The Watchlight AI podcast is a platform for sharing news, insights, and practical advice for overcoming Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AI challenges. The host and guests are committed to supporting the Identity and AI communities and fighting cybercrime. This podcast aims to feature guests who will discuss topics such as authentication, authorization, Identity Fabrics, AI Orchestration, secure AI system design, AI architecture, and AI trust.
SummaryIn this episode of the Identity Heroes podcast, Aldo Pietropaolo speaks with Adrian Mendoza from Mendoza Ventures about the current state of the identity and cybersecurity market. They discuss the evolution of cybersecurity investments, the importance of cost optimization in identity management, and the intersection of fintech and cybersecurity. Adrian shares insights on evaluating investment opportunities in cybersecurity and highlights the work of Mendoza Impact, a nonprofit focused ...
20 Jan 2025
Relock Security - Continuous Adaptive Trust
SummaryIn this episode of the Identity Heroes Podcast, Aldo Pietropaolo discusses the evolving landscape of authentication and identity management with guests Przemek Czerklewicz and Marcin. They explore whether authentication is genuinely solved, the importance of continuous trust and assurance, and the challenges posed by the authentication chasm. The conversation also delves into Relock's innovative approach to enhancing security through dynamic (ephemeral) secrets and machine identity ver...
9 Jan 2025
Tim Youngblood - Astrix Security
SummaryIn this episode of the Identity Heroes podcast, hosts Aldo Pietropaolo and Brad Tumy engage with Tim Youngblood, a cybersecurity expert from Asterix Security, to explore the concept of non-human identities (NHI) and their implications in the cybersecurity landscape. Tim explains the evolution of NHIs, their management challenges, and the impact of AI on identity security. The conversation delves into the lifecycle management of NHIs, the role of Asterix Security in addressing these cha...
8 Jan 2025
Tom Kemp - Centrify
SummaryIn this episode of the Identity Heroes podcast, host Aldo Pietropaolo interviews Tom Kemp, the founder of Centrify, about privileged access management and privacy policy. They discuss the evolution of Centrify from focusing on extending Active Directory to non-Microsoft platforms to becoming a cloud-based privileged access management solution. They also explore the importance of addressing machine identity in privileged access management and the potential future of PAM 4.0. Tom Kemp al...
29 Sept 2024
Lance Peterman
In this episode of the Identity Heroes podcast, Lance Peterman shares his journey into the world of identity management, discussing his experiences at various companies, including Merck and Dick's Sporting Goods. He emphasizes the importance of user experience in identity management, the differences between workforce and customer identity, and the potential impact of AI on the field. Lance also highlights the role of ID Pro in educating identity professionals and the need for better data mana...
4 Aug 2024
Mike Schwartz - Gluu Founder
In this episode, Aldo and Brad interview Mike Schwartz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nynymike/), the CEO and founder of Gluu, an open-source identity and access management platform. They discuss Mike's background in the identity space and his passion for open source. They also talk about the challenges and innovations in authentication and authorization, the concept of identity journeys, and the importance of reusability in building custom identity flows. Mike also shares insights on the future of authentication and the role of verifiable credentials. In this conversation, Mike Schwartz, CEO of Gluu, discusses the challenges and innovations in eKYC, verifiable credentials, and authorization. He highlights the potential of eKYC with government-issued credentials in digital wallets and the need for enterprises to accept and issue verifiable credentials. Schwartz also emphasizes the importance of continuous real-time tokens and policies in authorization and the need for new infrastructure to enable real-time policy evaluation. He explains the strategies of using JWTs, lazy loading, and aggressive data initialization in the PDPs. Schwartz also mentions the AuthZen working group and the importance of externalized policies in authorization.
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29 Mar 2024
Identity Heroes - Eric Leach (Founder of What and Why)
Summary
In this episode, Eric Leach discusses his journey into the identity space and the key evolutions he has witnessed. He also shares insights into the challenges of building identity products and the importance of standards and open source. Eric then explains his transition to consulting and advisory work, focusing on helping companies define their product vision and strategy. He explores the concept of fractional product management and its growing popularity. Eric also discusses fractional leadership in product management and the importance of sharing experiences and lessons learned. Finally, Eric also explores the challenges in the identity industry and the impact of AI on identity and security.
About the featured Identity Hero
Eric Leach is the founder and President of What Why Consulting, Inc., which offers fractional Chief Product Officer Consulting services using a unique practitioner's approach that helps companies of all sizes build products that matter. Eric is a founder, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and product leader with over 20 years of experience at startups, scale-ups, and large software companies. He's held product leadership roles at Oracle, Salesforce, and Strata Identity, where he built innovative and market-leading identity management and cybersecurity products. He tells stories about thriving in a software product management life in his weekly Substack newsletter, What and Why (https://callmeleach.substack.com/).
Reach Eric at eric@whatwhyconsulting.com
Eric's LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlericleach/)
2 Mar 2024
Identity Heroes - Atul Tulshibagwale (CTO of SGNL)
Summary
In this episode, Aldo and Brad interview Atul Tulshibagwale, CTO of SGNL, about the evolution of SAML and the challenges of authorization in the identity industry. Atul explains how SAML started as a solution for authentication and later expanded to include coarse-grained authorization. He discusses the limitations of role-based access control and the need for a common standard in authorization. Atul introduces CAEP (Continuous Access Evaluation Profile) and explains how it enables real-time session communication and dynamic authorization. He also discusses the industry's adoption of CAEP and the future of authorization in the identity space.
About the featured Identity Hero
Atul is the CTO of SGNL, a company backed by Microsoft and Cisco and founded by ex-Googlers that helps enterprises mitigate damage from identity breaches. Atul is a federated identity pioneer and the inventor of the Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol (CAEP). He was previously at Google, where his seminal blog post kicked off the industry-wide movement that culminated in the OpenID Foundation’s Shared Signals working group, which he co-chairs. Atul is also a Corporate Board Member of the OpenID Foundation. His leadership in developing and promoting SSF and CAEP, the critical zero-trust standards, has been influential in their widespread adoption. Apple, Okta, Cisco, and others have announced support for these standards. Previously, Atul was a co-founder and the CEO of Trustgenix, a federated identity pioneer that was acquired by HP. Trustgenix contributed to the development of federated identity standards such as SAML 2.0 and the Liberty Alliance Framework.
Reach Atul at cto@sgnl.ai
Atul's LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulshi/)
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