History Repeats Itself – My View of the CrowdStrike Incident
There has been a ton of commentary, analysis, and responses regarding the CrowdStrike incident that happened on July 19, 2024. As of today, July 26, 2024 there are still companies recovering and trying to get back to normal operation. In the coming months, I’m sure there are going to be hearings and other outcomes related […]
Removing the Stigma of Social Logins
How do we remove the stigma associated with social logins and trust them as a viable alternative to local password storage.
Pull-Through Identity Modeling: One Identity to Rule Them All
I’ve worked on a lot of Identity and Access Management (IAM) projects over the years. The goal is always to centralize the IAM infrastructure. This is due to a lot reasons around Security, Experience, and enforcement of organizational standards. I’ve had a lot of success doing this and saw organizations and users benefit from the […]
Lifting and Leadership
Leadership is an exercise in energy management and physics. See how you can use the lifting mentality to establish yourself and be more effective in your organization.
Identity Governance and Newton’s Laws of Motion
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is complex. When I’m working with customers, you can get lost quickly when trying to describe all the different capabilities and functions of IAM. Especially when you start talking about Identity Governance (IGA) and all the connected applications, it can become a bit unwieldly. Given I always try to keep […]
Can I Integrate My API Gateway with My Authentication Provider…..
Integrating disparate cloud infrastructure and authentication providers can be done. This post looks at integrating Oracle OCI API Gateway with ForgeRock Identity Cloud.
Strong Foundations Build Strong Houses
I was at #identiverse last week and had a ton of good conversations with attendees and vendors. While there is a lot of cool stuff going on in the industry, one thing kept nagging at me as I ventured around the show floor. Have we matured enough that we need all this new technology? I […]
Solution Selling to get your IAM Budget
We all need to be sellers at some point to get our IAM budgets approved. Use this approach to help you get your next IAM budget approved.
You can’t have no in your heart – collaborative approaches to secure design
To engage with our customers, we need to collaborate more and less ‘no’ in requests.
Moving to Password Less
Resetting expectations to password less when implementing passwordless.