

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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Dec 12, 2022 • 55min
#192 - Voice Biometrics with Mel Dingman
Jim and Jeff talk with Mel Dingman, Program Director with Booz Allen Hamilton, to learn more about how voice biometrics (VB) work for identification and authentication, the primary use cases, and what is next for the VB space.
Connect with Mel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissadingman/
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

Dec 5, 2022 • 51min
#191 - Microsoft Entra with Eric Woodruff
Jim and Jeff talk with Eric Woodruff of Semperis to learn more about Microsoft's Entra offering and where it fits into the identity ecosystem.
Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msfthiker/
Eric on Mastodon: @ericonidentity@infosec.exchange
Eric On Identity: https://ericonidentity.com/
Learn more about Semperis: https://www.semperis.com/
Microsoft Entra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-entra
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

Nov 28, 2022 • 57min
#190 - Identity Governance with Paul Mezzara
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Mezzara, Vice President of Strategy with Saviynt, about his background as a Gartner analyst and some of the challenges of proper identity governance across an organization.
Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmezzera/
Learn more about Saviynt: https://saviynt.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

Nov 21, 2022 • 44min
#189 - IAM Trends from a CEO Perspective with Axay Desai
Jim and Jeff talk with Axay Desai, Founder & CEO of ObserveID, about different trends in the IAM space including converged IAM, managing multi-cloud identity, and user behavior analytics.
Connect with Axay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axay-desai/
Learn more about ObserveID: https://www.observeid.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

Nov 16, 2022 • 28min
#188 - Oktane 22 - Closing Oktane with Eric Anderson
Jim and Jeff talk with Eric Anderson, Enterprise Security Director at Adobe, about Oktane 22 conference themes before ending with some new music recommendations as the walls come crumbling down around us to close out the conference.
Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonericrobert/
IDSA/Adobe Identity-Centric Security: https://www.idsalliance.org/customer-stories/adobe/
Adobe's Zero-Trust Enterprise Network Platform: https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/en/security/pdfs/Adobe-ZEN-WP.pdf
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

Nov 15, 2022 • 30min
#187 - Oktane 22 - Abhay Thomas and Vijay Amanchi
Jim and Jeff talk with Abhay Thomas, Director of Application Development at Pega, and Vijay Amanchi, Senior Manager of Application Development at Pega, about the multi-year customer and enterprise IAM journey their organization has been on.
Connect with Abhay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhaythomas/
Connect with Vijay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-amanchi/
Pegasystems: https://www.pega.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

Nov 14, 2022 • 37min
#186 - Oktane 22 - Customer Identity Cloud with Eugenio Pace and Shiv Ramji
Jim and Jeff talk with Eugenio Pace, President of Customer Identity at Okta, and Shiv Ramji, Chief Product Officer of Customer Identity at Okta, about the role Auth0 has played in the formation of the Okta Customer Identity Cloud.
Connect with Shiv: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivenramji/
Connect with Eugenio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugeniop/
A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control, Second Edition - Book Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28362
Episode Sponsors:
Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/
RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html
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

Nov 11, 2022 • 33min
#185 - Oktane 22 - Managing Identity on Apple devices with Matt Vlasach
Jim and Jeff talk with Matt Vlasach, VP of Product with Jamf, about managing identity on Apple devices.
Connect with Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvlasach/
Learn more about Jamf: https://www.jamf.com/
Episode Sponsors:
Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/
RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html
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

Nov 10, 2022 • 24min
#184 - Oktane 22 - Okta CIO Alvina Antar
Jim and Jeff talk with Alvina Anta, CIO at Okta about her path to the role, Oktane 22, and the sessions she is leading on diversity and the role of the CIO when it comes to driving business transformation.
Connect with Alvina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinaantar/
Episode Sponsors:
Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/
RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html
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

Nov 9, 2022 • 23min
#183 - Oktane 22 - Opening Day Recap
Jim and Jeff talk with fellow RSM Digital Identity team member Ben Doud and recap the first day of the Oktane 22 conference.
Connect with Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendoud/
Episode Sponsors:
Oktane 22: https://www.okta.com/oktane22/
RSM Digital Identity: https://rsmus.com/services/risk-fraud-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-business-vulnerability/identity-and-access.html
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