Identity at the Center

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• #452 - When Identity Becomes Critical Infrastructure with Shea McGrew

  October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

  Shea McGrew, Chief Technology Officer at Maricopa County, returns to Identity at the Center one year after episode 376 to take on a question she first raised at our Identity After Dark session: when does digital identity become critical…

• #451 - Sponsor Spotlight - C1.ai

  September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Alex Bovee, CEO and co-founder of C1.ai (formerly ConductorOne), returns for his third appearance on Identity at the Center. Alex walks Jim and Jeff through the rebrand to C1.ai and why the .ai matters: identity now covers humans…

• #450 - New to Identity with Alexis Bernthal

  September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  Jeff flies solo for episode 450, joined by Alexis Bernthal, an associate on RSM's technology risk consulting team who found her way to the podcast through a corporate-wide email and a contact form submission that led to an invitation to…

• #449 - Decoded - Transaction Tokens with George Fletcher

  September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

  George Fletcher joins Jeff Steadman and Sean O'Dell for a Decoded deep dive into transaction tokens (Txn-Tokens), the OAuth Working Group specification designed to secure requests as they move across microservices. George explains the…

• #448 - Sponsor Spotlight - Opal Security

  September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

  Howard Ting, CEO of Opal Security, joins Jeff Steadman for a Sponsor Spotlight covering identity governance for both human and non-human identities. Howard traces his path through RSA Security, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, and…

• #447 - Authenticate 2026 Preview with Andi Hindle

  September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

  Jeff Steadman sits down with Andi Hindle, conference chair for Authenticate 2026, for a preview of this year's event. Making his seventh appearance on the show, Andi walks through how Authenticate has evolved since its founding alongside…

• #446 - Rethinking Identity for AI Agents with Rick Scot

  September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

  Rick Scot, Global CIO and CISO at Elevate Textiles, joins Jim and Jeff to talk about how he went from leading a data team to holding both the CIO and CISO seats at a global manufacturing company. Rick shares the moment that pulled him into…

• #445 - Sponsor Spotlight - Twine Security

  September 2, 2026 · 53 min

  Jim McDonald hosts this Sponsor Spotlight episode of Identity at the Center, made possible with support from Twine Security. Jim is joined by Benny Porat, co-founder and CEO of Twine Security and previously co-founder and CTO of Claroty…