{"podcast":{"title":"Identity at the Center","slug":"identity-at-the-center-344918","podcast_index_feed_id":344918,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c5fefcc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://idacpodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1976139/1976139-1687984222617-91fa1466c536c.jpg","author":"Identity at the Center","episode_count":433,"summary":"Identity at the Center is a weekly podcast all about identity security in the context of identity and access management (IAM). With decades of real-world IAM experience, hosts Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman bring you conversations with news, topics, and guests from the identity management industry. Do you know who has access to what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T18:19:10.496727+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918"},"episode":{"title":"#409 - Q1 2026 Identity Threat Report Roundup","slug":"409-q1-2026-identity-threat-report-roundup","published_at":"2026-03-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918/409-q1-2026-identity-threat-report-roundup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/identity-at-the-center/episodes/409---Q1-2026-Identity-Threat-Report-Roundup-e3gi52v","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c5fefcc/podcast/play/117035551/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-17%2F488d2303-51b8-2130-86ba-bb6ec9550b19.mp3","summary":"Jeff and Jim review seven major IAM and cybersecurity industry reports from Q1 2026, covering releases from Check Point, Recorded Future, Sophos, Palo Alto Unit 42, IBM X-Force, Darktrace, and Hypr. They pull high-level findings and hot takes from each, identifying recurring themes: AI accelerating attack speed to as little as 72 minutes from breach to data exfiltration, identity infrastructure as the primary attack surface, machine identities as a growing and undermanaged risk, MFA gaps enabling credential abuse, and the near-impossibility of blocking every intrusion attempt. The episode also covers third-party and supply chain risk, deepfake attacks reaching 87% of surveyed organizations, stalled passkey adoption in the enterprise, and what zero standing privilege looks like in practice. They close with a lighter discussion on dark mode versus light mode and a hypothetical podcast reboot. Reports: Check Point Cyber Security Report 2026 — https://www.checkpoint.com/security-report/ Recorded Future 2026 State of Security Report — https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/state-of-security Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026 — https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/2026-sophos-active-adversary-report Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report 2026 — https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/resources/research/unit-42-incident-response-report IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2026 — https://www.ibm.com/reports/threat-intelligence Darktrace Annual Threat Report 2026 — https://www.darktrace.com/resources/annual-threat-report-2026 HYPR 2026 State of Passwordless Identity Assurance Report — https://www.hypr.com/report Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the s…","meta_description":"Jeff and Jim review seven major IAM and cybersecurity industry reports from Q1 2026, covering releases from Check Point, Recorded Future, Sophos, Palo Alt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3562,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/identity-at-the-center-344918/episodes/409-q1-2026-identity-threat-report-roundup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918/409-q1-2026-identity-threat-report-roundup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}