Podcasts about strata identity

In this episode of Security Matters, host David Puner sits down with Eric Olden, co-founder and CEO of Strata Identity, and a pioneer in modern identity management. Eric shares his career journey, from founding Simplified to leading Oracle's global identity division, and discusses the critical importance of resilience in identity systems.Discover how organizations can eliminate single points of failure, test their backup plans and ensure their digital operations remain robust even in the face of unexpected outages. Eric also delves into the concept of identity orchestration, explaining how it can unify multiple identity systems and enhance security.Tune in to learn about the latest trends in identity management, including the intersection of AI and identity, and gain insights into how businesses can proactively assess and mitigate risks associated with identity outages.Don't miss this engaging conversation filled with practical advice and forward-thinking strategies to help safeguard your organization's identity infrastructure.

Eric Olden, Co-Founder and CEO of Strata Identity, dives into the challenges and innovations in identity management for multi-cloud environments. He explains the concept of identity orchestration, its role in zero-trust architecture, and the evolution of identity management from SAML to abstraction layers like IDQL and HEXA. Eric also highlights real-world applications, such as failover scenarios for cruise ships and military operations, emphasizing the importance of resilient identity systems. Listeners are encouraged to explore his book, Identity Orchestration for Dummies, for actionable insights.

Microsoft describes a macOS vulnerability. A trio of healthcare organizations reveal data breaches affecting nearly three quarters a million patients. Group-IB infiltrates a ransomware as a service operation. Instagram rolls out new measures to combat sextortion schemes. Updates from Bitdfender address Man-in-the-Middle attacks. An Alabama man is arrested for allegedly hacking the SEC. In our Industry Voices segment, Gerry Gebel, VP of Strata Identity, describes how to ensure identity continuity during IDP disrupted, disconnected and diminished environments. CISOs want to see their role split into two positions. Game Freak's Servers Take Critical Hit. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, we have our Industry Voices segment with Gerry Gebel, VP of Products and Standards at Strata Identity, discussing how to ensure identity continuity during IDP disrupted, disconnected and diminished environments. Resources to learn more:  Identity Continuity™: How to have uninterrupted IDP access Resilience in extreme conditions: Why DDIL environments need continuous identity access Selected Reading macOS Vulnerability Could Expose User Data, Microsoft Warns (Infosecurity Magazine) Microsoft warns it lost some customer's security logs for a month (Bleeping Computer) 3 Longtime Health Centers Report Hacks Affecting 740,000 (GovInfo Security) Cicada3301 ransomware affiliate program infiltrated by security researchers (SC Media) Instagram Rolls Out New Sextortion Protection Measures (Infosecurity Magazine) Bitdefender Total Security Vulnerability Exposes Users to Man-in-the-Middle Attacks (Cyber Security News) Alabama Man Arrested in SEC Social Media Account Hack That Led the Price of Bitcoin to Spike (SecurityWeek) CISOs Concerned Over Growing Demands of Role (Security Boulevard) Pokémon video game developer confirms its systems were breached by hackers (The Record) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interpol arrests eight in an international cybercrime crackdown. A MedusaLocker variant targets financial organizations. Cloudflare mitigates a record DDoS attempt. Insights from the Counter Ransomware Initiative summit. Fin7 uses deepnudes as a lure for malware. Researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in DrayTek routers. CISA issues urgent alerts for products from Synacor and Ivanti. A former election official gets nine years in prison for a voting system data breach. Microsoft and the DOJ seize domains used by Russia's ColdRiver hacking group. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Eric Olden, Founder and CEO of Strata Identity. to learn how the modern enterprise can orchestrate the 7 A's of identity security to achieve zero trust. Harvard students demonstrate glasses that can see through your privacy.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. Industry Voices Segment On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Eric Olden, Founder and CEO of Strata Identity. Eric talks about how the modern enterprise can orchestrate the 7 A's of identity security to achieve zero trust. You can check out Strata's blog on “Understanding the 7 A's of IAM” and their book on “Identity Orchestration for Dummies”.  Selected Reading International police dismantle cybercrime group in West Africa (The Record) New MedusaLocker Ransomware Variant Deployed by Threat Actor (Infosecurity Magazine) Cloudflare Mitigates Record Breaking 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack (Hackread) Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks (Bleeping Computer) More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say (CyberScoop) FIN7 hackers launch deepfake nude “generator” sites to spread malware (Bleeping Computer) 14 New DrayTek routers' flaws impacts over 700,000 devices in 168 countries (Security Affairs) CISA Warns Active Exploitation of Zimbra & Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerability (Cyber Security News) Former Mesa County clerk sentenced to 9 years for 2020 voting system breach (CyberScoop) Microsoft and DOJ disrupt Russian FSB hackers' attack infrastructure (Bleeping Computer) Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers (404 Media) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The importance of maintaining uninterrupted services cannot be overemphasized, especially in light of the recent global IT outage fiasco. With the increasing dependence on cloud-based services, uninterrupted connectivity is essential to maintaining business continuity. Since identity providers control access to an organization's application and data, any downtime can shut down mission-critical operations. It was great to have Eric Olden, Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Strata Identity, share his thoughts and perspectives on this critical topic.Action Items and Discussion HighlightsInventory applications and dependencies to understand risk exposure.Conduct risk assessment to quantify risk and start with highest priority applications.Identify single points of failure.Trust but verify. You want to test things repeatedly so that when that inevitable outage happens, you're confident that the incident will not have drastic consequences.Balance investment in identity continuity solutions against the cost of potential downtime.Consider using existing on-premise identity systems like Active Directory as a low-cost redundancy option.Consider implementing identity orchestration and continuity solutions to introduce redundancy after evaluating cost vs risk.Create a culture of resilience that is not surprised when an outage happens but can handle it with grace and confidence.Time Stamps00:02 -- Introduction02:33 -- Guest's Professional Highlights04:32 -- Eric Olden's Perspective on the Global IT Outage Fiasco09:16 -- Practicality of Maintaining Redundancy13:21 -- Identity as Mission-Critical Systems14:03 -- Identifying Single Points of Failure20:00 -- Developing Always-On Identity Continuity Solution21:59 -- Interruption Factors23:12 -- Continuous and Meticulous Risk Assessment25:11 -- Incident highlighting a proactive approach to identity risk management29:42 -- Lessons from the Incident36:35 -- Final ThoughtsMemorable Eric Olden Quotes/Statements"I think a lot of people are realizing that there's more single points of failure in their environments, which creates a significant amount of risk.""Identity system is like the front door of the house; without identity security, you cannot access those applications. So identity has become a mission critical system because it has a primacy in terms of how people access the applications and the data to run today's modern enterprise.""Understand where you have single points of failure because until you do that analysis, you may be assuming that you aren't in a dependent situation because you've got rid of single points of failure in your data infrastructure, but what about the other parts that are not necessarily under your control.""Trust but verify. You want to test things repeatedly so that when that inevitable outage happens, you're confident that things will not take your business down with you.""It's not a question of whether something bad will happen in the future. It was a question of when it will happen and how bad it will hurt.""If you think about the cost of an investment for continuity, you want to ensure that you're not spending more for continuity than it would cost you for downtime.""Create a culture of resilience that is not surprised when an outage happens, but can handle it with grace and confidence."Connect with Host Dr. Dave Chatterjee and Subscribe to...

Enterprises often struggle with achieving business value in identity programs. This is typically the result of technology choices that require a disproportionately greater amount of effort and focus and underestimating the workforce required for organizational change management. With 30 years in the industry and a depth of accumulated knowledge working with large, global customers and vendors, we share how to identify and realize the business value in your organization's identity program. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Brief-1.pdf https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Modernization-Service-Brief-1-1.pdf This segment is sponsored by SDG. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sdgidv to learn more about them! In today's increasingly complex cloud environments, ensuring continuous access to identity services is critical for maintaining business operations and security. Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, will discuss the recently announced Identity Continuity product, designed to provide uninterrupted identity services even during outages. Unlike traditional disaster recovery solutions, Identity Continuity autonomously fails over to alternate identity providers, ensuring seamless access management. Join us to explore how Strata Identity is enhancing resilience in the identity management space. Segment Resources: Strata Identity Continuity Product page: https://www.strata.io/maverics-platform/identity-continuity/ State of Multi-Cloud Identity report: https://strata.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/State-of-multi-cloud-identity-2023_Strata-Identity.pdf Parametrix Survey = https://www.reinsurancene.ws/leading-cloud-service-providers-faced-1000-disruptions-in-2022-parametrix/ This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strataidv to learn more about them! Digital businesses are under attack from account and platform fraud, including Account Takeover (ATO), account opening fraud, and many variations of fraudulent account scams, impersonations, transactions and collusions. Learn best practices to stop fraud with better detection and prevention that can also improve customer satisfaction and operating efficiencies. This segment is sponsored by Verosint. Visit https://securityweekly.com/verosintidv to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-365

Enterprises often struggle with achieving business value in identity programs. This is typically the result of technology choices that require a disproportionately greater amount of effort and focus and underestimating the workforce required for organizational change management. With 30 years in the industry and a depth of accumulated knowledge working with large, global customers and vendors, we share how to identify and realize the business value in your organization's identity program. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Brief-1.pdf https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Modernization-Service-Brief-1-1.pdf This segment is sponsored by SDG. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sdgidv to learn more about them! In today's increasingly complex cloud environments, ensuring continuous access to identity services is critical for maintaining business operations and security. Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, will discuss the recently announced Identity Continuity product, designed to provide uninterrupted identity services even during outages. Unlike traditional disaster recovery solutions, Identity Continuity autonomously fails over to alternate identity providers, ensuring seamless access management. Join us to explore how Strata Identity is enhancing resilience in the identity management space. Segment Resources: Strata Identity Continuity Product page: https://www.strata.io/maverics-platform/identity-continuity/ State of Multi-Cloud Identity report: https://strata.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/State-of-multi-cloud-identity-2023_Strata-Identity.pdf Parametrix Survey = https://www.reinsurancene.ws/leading-cloud-service-providers-faced-1000-disruptions-in-2022-parametrix/ This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strataidv to learn more about them! Digital businesses are under attack from account and platform fraud, including Account Takeover (ATO), account opening fraud, and many variations of fraudulent account scams, impersonations, transactions and collusions. Learn best practices to stop fraud with better detection and prevention that can also improve customer satisfaction and operating efficiencies. This segment is sponsored by Verosint. Visit https://securityweekly.com/verosintidv to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-365

This week, we've got data security being both funded AND acquired. We discuss Lacework's fall from unicorn status and why rumors that it went to Fortinet for considerably more than Wiz was willing to pay make sense. Microsoft Recall and Apple Intelligence are the perfect bookends for a conversation about the importance of handling consumer privacy concerns at launch. How can the Snowflake breach both be one of the biggest breaches ever, but also not a breach at all (for Snowflake, at least). It's time to have a conversation about shared responsibilities, and when the line between CSP and customer needs to shift. The CSA's AI Resilience Benchmark leaves much to be desired (like, an actual usable benchmark) and Greg Linares tells a wild story about how the first Microsoft Office 2007 vulnerability was discovered. Finally, the Light Phone III was announced. Do we finally have a usable minimalist, social media detox-friendly phone option? Will Adrian have to buy one to find out? Several recent trends underscore the increasing importance of Know Your Business (KYB) practices in today's business landscape. One significant trend is the rise in financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and terrorist financing. Technological advancements have transformed the way businesses operate, leading to increased digitization, online transactions, and remote customer interactions. While these developments offer numerous benefits, they also create opportunities for criminals to exploit vulnerabilities. Higher value remote transactions are performed at higher volumes. In addition, government programs such as the PPP program created a need for onboarding business quickly. This created a influx of fraudulent entities and claim who are now exploiting other channels. The convergence of these trends highlights the critical role of KYB in safeguarding businesses, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering trust among stakeholders in today's dynamic and interconnected business environment. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/idi-Identiverse-Brochure_05-2024-KYB-PRINT.pdf This segment is sponsored by IDI. Visit https://securityweekly.com/idiidv to learn more about them! From wrestling with integration complexities to managing unexpected glitches, the realities of SSO implementation can produce very different results than what you want. Are users actually using SSO to login or are they still using the direct logins they gained before enabling SSO? We explore the reasons behind why SSO efficacy isn't always what it seems and what you can do about it. This segment is sponsored by Savvy. Visit https://securityweekly.com/savvyidv for a no cost SaaS-Identity checkup! With identity being the new security perimeter, identity platforms are now an integral part of the core security stack. Inherently these platforms are complex and it takes months and years for organizations to realize the business value. And this is going to get worse. The sheer volume and velocity with which new identity types are being added, as well the sophistication of attacks on identity platforms, requires a transformational shift to Identity security and governance. 50% operational efficiency and delivering security at scale are the two big initiatives which organizations have embarked on. In this session, Vibhuti Sinha, Chief Product Officer of Saviynt will share his insights and discuss how Saviynt is at the forefront of this transformation. This segment is sponsored by Saviynt. Visit https://securityweekly.com/saviyntidv to learn more about them! Enterprises often struggle with achieving business value in identity programs. This is typically the result of technology choices that require a disproportionately greater amount of effort and focus and underestimating the workforce required for organizational change management. With 30 years in the industry and a depth of accumulated knowledge working with large, global customers and vendors, we share how to identify and realize the business value in your organization's identity program. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Brief-1.pdf https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Modernization-Service-Brief-1-1.pdf This segment is sponsored by SDG. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sdgidv to learn more about them! In today's increasingly complex cloud environments, ensuring continuous access to identity services is critical for maintaining business operations and security. Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, will discuss the recently announced Identity Continuity product, designed to provide uninterrupted identity services even during outages. Unlike traditional disaster recovery solutions, Identity Continuity autonomously fails over to alternate identity providers, ensuring seamless access management. Join us to explore how Strata Identity is enhancing resilience in the identity management space. Segment Resources: Strata Identity Continuity Product page: https://www.strata.io/maverics-platform/identity-continuity/ State of Multi-Cloud Identity report: https://strata.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/State-of-multi-cloud-identity-2023_Strata-Identity.pdf Parametrix Survey = https://www.reinsurancene.ws/leading-cloud-service-providers-faced-1000-disruptions-in-2022-parametrix/ This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strataidv to learn more about them! Digital businesses are under attack from account and platform fraud, including Account Takeover (ATO), account opening fraud, and many variations of fraudulent account scams, impersonations, transactions and collusions. Learn best practices to stop fraud with better detection and prevention that can also improve customer satisfaction and operating efficiencies. This segment is sponsored by Verosint. Visit https://securityweekly.com/verosintidv to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-365

This week, we've got data security being both funded AND acquired. We discuss Lacework's fall from unicorn status and why rumors that it went to Fortinet for considerably more than Wiz was willing to pay make sense. Microsoft Recall and Apple Intelligence are the perfect bookends for a conversation about the importance of handling consumer privacy concerns at launch. How can the Snowflake breach both be one of the biggest breaches ever, but also not a breach at all (for Snowflake, at least). It's time to have a conversation about shared responsibilities, and when the line between CSP and customer needs to shift. The CSA's AI Resilience Benchmark leaves much to be desired (like, an actual usable benchmark) and Greg Linares tells a wild story about how the first Microsoft Office 2007 vulnerability was discovered. Finally, the Light Phone III was announced. Do we finally have a usable minimalist, social media detox-friendly phone option? Will Adrian have to buy one to find out? Several recent trends underscore the increasing importance of Know Your Business (KYB) practices in today's business landscape. One significant trend is the rise in financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and terrorist financing. Technological advancements have transformed the way businesses operate, leading to increased digitization, online transactions, and remote customer interactions. While these developments offer numerous benefits, they also create opportunities for criminals to exploit vulnerabilities. Higher value remote transactions are performed at higher volumes. In addition, government programs such as the PPP program created a need for onboarding business quickly. This created a influx of fraudulent entities and claim who are now exploiting other channels. The convergence of these trends highlights the critical role of KYB in safeguarding businesses, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering trust among stakeholders in today's dynamic and interconnected business environment. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/idi-Identiverse-Brochure_05-2024-KYB-PRINT.pdf This segment is sponsored by IDI. Visit https://securityweekly.com/idiidv to learn more about them! From wrestling with integration complexities to managing unexpected glitches, the realities of SSO implementation can produce very different results than what you want. Are users actually using SSO to login or are they still using the direct logins they gained before enabling SSO? We explore the reasons behind why SSO efficacy isn't always what it seems and what you can do about it. This segment is sponsored by Savvy. Visit https://securityweekly.com/savvyidv for a no cost SaaS-Identity checkup! With identity being the new security perimeter, identity platforms are now an integral part of the core security stack. Inherently these platforms are complex and it takes months and years for organizations to realize the business value. And this is going to get worse. The sheer volume and velocity with which new identity types are being added, as well the sophistication of attacks on identity platforms, requires a transformational shift to Identity security and governance. 50% operational efficiency and delivering security at scale are the two big initiatives which organizations have embarked on. In this session, Vibhuti Sinha, Chief Product Officer of Saviynt will share his insights and discuss how Saviynt is at the forefront of this transformation. This segment is sponsored by Saviynt. Visit https://securityweekly.com/saviyntidv to learn more about them! Enterprises often struggle with achieving business value in identity programs. This is typically the result of technology choices that require a disproportionately greater amount of effort and focus and underestimating the workforce required for organizational change management. With 30 years in the industry and a depth of accumulated knowledge working with large, global customers and vendors, we share how to identify and realize the business value in your organization's identity program. Segment Resources: https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Brief-1.pdf https://files.scmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SDG-IAM-Modernization-Service-Brief-1-1.pdf This segment is sponsored by SDG. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sdgidv to learn more about them! In today's increasingly complex cloud environments, ensuring continuous access to identity services is critical for maintaining business operations and security. Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, will discuss the recently announced Identity Continuity product, designed to provide uninterrupted identity services even during outages. Unlike traditional disaster recovery solutions, Identity Continuity autonomously fails over to alternate identity providers, ensuring seamless access management. Join us to explore how Strata Identity is enhancing resilience in the identity management space. Segment Resources: Strata Identity Continuity Product page: https://www.strata.io/maverics-platform/identity-continuity/ State of Multi-Cloud Identity report: https://strata.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/State-of-multi-cloud-identity-2023_Strata-Identity.pdf Parametrix Survey = https://www.reinsurancene.ws/leading-cloud-service-providers-faced-1000-disruptions-in-2022-parametrix/ This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strataidv to learn more about them! Digital businesses are under attack from account and platform fraud, including Account Takeover (ATO), account opening fraud, and many variations of fraudulent account scams, impersonations, transactions and collusions. Learn best practices to stop fraud with better detection and prevention that can also improve customer satisfaction and operating efficiencies. This segment is sponsored by Verosint. Visit https://securityweekly.com/verosintidv to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-365

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're talking with Eric Olden, CEO and Founder of Strata Identity, an identity orchestration platform that has successfully raised over $42 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: The Genesis at Berkeley: Eric reflects on starting his entrepreneurial journey in 1995, amidst the burgeoning internet era, identifying security as the web's most critical missing ingredient. The Dot-com Bubble: Eric provides an insider's view of Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble, highlighting the rapid rise and fall of many startups, including his own brush with an IPO before the market crash. Creating Categories: Eric talks about his experience in creating new market categories, emphasizing the importance of solving substantial problems and distinguishing between category creation and product innovation. The Importance of Analyst Relations: Eric underlines the role of analyst and media relations in building and defining new categories, stressing the necessity for founders to invest time and resources in this area. Identity Orchestration: Eric explains how Strata Identity is pioneering the category of identity orchestration, addressing the challenges of managing identity across multiple cloud environments. Content and Thought Leadership: Highlighting strategies for building authority and generating interest in a new category, Eric shares insights into producing valuable content and engaging with thought leaders to amplify their market presence.

A survey conducted by McKinsey found that businesses prioritizing personalization in the sales process saw up to a 75% increase in market share. So how can you create consistent growth by personalizing both the rep and the customer experience?  Shawnna Sumaoang: Hi, and welcome to the Win Podcast. I’m your host, Shawnna Sumaoang. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Mark Callahan, the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Strata. Thank you for joining us, Mark. I’d love for you to tell us about yourself, your background, and your role. Mark Callahan: My pleasure, thank you for having me on. And, as I think about how I came to be where I am today, I think about myself as a consummate storyteller by background. I have always been in technical marketing, but I realized that my knack was really around making complex stories seem more simple. In doing so, I’ve been in both the identity space, spent almost a decade at Twitter on the developer platform, and now back in the identity space, once again, hopefully making the internet a little bit safer for people to use it. SS: I love that. And Mark, the identity space is a little bit of an emerging market and you are focusing on creating its own category, which means your strategy is probably constantly evolving. What are some of the unique challenges that your company faces in this environment? MC: Great question. Strata Identity is pioneering a new type of approach to identity itself, and it’s called Identity Orchestration. And as you look at identity as a whole, not to correct you directly, but identity when it comes to application access, usernames, and passwords have been around for quite some time. What’s changing is how the different services are connected on the backend to make them all work together seamlessly. And, as we look at identity orchestration, it’s honestly a little bit of like identity glue. It’s making all these disparate services work together at runtime. In creating this new category, one of the hardest things to do is you have customers or prospects who are trying to pattern match. So a lot of times we come out and we start telling our story and they say, “Oh, you mean like this?” “Or, you mean like that?” And it’s not that we get into competitive knife fights. What we really get into is, “Oh, that feels like this thing.” And so really, the important things for us as we’re making the market is owning the message and the share of voice and really doing a foundational definition of what the challenges are and what it is that we’re solving for. One of the hardest parts about what we’re doing is our biggest competitor is honestly the status quo. It’s either doing nothing or do it as they do today. And so it’s helping people to see that there’s another path forward. Even if it’s one that on first brush seems almost a little magical and too good to be true. SS: You guys are definitely on the cutting edge. And how does Highspot help you overcome some of these challenges with your buyers? MC: I was a Highspot user for many years at Twitter, and it was an excellent product for us. In those worlds, it was very much around competitive knife fights and selling advertising sales. I happened to be on the developer and data team. Nevertheless, in realizing how easy and accessible it made content, what’s important for us at Strata is that our sales reps are looking to help set that definition that I’ve talked about: that foundational definition and owning what identity orchestration is, ensuring that they have consistent messaging at their fingertips. And there’s almost a way that if you’re just using Google Drive or some other homegrown content management system, you always run against this problem of people keeping their own version of things, something that worked well for them; it’s the desktop storage. What we looked at with Highspot is ensuring that they always have the latest messaging at their fingertips and that they’re able to find it in a very quick fashion. And so it’s like we get rapid development and feedback of our content, just as you would do with code. As you think about rapid development methodologies, we do the same thing with our marketing messaging. Because it is changing a lot, and so one of the coolest things I think we found in Highspot that makes it really easy for us is the visibility into what’s working. So the analytics on how long are prospects spending with a particular piece of content, on what page, and in what section? What aren’t they using? So that we stop focusing there, and just continue to iterate and refine our materials. In a lot of organizations you create a solution sheet, let’s say, and it becomes a static piece of content for six months until you have time to cycle through it again. We sometimes update these on a monthly basis and with Highspot, we ensure that the latest and most effective and impactful messaging is in the hands of the SDRs at any time. And they’re not just falling back to sticky notes on the screen or, whatever they have at hand. SS: Absolutely. We’ve been talking a little bit about rep usage, but you actually brought Highspot on as a solution for really your entire go-to-market organization, supporting teams from marketing to operations and sales. How do these unique teams utilize Highspot and what is the value of having them all in one solution? MC: As we looked at this, one thing that we didn’t have a good solution for other than a homegrown option ourselves was an intranet and availability of all the different internal documents and resources that an organization needs access to. Sure, we had Google Drive and we were able to share things that way but as we run on Highspot initially, we looked at it as almost an intranet of sorts. So it wasn’t just the impact that we would have on our external audience. It was also for internal sharing of documents and files and internal enablement across those teams. And we came in with an incredibly niche use case, which is that in using Google Drive to store. presentation files. If you put Keynote or PowerPoint native files up into Google Drive, Google being Google, even if you aren’t intending to look at them in Google Slides, it will actually open each of those files to do a quick search and index the content, so that if somebody else came up to grab that file back down, It actually would sometimes break our formatting and break some of the things. So it actually is not a good file storage solution if you intend to use a non-native format. And so what we’ve done is, across the team, we’re using it in different ways. Of course, the sales team is using it for the go-to-market external messaging, but internal with services and others. We’re using it for, as a product marketer, how do we talk about our new products that are coming to market and the new functionality? And so we use it as a teaching platform and internal enablement as well. SS: And on the teaching front, I believe you all recently decided to expand your use of Highspot to include training and coaching. How has this helped you streamline workflows for your teams and bring them into a consolidated solution? MC: Alright, at risk of sounding like a commercial directly for Highspot, I actually do have something that was very legitimate, and that is the fact that our sales and go-to-market team spend their entire day in Highspot. We realized that if we were going to bring new training materials to them we really needed to meet them where they were. It wasn’t log out of Highspot, go try this other LMS platform, and lose track of things. And then in the process, they’re already juggling Salesforce and other CRM-type tools for this. We really wanted to meet our sales team where they were. And so we wanted to have this aspect of almost like stumble upon learning. Where it felt like, Oh, I was searching for this, but I actually learned something else. A little bit of that shiny object squirrel. Hey, I could actually learn something in the process of doing this. And so it’s really great having it in a single platform that they’re already comfortable with when it comes to searching and finding the content they’re looking for. It’s also where we’re delivering the training materials. And as, as I think of training, a lot of our training is based on that external. Materials and assets as it is, so it stitches it back together into an embedded experience instead of a new window, a new tab chance to lose somebody as they’re doing that. So it really keeps this very cohesive view of things for them. SS: Absolutely. The more you can help reps by keeping them all in one system, it makes. Their lives just that much easier. Now you guys, for that reason, probably, but I’m sure others as well. I know that you guys have really strong buy-in and your reps have really become power users of Highspot, which is reflected, I think you guys have 83% recurring usage. What are your best practices for driving overall adoption among the teams that Highspot supports? MC: Shawnna, as we think about it, I think that celebrating the internal success that other users are having with it becomes a lot of, “Wow, I want to have that success as well.” And so we have a dedicated internal Slack channel that’s simply for Highspot wins. As the organization is saying, “Hey, I use this in a pitch and I had this type of success.” We do a lot of celebrating the feedback that we get from prospects and customers around it. Celebrating that success early on was huge because I think the other thing that comes out of that is salespeople. I’m never one to call a salesperson, a lazy person, and I will not do that. I promise salespeople are my best friends. But, a lot of times they like to be efficient. And being efficient, they want to draft off of what’s already working. And so in doing this Slack channel, we’re able to create pitches where people are saying, “Wow if that works so well, can I use that and replicate it in my own world?” And so there’s a lot of travel sharing of pitch formats and delivery styles as well. And so I think it’s really just celebrating those wins and every once in a while, I’ll actually give out like a spot spiff if somebody has a really incredible internal win. Nobody’s gonna turn up their nose at a quick gift card, but it’s celebrating those successes early on.So they know it’s not just another platform or just another app that they have to use, that this materially makes their jobs easier. SS: I love that. And to drill in, because you mentioned some of the great examples, including Pitching. One capability you all have seen very strong success with is the Digital Rooms that we have, which again, you guys have 67% Pitch adoption, which is fantastic. What are some of the key ways that you leverage Digital Rooms? MC: I think that the digital sales rooms are probably one of the most powerful things that we do use. And the reason for that is that Strata is a relatively small organization. We’re, in the 60, 70 person headcount, but our customers to a T count themselves in the Fortune 500. And so we’re always selling upmarket to very large enterprises. And it’s a multi-step sale. And so this isn’t something where an SDR or one of our solutions engineers gets off a call and yep, take my money and let’s go. This is an ongoing process, and the digital salesroom, instead of having this threaded, embedded attachment world where things get lost across whoever’s presenting the information, it creates this very cohesive place where we continue to build out what the narrative is for the prospect or customer ahead of time, and that can be shared internally for them. And I’ve had a couple of customers even ask, “Wow, this is really cool. Did you guys create that yourselves?” And of course, it’s branded Highspot and I never want to take too much credit, you want to be like, it does make you look that much bigger than you are. And it creates a really personalized experience. It makes it feel custom to the prospect. That’s had a lot of impact on it, and I can tell you, we had a a Fortune 20 CPG organization. Their CISO told us, this makes you easier to do business with. And when you hear that kind of feedback, that says something, and that’s all around the digital sales rooms themselves. Can’t live without them and we love them. And one other thing that we do with those is it’s not just a pre-sales motion. Because we get the muscle memory of the customers so accustomed to the Digital Salesroom, Once we go into the post-sale world and there’s onboarding and our services team takes over, we actually continue to use the digital sales room as a content central, so to speak, hub for them to find all the materials they need. So as you’re transitioning between teams that you sold to and the implementation teams, the Digital Salesroom becomes a really portable way to share the artifacts and keep them in a cohesive vaulted way to share across teams. SS: I love hearing that. Now, you talked about how you leverage Digital Rooms in a lot of your enterprise sales motions. I’d love to understand because I think as, enablement and product marketing professionals, we’re always trying to make sure that we can correlate the work that we’re doing back to tangible results. How have Digital Rooms influenced some key business results for you all? MC: One of the things that it does is, as we’re selling to these enterprise buyers and these enterprise customers, they have expectations of what their vendors should potentially look like and feel like they’re not looking to work with a two-person startup. They want somebody who’s established and has the professional polish that proves that they are a peer organization. And so I think it really up levels are the way that we look externally to a T. And it just makes us look honestly a little bit bigger than we actually are, which is wonderful. I talked about the fact that it really personalizes the experience for the prospect who’s receiving the digital sales room. The content in it might be reused across a dozen other prospects, but it actually builds into a story that’s unique for that one prospect. Based on the content that you choose to use within the digital sales room. And so instead of having to customize a proposal or a presentation every single time, we’re able to do so with the choices of content that we share with them. And it feels very personalized for the for the buyer. SS: I love that. I have two final questions for you. In your last business review with Highspot, you’d actually mentioned that your goals include expanding new logos for account managers and really decreasing your sales cycle. How are you leveraging Highspot to help achieve these goals? And do you have any wins you can share with us? MC: Of course, everyone’s dream is that you’ve shortened that sales cycle. And as we look at the enterprise buying cycle it’s always a multi-month scenario. As you think about all the different teams who need to sign off on the materials. As you think about an enterprise sale, especially as you are looking at identity and security software, then you also have security teams that are involved. And there’s all these different groups. And honestly. The speed with which people can get access to content really is materially speeding up the process. It’s not oh, we’re waiting a week for this particular file that you said you would send, and it’s three emails later that just keep building upon it. The individuals and the sales, I’m sorry, the buying teams that we’re speaking with Always know that they can go look at the portal and find everything that they’re looking for there and find the most recent versions of all those things. As a seller, you always worry about version control. Oh, hey, we made some updates. Here’s the new version dot two. On the other side, you don’t want to be putting your name behind a very expensive purchase on out-of-date information. So it’s also making sure that you always have the most recent things there. I can tell you that in that CPG deal that we actually went from, we almost halved our traditional buying time. Now causation correlation, I can’t directly attribute all of that to Highspot, but nevertheless, it was about half the length of the time that it usually takes for one of our deals to come to a close. SS: I love that. And that is a fantastic win. Now, you mentioned one of your favorite parts about your partnership with Highspot is that the platform is really evolving alongside your business. My last question to you, Mark, looking to the future, how do you plan to evolve your use of Highspot to support your key business initiatives this year? MC: I would be remiss if I didn’t bring up the fact that of all the different software vendors that I’ve worked with, in all my different roles and all the different jobs in my career, not making this up: the onboarding experience at Highspot has hands down been the best single experience that I’ve ever had. In fact, it’s one to be emulated and one that we actually want to model ourselves after as well. The onboarding team just hands down ensured our success throughout. And in doing that, it made us feel very confident in using the platform and almost coming up with use cases that we were like inventing things on our own. “Hey, could we use it for this as well?” And there was that thought of, “Yes, you could.” And it was proof positive that we had done our job in the onboarding experience. And so an example of this is as you start looking toward more channel sales mediums, whether it’s a technical partner that you’re working with for co-engineering, or it’s a channel sales motion, we’re going to be leveraging Highspot for partner portals and partner enablement materials and the like. And I think also as a product marketing manager, I’m always looking at ways to up-level our internal knowledge of our offerings. So it’s become my new de facto training platform and teaching platform. So as a storyteller, you want that soapbox to stand on. And I actually found it in Highspot. SS: Fantastic. And I’ll have to pass along those kudos to our onboarding team, they’ll love hearing that. Mark, thank you so much for joining us today. I really appreciate the time. MC: It was my pleasure. I really enjoyed it, thank you. SS: To our audience, thank you for listening to this episode of the Win Win podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize enablement success with Highspot.

Gerry Gebel, Head of Standards at Strata Identity explores the evolving landscape of identity management and cybersecurity. The conversation delves into identity orchestration, policy orchestration, the importance of access policies, and the impact of emerging technologies like AI on cybersecurity practices. We also discuss the staggering increase in cyber attacks, emphasizing the necessity for robust cybersecurity frameworks. Gerry dives into the IDQL and Hexa tools designed to standardize and streamline access policies across multi-cloud environments, highlighting their open-source nature and potential for enhancing security postures.

Are you successfully managing identity security in a multi-cloud environment? Today, I'm talking about that with Eric Olden, who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, which is a leader in identity orchestration. Eric talks about why technology companies should be concerned with application identity modernization. He discusses how to handle identity security when operating in a multi-cloud environment.  He also talks about how to move legacy applications to the cloud while maintaining security and compatibility. And, Eric shares his thoughts about creating a strong company culture from the very beginning of the company.  He also discusses how the culture can evolve as the company grows and talks about how he's done that with the companies he built. I think you will enjoy this conversation and get some valuable insights to implement in your own business. “The most common thread throughout the startup and the enterprise experience has been how critical it is to develop a very deliberate culture.” – Eric Olden Today on the Tech Leader Talk podcast: - The importance of application identity modernization for technology companies - Developing and evolving a company's culture - Edge computing trends - Successfully moving legacy applications to the cloud  Resource: Get help solving your toughest challenge:  https://strata.io/podcast Book: Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell - https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0241404835 Connect with Eric Olden: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/boughtnotsold Website:  https://strata.io Thanks for listening! Be sure to get your free copy of Steve's latest book, Cracking the Patent Code, and discover his proven system for identifying and protecting your most valuable inventions. Get the book at https://stevesponseller.com/book.

While cloud computing has become a great digitization enabler to enterprises, multiple clouds—especially when intersecting with on-premises systems and one another—can produce some challenges. Many organizations can end up with an "identity gridlock" of competing identity systems and protocols since each cloud platform cannot exchange access policy data with other cloud providers. It was an absolute pleasure having Gerry Gebel, Head of Standards at Strata Identity, join me to discuss the significance of standardizing identity management.Time Stamps00:02 -- Introduction02:09 -- Gerry Gebel's Professional Highlights04:15 -- Role of Standards in Identity and Access Management08:14 -- Avoiding Identity Gridlocks11:38 -- Competing Interests in Developing Standards14:49 -- Role of Standards in Achieving Fine-Grained Access Controls18:25 -- Rationale Behind Having Numerous Standards21:02 -- Senior Leadership Involvement in Standards Setting Process25:39 -- Streamlining and Standardizing Security28:07 -- Final ThoughtsMemorable Gerry Gebel Quotes/Statements"Standards allow for interoperability between domains that different organizations run, and this can provide the user with a lot of convenience.""Each of these cloud and computing platforms has its own way of defining and configuring access to resources. That's where the gridlock comes in because they're not interchangeable; they are not interoperable.""Realize that you're not standardizing the whole offering; you're standardizing different pieces that have maybe become a commodity.""It really comes down to having customers involved in the process, because they're the ones who ultimately, will, or will not purchase products. If there's a lock-in, or there's a lack of interoperability, the customer may choose to stay away from that product or solution.""You can be an active participant (in the standards-setting process) and look out for your own interests, rather than delegating that to someone else who may not represent the same point of view.""What is the purpose of creating these standards? And we've sort of alluded to that a couple of times here. I think that's where the enterprise perspective is very important. Because, as a programmer, as a developer, we can easily get lost in the weeds of the technology, you know, how do I write this Go routine? Or how do I write this API? And I think the enterprise perspective keeps the focus on what's the real business purpose for doing this. Does it enhance security? Does it give us vendor independence? Does it reduce risk in some way? Or does it enable new business? So I think it's important to have that [customer] voice in the conversation.""I would say from the enterprise administrative perspective, there's more capability to properly govern the deployment, the configurations, if you have standards involved, because it gives you more visibility of exactly what is connected to what and who has access to what. It gives you better visibility or reporting capability to show, "Oh, well, I'm compliant with these HIPAA rules, or I'm compliant with, you know, some of their financial rules." So, that's where the standards can be of great benefit in overall governance."Connect with Host Dr. Dave Chatterjee and Subscribe to the PodcastPlease subscribe to the podcast, so you don't miss any new episodes! And please leave the show a rating if you like what you hear. New episodes release every two weeks. Connect with Dr. Chatterjee on these platforms: LinkedIn:

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Co-Founder & CEO of Strata Identity, Eric Olden.Eric broke down the concept of identity orchestration. He explained that it falls within a new software category designed to enable organizations to maintain identity management across multiple cloud platforms consistently and automatically. This software ensures secure access to websites, applications, and data, effectively eliminating the need for manual and repetitive processes.From a user's perspective, identity orchestration often operates seamlessly in the background. For instance, when someone logs into a website using their Google ID, it exemplifies identity management. While this process may appear straightforward for individual users, complexity arises when managing identities for numerous users or a substantial workforce numbering in the thousands. This is precisely where identity orchestration steps in, simplifying the entire process and promoting interoperability.Strata Identity primarily collaborates with large enterprises like Kroger, 3M, and the State of Minnesota, managing identity for their customers, employees, and partners. Eric's experience running Oracle's security and identity division gave him insights into big enterprises' challenges in managing identity across multiple clouds. This led him to establish Strata Identity and develop software to address this issue.Strata Identity's pricing model is unique. Instead of charging based on the number of users, they focus on securing applications and the number of identity providers used. This allows organizations to pay for their needs, making the service more accessible and cost-effective.Key Points from the Episode:Introduction of Eric Olden, co-founder and CEO of Strata IdentityExplanation of identity orchestration as a new category of softwareImportance of identity orchestration in managing identity across multiple cloud platformsStrata Identity's focus on large enterprises and their experience in managing identity for customers, employees, and partnersUnique pricing model based on securing applications and number of identity providers usedBenefits of deploying Strata Identity's software, including cost savings and system upgrades without changing applicationsSpecialization in solving complex use cases, such as mergers and acquisitionsImportance of using standards like SAML or OpenID ConnectAbout Eric Olden:Eric Olden is a visionary technical leader known for his profound contributions to internet security and identity management. With a career spanning innovation in web security and cloud technology, he co-founded and served as CEO of Symplified, a pioneer in cloud identity and access management. At Symplified, Eric played a pivotal role in developing one of the earliest cloud identity management solutions and forged integrations with major cloud platforms like AWS, establishing a global cloud service for Identity and Access Management (IAM).His journey in identity management began as the CTO and co-founder of Securant/ClearTrust, where he co-authored AuthXML and contributed to its incorporation into the SAML standard, a cornerstone in modern identity management. RSA acquired Securant, cementing Eric's legacy in the field. He's founded three software companies, generating over $235 million in equity value and holds multiple patents.Eric is known for his hands-on approach to product strategy and team building, emphasizing customer development and fostering a strong team culture, significantly impacting the tech startup ecosystem....

Eric Olden, Co-founder and CEO of Strata Identity, Inc., delves into the evolving identity landscape amidst rapid global changes. Addressing compliance in a multi-cloud world, the necessity of MFA and the innovative approach of Identity Orchestration. He offers insights on the future of Identity Access Management and its distinction in the current market.

Eric Olden grew up in the Bay Area, as one of the few local natives, but enjoys the mountains of Colorado now, outside of Boulder. He and his family love to ski, mountain bike, and even visit the reservoir to do some surfing. Outside of these things, he is passionate ab out landscape architecture, and does it for fun on the side.Prior to his current venture, Eric was running a large division at Oracle, surrounding identity. He saw that most cloud customers were utilizing multiple clouds, but most tooling didn't allow for those cloud identities to play nice together. He saw this opportunity sitting in plain sight, and decided to step out and attack it.This is the creation story of Strata.SponsorsCipherstashTreblleCAST AI FireflyTursoMemberstackLinksWebsite: https://www.strata.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boughtnotsold/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of the State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi talks with Eric Olden, the co-founder and CEO of Strata Identity. Join us as they discuss the challenges faced by today's multi-vendor/multi-cloud enterprise technology landscape and how forward-looking executives view identity as an opportunity, not a cost center. They also delve into the importance of moving towards passwordless authentication and the role of identity orchestration in addressing these challenges. 

As a CISO, could you be hemorrhaging cash without even knowing? Tune in to our discussion with Eric Olden, CEO of Strata, as we cast a spotlight on the potential costs of not tightening your cybersecurity, especially during cloud migration. We expose the financial pitfalls of operating outdated software, managing infrastructure, and rewriting applications. Plus, we offer you a secret weapon - identity orchestration, a smart solution that can save you money and elevate your security.Seize this chance to explore a realistic method to measure the cost of neglecting your cybersecurity and discover how you can strategize for expenses related to cloud transition. Benefit from Eric's insights about the power of third-party research in generating a Total Economic Impact report for informed strategic decisions. Be ready for a paradigm shift as we tackle the issue of demonstrating ROI and fostering customer adoption of identity orchestration. This episode promises to shake up your understanding of cloud security and identity orchestration, inspiring fresh strategies for a safer, more cost-effective businessHost: Josh Bruyning

In this episode, W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by Eric Olden, the CEO of Strata Identity. With over 25 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Eric sheds light on the concept of Identity Orchestration and how it addresses the complexities of modern identity management in multi-cloud environments. He discusses the evolution of technology consumption, the philosophy of "bought not sold," and the creation of a new product category in the world of identity management. Eric explains how Strata Identity's platform acts as an abstraction layer, allowing organizations to seamlessly integrate and switch between different identity providers without rewriting applications. He also shares insights on modernization, just-in-time provisioning, and the benefits of the open free IDQL standard. Don't miss this engaging discussion about identity orchestration and its role in simplifying the management of identities across diverse cloud ecosystems.

Jim and Jeff discuss identity orchestration with Eric Olden, CEO at Strata Identity. They cover how it decouples apps from IAM infrastructure, the concept of identity fabric, and examples of IAM orchestration. They also explore how organizations start with orchestration and how it is driven by multi-cloud and legacy systems. Finally, they discuss how AI will impact orchestration. Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boughtnotsold/ Learn more about Strata Identity: https://www.strata.io/ Authenticate Conference: Use code IDAC15PODCAST for 15% off your registration fees Learn more about the Authenticate conference: https://authenticatecon.com/event/authenticate-2023/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Listen to our interview with with Eric Olden, a Co-founder and CEO at Strata Identity  which is a Multi-Cloud Identity Orchestration solution. We discussed the following topics among others: What does multi-cloud resiliency and continuity mean in the context of modern IT infrastructure? Are there any specific considerations or best practices that organizations should follow to achieve data resilience and protection in a multi-cloud environment? What does identity orchestration mean in the context of modern digital systems and why it is important? How does identity orchestration differ from traditional identity and access management (IAM) approaches? and more... If you want to be our guest, or you know some one who would be a great guest on our show, just send your email to info@globalriskconsult.com with a subject line “Global Risk Community Show” and give a brief explanation of what topic you would like to to talk about and we will be in touch with you asap.

This week Adam and Chris speak with Topher Marie, the CTO and co-founder at Strata Identity, the leader in Identity Orchestration for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Prior to launching Strata, Topher was the CTO and co-founder of JumpCloud. In this episode, Topher shares what got him started in startups, his thoughts on why Colorado is attractive to top talent, and the value in focusing on what's within your control. Listen now on: Amazon Music (Alexa) | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google PodcastsStrata Identity - https://www.strata.io/Check out more about what we're up to at Range.vc Connect with hosts Adam and Chris and the Range VC team on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/range-ventures/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cloud migration and remote work requirements are forcing organizations to modernize their applications and identity systems. Making the transition is both time-consuming and expensive using traditional software development practices. By decoupling applications from identity, orchestration can alleviate the burden while allowing companies to seamlessly mix and match different cloud providers as well as MFA and passwordless technologies. In this episode, Eric Olden, Co-founder and CEO at Strata Identity sheds light on identity orchestration strategies and best practices. Time Stamps00:02 -- Introduction02:16 -- Eric Olden's professional highlights05:11 -- State of maturity of identity management, and where does identity orchestration fit in.08:13 -- When should an organization consider an identity orchestration strategy?11:33 -- Identity orchestration, a plug-and-play approach15:17 -- Use of the "adapter" metaphor to understand identity orchestration16:50 -- Identity Orchestration and Single Sign-On -- What is the nature of the relationship?18:47 -- Eliminating security vulnerabilities with application modernization and identity orchestration 22:06 -- Wide-scale implementation of passwordless authentication 25:47 -- Challenges and success factors in formulating and implementing identity orchestration strategies30:24 -- Guidance in selecting service providers and vendors 34:31 -- Making a business case for identity orchestration38:59 -- Final thoughtsMemorable Eric Olden Quotes/Statements"I see identity providers themselves, the IDPs, are today's hardware in that customers need them, they have to run something, but they don't want to be locked into any one thing. So, we've created an abstraction layer that allows you to decouple the applications from the identity provider. So you can mix and match and do different things.""Identity orchestration makes sense when you have more than one identity provider.""If you find yourself trying to modernize applications and move from legacy to modern, that's another really important use case for orchestration.""The abstraction layer allows you to avoid rewriting any of the applications because, from the application standpoint, the orchestration layer presents a facade that looks exactly like the application is expecting it before orchestration came in.""We're able to bring modern security to legacy applications and do that without ever changing them.""All of these five A's -- authentication, access, authorization, attributes, and audit, need to find their way into this new distributed environment.""Today, with orchestration, you no longer need an application-specific connector because all of the patterns in the protocols that the applications need are already part of the abstraction layer in the orchestration.""I told my developers, look, if you ever find yourself typing the word password in your code, stop, you're doing it wrong. So you need to back that up and figure out why someone was trying to bring a password in the first place and give them an alternative. So that is a bit of a heavy lift at the beginning, where you need to change people's mindsets.""The world today is about self-service, and you want to have things bought and not sold."Connect with Host Dr. Dave Chatterjee and Subscribe to the PodcastPlease subscribe to the podcast, so you don't miss any new episodes! And please leave the show a rating if you like what you hear. New episodes release every two weeks. Connect with Dr....

Eric Olden, CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, discusses the concept of Identity Orchestration. He covers the evolving identity landscape and how it has evolved to keep pace with modern apps, the challenges encountered during an identity modernization project, how Identity Orchestration helps those modernization projects, and best practices for implementing secure identity. Segment Resources: - [Identity Orchestration Use Cases](https://www.strata.io/use-cases/) - [What is Identity Orchestration WhitePaper](https://www.strata.io/resources/whitepapers/what-is-identity-orchestration-and-why-you-need-it-to-succeed-with-multi-cloud/) This segment is sponsored by Strata.  Visit https://securityweekly.com/strata to learn more about them!  This year's Verizon DBIR is out, CVSS is updating its methodology, poor password reset design, SQL injection in MOVEit, a CTF for AWS IAM Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes!  Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-244

Eric Olden, CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, discusses the concept of Identity Orchestration. He covers the evolving identity landscape and how it has evolved to keep pace with modern apps, the challenges encountered during an identity modernization project, how Identity Orchestration helps those modernization projects, and best practices for implementing secure identity. Segment Resources: [Identity Orchestration Use Cases](https://www.strata.io/use-cases/)  [What is Identity Orchestration WhitePaper](https://www.strata.io/resources/whitepapers/what-is-identity-orchestration-and-why-you-need-it-to-succeed-with-multi-cloud/)   This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strata to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-244 

Eric Olden, CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, discusses the concept of Identity Orchestration. He covers the evolving identity landscape and how it has evolved to keep pace with modern apps, the challenges encountered during an identity modernization project, how Identity Orchestration helps those modernization projects, and best practices for implementing secure identity. Segment Resources: - [Identity Orchestration Use Cases](https://www.strata.io/use-cases/) - [What is Identity Orchestration WhitePaper](https://www.strata.io/resources/whitepapers/what-is-identity-orchestration-and-why-you-need-it-to-succeed-with-multi-cloud/) This segment is sponsored by Strata.  Visit https://securityweekly.com/strata to learn more about them!  This year's Verizon DBIR is out, CVSS is updating its methodology, poor password reset design, SQL injection in MOVEit, a CTF for AWS IAM Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes!  Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-244

Eric Olden, CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, discusses the concept of Identity Orchestration. He covers the evolving identity landscape and how it has evolved to keep pace with modern apps, the challenges encountered during an identity modernization project, how Identity Orchestration helps those modernization projects, and best practices for implementing secure identity. Segment Resources: [Identity Orchestration Use Cases](https://www.strata.io/use-cases/)  [What is Identity Orchestration WhitePaper](https://www.strata.io/resources/whitepapers/what-is-identity-orchestration-and-why-you-need-it-to-succeed-with-multi-cloud/)   This segment is sponsored by Strata. Visit https://securityweekly.com/strata to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-244 

Eric Olden is the CEO of Strata Identity, an identity management company. Eric is a serial entrepreneur and visionary and has been transforming the way businesses navigate the complex world of cloud and hybrid security systems, having previously worked in a senior role at Oracle he is now leading one of the most innovative companies in the tech space. Eric joins Ryan to talk about digital identity, creating a new category in his industry and how he came to create the holy grail of identity management. KEY TAKEAWAYS Strata uses a hybrid model to sell its software by using both the cloud and data centres. You can use a product-led motion to accelerate your sales cycle, giving you the best of both worlds. Almost half of the company is in sales or go-to-market in some way, showing prioritising these areas can help build sustainable growth. Strata's software Maverick, decouples the application from identity security and allows upgrading external software without rewriting the application. The first task for Eric with Strade was to find the perfect product market fit, once this was achieved he focused his attention on how to sell the product in a repeatable way. Working at Oracle with customers who wanted to go to the cloud but had so many pain points to get to it is what gave Eric the idea for Strata. To create a new category in the industry, Eric had to first figure out if the problem is big enough. He interviewed people to assess their issues and pain points and how that would fit with the product. Strata used strong SEO and media presence to attract people to its product and then created content marketing around the use case of its product. BEST MOMENTS “It does for identity security what the m word did for compute” “It's really mission critical for some of the big enterprises because without it they're stuck, they can't move their applications to the cloud” “You don't have to convince us the cloud is where we want to be, the problem is getting there” “Marketing and product-led growth are hand in hand, the intent is that we use the marketing effort to attract people and aware of the product so they can serve themselves” “When we were doing product design we really mapped out the sales process and then made sure the experience and the product supported each thing” Do You Want The Closing Secrets That Helped Close Over $125 Million in New Business for Free?"  Grab them HERE: https://www.whalesellingsystem.com/closingsecrets Ryan Staley Founder and CEO Whale Boss 312-848-7443 ryan@whalesellingsystem.com www.ryanstaley.io  EPISODE RESOURCES Strata.io/podcast ABOUT THE SHOW How do you grow like a VC-backed company without taking on investors? Do you want to create a lifestyle business, a performance business or an empire? How do you scale to an exit without losing your freedom?Join the host Ryan Staley every Monday and Wednesday for conversations with the brightest and best Founders, CEO and Entrepreneurs to crack the code on repeatable revenue growth, leadership, lifestyle freedom and mindset.This show has featured Startup and Billion Dollar Founders, Best Selling Authors, and the World's Top Sales and Marketing Experts like Terry Jones (Founder of Travelocity and Chairman of Kayak), Andrew Gazdecki (Founder of Micro Acquire), Harpal Sambhi (Founder of Magical with a previous exit to Linkedin) and many more. This is where Scaling and Sales are made simple in 25 minutes or less.Saas, Saas growth, Scale, Business Growth, B2b Saas, Saas Sales, Enterprise Saas, Business growth strategy, founder, ceo: https://www.whalesellingsystem.com/closingsecretsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Identity orchestration. Explore its meaning. Discover in Episode 125 how identity orchestration can protect data privacy and data security. Founder and CEO of Strata Identity [https://www.strata.io/], Eric Olden explores with us the change under way from passwords and multi-factor authentication to a radically different approach to safeguarding and verifying identities in a world of distributed data. Learn what a blue checkmark will mean within LinkedIn as one example. Consider how a system of passwords and identity exposure sprinkled among hundreds of applications and sources exposes individuals and organizations to hacking and theft risk at the weakest link. Can technology protect us from ourselves? Learn what OIDC (OpenID Connect) means and how it relates to the ongoing struggle between mal-actors and the rest of us. Time stamps: 01:12 — What is Identity Orchestration? 04:12 — What is Project Indigo? 07:01 — OIDC - OpenID Connect Protocol 15:25 — Challenges for privacy as technology changes, and what we can do about it

Eric Olden, CEO of Strata Identity, has been an entrepreneur since he was a teenager and started his first business venture out of his dorm room at college. Join host Lori Jones and Eric on this episode as they share their stories about the grit and determination it takes to grow and scale a business and how to know when the market is ready.

Eric Olden is a maverick that has pioneered 3 major paradigm shifts in Identity and Access management. He founded, scaled, and successfully exited both Securant/ClearTrust (Web Access Management) and Symplified, (the first IDaaS company). He recently served as SVP and GM at Oracle, where he ran the identity and security business worldwide.As a technologist, he was a co-author of the SAML standard, creating the first pre-integrated SSO platform, and is the visionary behind the Identity Fabric. With an obsession for simplifying the way we work as an industry, Eric wrote a new identity standard called Identity Query Language (IDQL) which provides a common language for policy management in a multi-cloud world.Eric's latest company Strata is the first distributed identity platform that solves the problem of fragmentation through a no-code software solution.Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

Host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by guest Marcus Bartram, General Partner and founding team member at Telstra Ventures, to dive into his company's digital identity investment thesis, its transition from corporate VC to an independent fund, Strata Identity's right to win, and the expanding role of identity in the cybersecurity landscape.

In this episode, Tolik is joined by Eric Leach, Co-founder Strata Identity, a provider of identity orchestration software and Chief Product Officer at What/Why Consulting. They discuss mindset and core principles to guide your product development.

Eric Olden, CEO and co-founder of Strata Identity, joined us to share his journey from building a security software company in a garage, to taking a leap of faith to join Oracle, and then finally founding Strata Identity. Tune in to hear his story and the tips, tricks, and experiences he has learned along the way.In this episode, you will learn the following:1. Why Strata didn't do any outbound in early days; instead honed in on a long-term, thoughtful content strategy approach2. Why you need to hire people willing to do the work3. Why grit is important for founders & early employeesSponsor:This episode was brought to you by IT-Harvest. With over 3,200 vendors in cybersecurity, it is hard to keep track of all the latest developments as well as researching and analyzing categories and subcategories…that's where the IT-Harvest cybersecurity platform comes in.  IT-Harvest is the first and only research platform dedicated to cybersecurity. And it's run by Richard Stiennon who has done it all in cybersecurity. Find out more by going to salesbluebird.com/researchResources:Strata IdentityEric OldenOther episodes you'll enjoy:Why your team may be "losing" prospects and ONE drastic way to stop itOne tip to avoid sounding stupid in conversations with your prospectsOutbound is brokenAction:You know how every podcast host asks you to rate and review their podcast but doesn't tell you how and where to actually do that?! Well, I've made it easy for you!  If you enjoy the podcast, please could you give a review with this easy-to-use tool by going to Salesbluebird.com/R. It would mean a lot to me personally and it helps grow the podcast.Connect with me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@salesbluebirdTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/unstoppable_doLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmonaghanSupport the show

Our guest this episode is Eric Olden who is the Co-founder and CEO of Strata Identity. He is a widely respected thought leader in identity management. He is also the visionary behind Symplified's strategy to secure the cloud. We discuss the identity landscape, identity orchestration and identity fabric. 

A hostile takeover of the Solaris contraband market. Ukraine warns that Russian cyberattacks continue. An overview of 2H 2022 ICS vulnerabilities. Codespaces accounts can act as malware servers. Blank-image attacks. Campaigns leveraging HR policy themes. Dinah Davis from Arctic Wolf has tips for pros for security at home. Our guest is Gerry Gebel from Strata Identity describes a new open source standard that aims to unify cloud identity platforms. And travel-themed phishing increases. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/12 Selected reading. Friday the 13th on the Dark Web: $150 Million Russian Drug Market Solaris Hacked by Rival Market Kraken (Elliptic Connect)  Russia-linked drug marketplace Solaris hacked by its rival (The Record from Recorded Future News)  Cyber-attacks have tripled in past year, says Ukraine's cybersecurity agency (the Guardian) Ukraine: Russians Aim to Destroy Information Infrastructure (Gov Info Security)  Ukraine says Russia is coordinating missile strikes, cyberattacks and information operations (The Record by Recorded Future) ICS Vulnerabilities and CVEs: Second Half of 2022 (SynSaber) Abusing a GitHub Codespaces Feature For Malware Delivery (Trend Micro) The Blank Image Attack (Avanan) Phishing Attacks Pose as Updated 2023 HR Policy Announcements (Abnormal Security) Spammers phish eager vacationers with travel-themed lures, Bitdefender Antispam Lab warns (Bitdefender)

Jim and Jeff talk about Oktane 2022 before getting into a conversation Jim had about IDQL (ID Query Language) and the open source Hexa project to tackle multi-cloud identity and access management with Gerry Gebel, Head of Standards at Strata Identity. Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-gebel/ Learn more about Strata.io: https://www.strata.io/ Learn more about IDQL and Hexa: https://hexaorchestration.org/ Retail & Hospitality ISAC: https://rhisac.org/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.com, follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter, and check out our live streams at www.idac.live

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Eric Olden, the Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Strata Identity, the distributed multi-cloud identity company whose mission is to allow you to manage all of your identities, for all of your apps, on all of your clouds. He is a technical leader who loves product strategy, deepening into product design, and building great teams that deliver exceptional products. He has made a career out of simplifying and securing enterprise identity management. Tune in to learn more!

Toto je ďalšia krokyingová epizóda a dnes si povieme o pocite straty identity žien, ktoré sa rozhodli navrátiť cyklus, obmedziť pohyb či zmeniť čokoľvek, čo kedysi bolo pre mne "prirodzené" a typické. 1.6. očakávaj spomenutú novinku online! Viac na instáči @bagniari Určite mi daj vedieť, či sa ti epizóda páčila. :-)