3 Identity Links
A new hopefully more-than-occasional series
Hawaiʻi launches myHawaii platform to streamline access to online government services
Published in Maui Now on 11 May 2025
My former home has been executing a mondo SSO program. Hawaiʻi may be a modestly sized state, but 96 integrated apps (so far) is impressive. Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā ʻoe – congratulations!
Frontegg releases identity management platform for AI agent builders
Published in Help Net Security on 30 Apr 2025
FrontEgg is an example of user management platforms growing up and challenging classic IAM, including in the new era where players are seeking to protect AI interactions in various ways. I predict we’re going to see more such solutions moving upmarket, and more adjacent platforms — such as HRIS’s — getting cozier with IAM.
5 Powerful Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers
Published in the Manager.dev newsletter on 29 Apr 2025
My “Mastering IAM’s Higher Purpose” keynote at EIC 2025 discussed the extraordinarily broad base of identity stakeholders in the enterprise. The Nemawashi persuasion method discussed would be particularly valuable to use in identity programs.
It used to be said in the blogosphere of yore that blog posts were either “linky” or “thinky.” Let me know if you’d like to see more linky posts like this one!
Yes, please to more post like these. I follow a number of these identity / security newsletters. They are either “too-thinky” and suffer from TL;DR or “too-linky” and assume we have an entire day to read the internet. Having a curated list of the top 3 things that navigates the balance is useful. Good things come in threes.