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#410 - Sponsor Spotlight - Strivacity
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- Identity at the Center
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- Mar 25, 2026
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- 3625
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Summary
In this Sponsor Spotlight, Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald welcome back Stephen Cox, co-founder and CTO of Strivacity, for his third appearance and second sponsored episode. Stephen explains Strivacity's role as a CIAM platform and how it is evolving to address agentic AI identity. Topics include why agentic AI changes the identity equation, how agents differ from humans in authentication and authorization, the delegation model and open standards such as OAuth and token exchange, the limitations of API keys in agentic contexts, where MCP fits into the identity picture, managing multi-agent chains and subagents, and why the accountability model must be established before agentic systems reach production. The episode closes with a lighter note on simulation baseball. This episode is sponsored by Strivacity. Learn more at strivacity.com. Connect with Stephen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencox/ 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 TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction and welcome 00:02:30 About Strivacity and agentic AI platform support 00:06:30 Why now is the right time to address agentic identity in CIAM 00:09:00 How agent authentication and authorization differ from humans 00:14:30 Good bots vs bad bots and the history of autonomous agents in CIAM 00:19:00 Building your own agent identity solution: five key focus areas 00:23:00 Where Strivacity sits in the agentic identity stack 00:26:00 Why open standards matter and the vendor lock-in conversation 00:28:00 Managing multiple delegated agents and user-facing control 00:32:00 API keys and their limitations in agentic AI contexts 00:38:00 MCP servers, proxies, and agent-to-a…