

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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May 18, 2020 • 35min
Identity At The Center #44 - IDSA Report-Identity A Work In Progress
Jim and Jeff talk about some of the findings in the recently released Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) report "Identity Security: A Work In Progress"
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May 11, 2020 • 43min
Identity At The Center #43 - Passwords and Phishing in the COVID Era
Jim and Jeff talk about passwords for World Password Day (May 6th) and a Barracuda Networks commissioned study about the security concerns businesses are seeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 4, 2020 • 38min
Identity At The Center #42 - Ron's IAM Program Framework
Jim and Jeff talk with Ron about the IAM program framework he is developing and some of the challenges some organizations face when it comes to IAM context and operations.
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Apr 27, 2020 • 52min
Identity At The Center #41 - Server Access Management 101 with Paul
Jim and Jeff talk with Paul Volosen from Centrify about the IAM concepts used to secure server access.
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Apr 20, 2020 • 40min
Identity At The Center #40 - IAM ROI
Jim and Jeff talk about how to develop a Return on Investment (ROI) strategy when it comes to IAM.
Link to Auth0 Forrester report we discuss: https://auth0.com/forrester-total-economic-impact/
Risk Management Concepts: https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/category/certifications-training/cissp/domains/security-and-risk-management/cissp-risk-management-concepts/
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Apr 13, 2020 • 43min
Identity At The Center #39 - Digital Transformation and CIAM
Jim and Jeff talk about how consumer/customer IAM (CIAM) is a fundamental part of a digital transformation strategy.
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Apr 6, 2020 • 51min
Identity At The Center #38 - Data Privacy Regulations are Dead On Arrival with Richard Bird
Jim and Jeff talk with Richard Bird, Chief Customer Information Officer at Ping Identity, about data privacy and why data privacy regulations are dead on arrival.
LinkedIn article by Richard: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/data-privacy-joke-your-town-nation-richard-bird/
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Mar 30, 2020 • 36min
Identity At The Center #37 - Access Management with Andy
Jim and Jeff talk with Andy Clark, Principal Consultant at Okta, about access management including the why's of OIDC and SAML, scopes, and flows. To register for the free virtual Oktane 2020 conference, visit https://www.oktane20.com/
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Mar 23, 2020 • 50min
Identity At The Center #36 - Assessing CIAM Maturity
Jim and Jeff talk about how assessing CIAM (customer/consumer identity & access management) can be different than an enterprise IAM assessment.
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Mar 16, 2020 • 46min
Identity At The Center #35 - Managing IAM Through A Pandemic
Jim and Jeff talk about the current global health situation and things to consider from an IAM perspective. Jeff also finds a way to talk baseball with Jim as it relates to the Houston Astros and their brute force hacking of pitchers and catchers for the last few seasons (allegedly).
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