#435 - Majority Rules: IDAC Live at Identiverse 2026
Source: YouTube · Identity at the Center · published Jul 20, 2026 · 26:48
Jeff and Jim host a "Majority Rules" trivia game at Identiverse to engage the audience on IAM trends, legacy infrastructure challenges, and conference culture, offering over $5,000 in prizes for the top 10 scorers 0:42. The session reveals that while attendees prefer cloud consolidation, the majority are still struggling to resolve legacy directory issues rather than adopting decentralized identity 9:32.
Key Takeaways:
• The hosts celebrate 2 million podcast downloads and promote their RSM booth (138) as a prize collection point 0:27.
• Integrating legacy applications is identified as the primary challenge for deploying single sign-on, voted by the majority 4:54.
• Attendees overwhelmingly favor a single global cloud directory over virtual meta-directories for consolidation efforts 6:36.
• A significant number of professionals admit they are still trying to fix legacy directories instead of building decentralized identity solutions 9:32.
• The game shifts to "battle royale" mode, where selecting the least popular answer eliminates a player's score 7:59.
• Many attendees humorously admitted to relying on "vendor booth candy" for meals during the conference 24:51.
The event successfully blended technical discussion with interactive entertainment, fostering engagement among identity professionals while offering significant incentives for participation. The hosts concluded by directing winners to booth 138 to claim prizes, including a free pass to next year's conference.
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[music] >> This is Identity at the Center. >> Welcome to Identity at the Center. I'm Jeff. That's Jim. >> Hey Jeff, how are you? >> Not so bad yourself? >> Good. You stole my line. I was going to introduce us. I'm Jim McDonald. That's Jeff Steadman. We do a little podcast called Identity at the Center. Have you heard of it? We just hit 2 million downloads, which is pretty I think it's pretty >> Awesome. >> 2 million downloads. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Yeah, thanks. >> Not bad for you. >> We didn't We didn't do more than a million of those downloads ourselves, so that's pretty good. Uh I mean, the other thing I wanted to mention is just that we still do this as a hobby, right? I mean, we work day jobs. We're in the company called RSM. We do consulting. Uh Please, whether you w…