Recent thoughts and media appearances
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Ceremonies
Each of us perform countless ceremonies throughout our days. Those series of acts the perform with steps prescribed by ritual or convention. This is true in both the the analog and digital worlds. But when it comes to how we are known to others, the ceremonies that we do in in the digital world differ greatly from those in the analog world… and that leads to real problems.
I was introduced to the notion of ceremonies in the digital identity space by my good friend, Kim Cameron. In a quiet moment at the Europe Identity Conference many years ago, we talked about fundamental changes coming to how one identifies oneself to an online service. With loving remembrance, I pulled on threads from that memory combined with strong influences of my friend and mentor, Bob Blakley’s, foundational talk on recognition.
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EIC Keynote: Ceremonies
Each of us perform countless ceremonies throughout our days. Those series of acts the perform with steps prescribed by ritual or convention. This is true in both the the analog and digital worlds. But when it comes to how we are known to others, the ceremonies that we do in in the digital world differ greatly from those in the analog world… and that leads to real problems.
I was introduced to the notion of ceremonies in the digital identity space by my good friend, Kim Cameron. In a quiet moment at the Europe Identity Conference many years ago, we talked about fundamental changes coming to how one identifies oneself to an online service. With loving remembrance, I pulled on threads from that memory combined with strong influences of my friend and mentor, Bob Blakley’s, foundational talk on recognition.
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Identity in the C-Suite? The Role of the Chief Identity Officer
The idea of a chief digital identity officer role has been kicking around in my head for well over a year. As Andi and I were talking about this year’s Identiverse, it became clear that the time was right to bring this notion to the big stage and start a meaningful conversation. We put together an amazing group of people to join in:
- Heather Hinton - CISO, PagerDuty
- Clar Rosso - CEO, (ISC)2
- Heidi Wachs - Managing Director, Stroz Friedberg, an Aon company
To say I was thrilled to be on the same stage as these amazing people is a heck of an understatement. Heidi is a long-time friend, near-ish neighbor, and we used to work together at Gartner. Heather holds a special place in my history as an identity practitioner: she introduced me to the patent process and was kind enough to ask me to help on a patent for federated provisioning many (many) years ago.
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Identiverse Themes with Identity at the Center
Not only did I get to sit down with Jeff and Jim at the beginning of this year’s Identiverse, I also go to do a more in-depth conversation later in the week. Topics ranged from AI and Identity, the role of a Chief Digital Identity Officer, and much much more. Check out this wide ranging conversation: Episode 219 Identiverse 2023: Identiverse Themes with Ian Glazer of Weave Identity.
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Welcome Identiverse 2023 with Identity at the Center
Jeff and Jim, the hosts of the amazing Identity at the Center podcast, positioned themselves right outside the opening reception at this year’s Identiverse. They grabbed passers-by and get their thoughts. It was a lot of fun to chat with them and preview both my talks and my longer recording sessions with them at Identiverse.
