
Identity, Unlocked.
In Partnership with OpenID Foundation and IDProThis is Identity, Unlocked with host Vittorio Bertocci. Identity, Unlocked is the podcast that discusses identity specs and trends from a developer perspective. Identity, Unlocked is powered by Auth0.Vittorio Bertocci is Principal Architect at Auth0 and applies his vast knowledge of the identity industry to Auth0 in all aspects of the company, including internal and external education, product innovation, and customer integration.Prior to Auth0, Bertocci spent 17 years at Microsoft, where he worked on the Azure Active Directory team and focused largely on improving the developer experience. As a published author of four identity books and a highly-trafficked blog: cloudidentity.com, his forward-thinking commentary has enabled him to speak at conferences, such as Identiverse, BUILD, PDC, TechEd, Cloud Identity Summit, and many other industry events around the world.
Latest episodes

Sep 29, 2022 • 47min
Daniel Fett on privacy-preserving measures and SD-JWT
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Fett, expert cryptographer, returns to the show to discuss the landscape of privacy-preserving measures (such as selective disclosure, zero-knowledge proofs or ZKP, etc.) that are emerging to augment existing technologies and enable new scenarios. The discussion gets very concrete when Daniel describes selective disclosure JWT, or SD-JWT, a new IETF specification he is coauthoring that offers a simple and easy-to-adopt approach to produce JWTs capable of supporting selective disclosure. Here at Identity, Unlocked, we are huge fans of this new specification, and we hope this episode will help you get started!

Aug 31, 2022 • 42min
SAML with Joni Brennan, Paul Madsen and Prateek Mishra
In this episode, Prateek, Paul, and Joni bring us back to a time in which single sign-on across domains on the web was a brand new problem. With the confidence (and the passion!) of the people who were there and made things happen, the guests take Vittorio and the listeners on a whirlwind tour touching on the technical and political challenges they had to overcome to bring SAML to life and make it the ubiquitous success it is today. From the basics of how the SAML protocol works to the entities and standard bodies that developed it, the discussion eventually reaches modern times and concludes on how in a world where old and new standards coexist, OpenID Connect picked up the innovation torch from SAML.

Jul 14, 2022 • 57min
Windows CardSpace with Stuart Kwan
On the second episode of the 4th season of Identity Unlocked, host Vittorio Bertocci, Principal Architect at Auth0, is joined by Stuart Kwan, Partner Product Manager in the Azure Active Directory team. He joins the show to discuss Windows CardSpace, how it ignited the user centric identity revolution and how it influenced so much of what we do today, despite failing to be adopted. Like this episode? Be sure to leave a five-star review and share Identity, Unlocked with your community! You can connect with Vittorio on Twitter at @vibronet, Stuart at @stuartkwan, and Auth0 at @auth0.

Jun 14, 2022 • 41min
FIDO Multi Device Credentials with Andrew Shikiar and Tim Cappalli
Andrew Shikiar and Tim Cappalli join host Vittorio Bertocci to discuss FIDO multi device credentials, the progress and challenges in the identity industry, the goal of FIDO Alliance to reduce data breaches through password replacement, the FIDO2 stack and secure authentication methods, the audacious goal of replacing passwords and SMS OTP with possession-based authentication, and the journey towards a passwordless future.

Jan 10, 2022 • 34min
The Mobile Driving License Spec with Andrew Hughes
Andrew Hughes, director of Identity Standards and Pink Identity historical figure in the identity industry, discusses the implementation and challenges of mobile driving licenses, the standards and features of the mobile driving license spec, the PKI and synergies with OpenID Connect, and the future of mobile driving licenses including general purpose wallets, identity verification, privacy concerns, and standardization efforts.

Dec 20, 2021 • 43min
OpenID Connect with Mike Jones
This podcast explores the success and importance of OpenID Connect, discussing its origins, wide usage, and innovation. It also discusses the evolution of identity and how OpenID disrupted the enterprise-focused model. The podcast delves into the development of OpenID Connect, emphasizing simplicity and security. It also explores the establishment of the OpenID Foundation and its role in creating a safe intellectual property regime. Additionally, it examines the concept of EKYC and the role of OpenID Connect in identity assurance.

Dec 6, 2021 • 38min
Decentralized Identity and OpenID Connect with Kristina Yasuda and Oliver Terbu

Nov 10, 2021 • 27min
Global Assured Identity Network (GAIN) with Nat Sakimura and Torsten Lodderstedt
Identity, Unlocked is the podcast that discusses identity specs and trends from a developer perspective. Identity, Unlocked is powered by Auth0. In this episode, we focus on the Global Assured Identity Network, abbreviated GAIN, a proposal from 150 identity experts that was presented inform of white paper at the European Identity Conference in Munich. Today, we are chatting with two of those 150 authors, Nat Sakimura, chairman of the OpenID Foundation, and we welcome a returning guest, Torsten Lodderstedt, CTO of yes.com.

Oct 26, 2021 • 32min
Authorization with David Brossard
In this episode of Identity, Unlocked, principal architect at Auth0 and podcast host Vittorio Bertocci discusses authorization with David Brossard.Like this episode? Be sure to leave a five-star review and share Identity, Unlocked with your community! You can connect with Vittorio on Twitter at @vibronet or Auth0 at @auth0.Music composed and performed by Marcelo Woloski.

Oct 11, 2021 • 43min
System for Cross Domain Identity Management (SCIM) with Phil Hunt & Pamela Dingle
Join Phil Hunt and Pamela Dingle as they discuss the evolution from LDAP to SCIM, benefits of SCIM for user management, SCIM mailing list insights, stateful paging, and challenges in large-scale data imports. Learn about formalizing SCIM, standardizing solutions, and shaping standards at IETF.
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