jan 23, 2023 • 1h 5min
#196 - CIAM Authentication with Mickey Boodaei
Jim and Jeff talk with Mickey Boodaei, CEO and co-founder of Transmit Security, about reducing risk and fraud with modern authentication in Customer/Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) platforms.
Connect with Mickey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeyboodaei/
Learn more about Transmit Security: https://www.transmitsecurity.com/
Events:
Gartner IAM Summit: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/identity-access-management-us
European Identity and Cloud Conference: https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2023
Identiverse: https://identiverse.com/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Jan 16, 2023 • 48min
#195 - Fully Merged Identity Security with Gabe Avner
Jim and Jeff talk with Gabe Avner, Director of Content at Authomize, about his blog post about the merging of identity security with information security.
Connect with Gabe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-avner-57a67717/
Read Gabe's article: https://www.authomize.com/blog/2022-is-the-year-that-identity-fully-merged-with-security-a-retrospective/
Learn more about Authomize: https://www.authomize.com/
Upcoming events:
KuppingerCole European Identity & Cloud Conference: https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2023
Identiverse 2023: https://identiverse.com/
Gartner US IAM Summit 2023: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/identity-access-management-us
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Jan 9, 2023 • 50min
#194 - IAM AMA with Martin Kuppinger
Jim and Jeff talk with Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts, about a wide range of IAM topics in the first episode of 2023.
Connect with Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinkuppinger/
Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/
KuppingerCole European Identity & Cloud Conference: https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2023
Identiverse 2023: https://identiverse.com/
Gartner US IAM Summit 2023: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/identity-access-management-us
IDPro Words of Identity: https://bok.idpro.org/article/id/86/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/
Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/
Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Dec 19, 2022 • 1h 18min
#193 - Recapping 2022 and Predicting 2023 with Jerod Brennen
Jim and Jeff sit with Jerod Brennen, Principal Consultant and vCISO with SideChannel, to discuss IAM themes for 2022 and predict the 2023 IAM breakout stars for the identity space.
Connect with Jerod: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodbrennen/
Jerod's LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/jerod-brennen
Jerod’s Cybersecurity Talks (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0hoXtO7SA5Lq0rHrsT02SXWulm2Dal-
Decentralized Identity Foundation - https://identity.foundation/
North America Gartner IAM Summit: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/identity-access-management-us
Identiverse: https://identiverse.com/
Connect with us on LinkedIn:
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