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Identity at the Center

Editorial pick

Hosted by Jeff Steadman & Jim McDonald

The trade podcast for identity and access management practitioners.

Panel Weekly 30–60 min· ~280 episodes· Started 2019
Level
Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
Status
Active, last episode
Who's behind it
Independent, Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald sourceRuns regular Sponsor Spotlight episodes with its sponsors.
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Editorial take

The only podcast dedicated specifically to IAM as a discipline. Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald are working IAM consultants, and the show reflects that, episodes cover IGA implementations, MFA rollout patterns, ITDR maturity, IDP vendor selection, and the politics of getting IAM funded inside an enterprise. Coverage skews enterprise on-prem-to-cloud rather than developer-facing CIAM, which is a feature if you live in that world and a bug if you don't.

Last hand-checked 2026-09-30.

Listen if you …

  • you work in workforce IAM, IGA, or PAM
  • you want vendor-agnostic discussion of identity programs at enterprise scale
  • you're preparing for an IAM-related certification or new role

Skip if you …

  • developer-facing CIAM is your beat, coverage is mostly enterprise IGA
  • you want news synthesis, this is structured topical conversation, not news

Start with these 3 episodes

  1. 01

    #450 - New to Identity with Alexis Bernthal

    · 84 min · Beginner

    A newcomer's route into IAM; the clearest on-ramp the show has for students.

  2. 02

    #307 - Creating an IAM Program

    · 81 min · Practitioner

    Jeff and Jim alone, laying out how an IAM program is funded, staffed and sequenced.

  3. 03

    #373 - Going Passkey Phishing with Nishant Kaushik

    · 58 min · Practitioner

    FIDO Alliance CTO Nishant Kaushik answers the common security objections to passkeys.

Working in identity? Read the full Identity at the Center profile on Start with Identity, the non-profit IAM community.

About the show

Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald's identity and access management podcast. Both are working IAM consultants, which sets the show's character: practical, vendor-agnostic, and oriented around the realities of running IAM programs.

Episodes alternate between two-host topical discussion and guest interviews with vendor executives, customer practitioners, and analysts.

Notable guests

  • Ian Glazer
  • Eve Maler
  • Andre Durand
  • Phil Windley

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