Identity at the Center

Jim McDonald, Jeff Steadman

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Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview and roundtable podcast focused on identity security, identity and access management, and the professionals shaping the IAM industry. PR agencies could credibly pitch IAM executives, cybersecurity founders, identity practitioners, access-governance experts, and leaders of relevant industry communities; booking difficulty is medium because guests need specialized domain expertise, though the show regularly features industry professionals rather than only highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 440

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.2k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Jim McDonald - Identity and access management professional with decades of real-world IAM experience.

Jeff Steadman - Identity and access management professional with decades of real-world IAM experience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
IAM and cybersecurity executives, company founders and technology leaders, identity practitioners, access-governance specialists, and leaders organizing established identity-industry communities.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led an identity-security or cybersecurity company, Held a senior technical or operational role in IAM, Organized or led an identity-industry community or professional chapter

Recent Guest Discussions

Greg Danyi - Runtime Access Control, Authentication And Authorization, Zero Standing Privilege, Non-human Identities, AI Agent Governance, And Dynamic Access Policies.

Varshith Reddy - Advice For Attending Identiverse For The First Time And Participating In The Identity Community.

Roland Baum - Running An Identibeer Chapter, Community Participation, And Identity Industry Networking.

Ole Shved - Starting An Identibeer Chapter, Community Development, And Identity Industry Networking.

Bertrand Carlier - Launching An Identibeer Chapter, Community Building, And Identity Industry Networking.

Recent Topics

Identity Security, Access Management, Cybersecurity, Authentication, Authorization

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Identity at the Center
:

#440 - Identiverse 2026 - Mike Kiser

August 10, 2026

Recorded live at Identiverse 2026, Jeff and Jim sit down with returning guest Mike Kiser, Director of Strategy and Standards at SailPoint, for a wide-ranging conversation that spans two of the standards world's most active frontiers. The first half breaks down C2PA, the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, explaining how it differs from digital watermarking, how metadata and cryptographic signatures build a chain of custody for media, and why this work connects directly back...

#439 - Sponsor Spotlight - Tuebora

August 05, 2026

This Sponsor Spotlight episode, made possible with support from Tuebora, features Jim McDonald in conversation with Sanjay Nadimpalli, CEO and founder of Tuebora. Sanjay shares his path into identity beginning as one of the first engineers at Aveksa, then discusses how intelligence is reshaping identity governance and administration by replacing static configuration with continuous, context-aware decision making. The conversation covers the concept of governance debt, how AI can interpret org...

#438 - Identiverse 2026 - Sean O'Dell

August 03, 2026

Recorded live at Identiverse 2026 in Las Vegas, Jeff sits down with Decoded co-host Sean O'Dell for a wide-ranging state of the union on continuous identity, shared signals, and the identity questions AI keeps raising. Sean shares what he is hearing on the ground about the upcoming transaction tokens spec, why continuous identity has moved from concept to mainstream adoption, and how shared signals are expanding into commerce. The conversation shifts to AI: the real cost of securing it, w...

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