

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?
Episodes
Mentioned books

Apr 25, 2022 • 43min
#143 - Listener Questions and Jim Rocks the Casbah
Jim and Jeff take some time to answer a variety of IAM questions from listeners around the world before pivoting to Jim belting out the hits.
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Apr 18, 2022 • 42min
#142 - Is PAM Dead?
Jim and Jeff talk about the role of Privileged Access Management as the organizations shift more to the cloud for their infrastructure. Also, our favorite McDonald's orders.
99% of cloud identities are overly permissive, opening door to attackers: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3656793/99-of-cloud-identities-are-overly-permissive-misconfigured-iam-opening-door-to-attackers.html
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Apr 11, 2022 • 55min
#141 - 2022: Year of the MFA Bypass
Jim and Jeff talk with Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director at the FIDO Alliance, about why he thinks 2022 will be the year of the MFA Bypass and what FIDO is doing to provide options to IAM practitioners to move towards possession-based authentication.
Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewshikiar/
Learn more about the FIDO Alliance: https://FidoAlliance.org
Learn more about the FIDO Certified Professional Program: https://fidoalliance.org/fido-certified-professional-program/
FIDO UX Guidelines: https://fidoalliance.org/ux-guidelines/desktop-authenticator-ux-guidelines/
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Apr 4, 2022 • 42min
#140 - Identity Management Day 2022
Jim and Jeff talk with Julie Smith, Executive Director at the Identity Defined Security Alliance, about Identity Management Day 2022 which is on Tuesday, April 12th, 2022. Follow #IDMGMTDay2022 and #BeIdentitySmart on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay in the loop with the festivities.
Connect with Julie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaesmith/
Learn more about the IDSA: https://www.idsalliance.org/
Check out the Identity Management Day 2022 website: https://www.accelevents.com/e/identitymanagementday2022#about
Aardvark and Repokid: https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-aardvark-and-repokid-53b081bf3a7e
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Mar 28, 2022 • 53min
#139 - Identity in the Metaverse with Dan Creed
Jim and Jeff talk with Dan Creed, Head of Infrastructure Security at Meta about the IAM challenges Meta faces on a daily basis and some of the identity risks to be solved for in the metaverse.
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-creed-mba-ccsp-sscp-csis-cios-ecih-2947162/
Learn more about Meta: Meta.com
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Mar 21, 2022 • 52min
#138 - Identity Data Fabrics with Dieter Schuller
Jim and Jeff talk with Dieter Schuller, Chief Revenue Officer at Radiant Logic, about what an Identity Data Fabric is and how it can help solve some of the data challenges in the IAM space.
Connect with Dieter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schullerd/
Learn more about Radiant Logic: https://www.radiantlogic.com/
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Mar 14, 2022 • 27min
#137 - IAM Strategy vs. Program
Jim and Jeff talk about working in IAM consulting as strategists and answer a listener question from Matt about IAM strategy vs. programs and when and where the focus should be on strategic vs. tactical items.
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Mar 7, 2022 • 1h 12min
#136 - DREAMing about Identity Fabrics with Paul Fisher
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Fisher, Lead Analyst with KuppingerCole, to learn more about identity fabrics and KuppingerCole's DREAM (Dynamic Resource Entitlement and Access Management).
Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carpaul/
Learn more about KuppingerCole: https://www.kuppingercole.com/
DREAM Introduction: https://www.kuppingercole.com/blog/kuppinger/access-entitlements-multi-cloud-hybrid
Identity Fabrics: Developing your IAM Program from Vision to Strategy: https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2022/blog/identity-fabrics-developing-your-iam-program-from-vision-to-strategy
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Feb 28, 2022 • 54min
#135 - DevSecOps with Mike Fraser
Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Fraser, VP of DevSecOps at Sophos, to learn more about DevSecOps and how digital identity plays a role in the application development pipeline.
Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itascode/
Learn more about Sophos: https://www.sophos.com/en-us
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Feb 21, 2022 • 51min
#134 - Sans Password with Frydentity
Jim and Jeff talk with Frydentity, aka Alec Fry, Senior Systems Engineer at Transmit Security, about passwordless vs. password-less differences and how true passwordless works in the real world.
Connect with Alec: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frydentity/
Learn more about Transmit Security: https://www.transmitsecurity.com/
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, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live