#435 - Majority Rules: IDAC Live at Identiverse 2026

Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman took the Identity at the Center podcast live at Identiverse 2026 in Las Vegas for a crowd-sourced game show called Majority Rules. Identity professionals competed in real time, picking answers to IAM and conference questions in a race to predict the majority. With a prize pool of over $5,000 for the top ten scorers, the stakes were high and the honesty was brutal. The episode also marks a milestone: IDAC hitting two million downloads. Thanks to Shirley Han and the CyberRisk Alliance team, and to sponsors Hyper, Red Block, SlashId, Rubrik, Stratacity, FusionAuth, Nexus, CrowdStrike, Hush Security, PlainId, RSM, and CyberRisk Alliance.

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 http://idacpodcast.com

0:00 Introduction and Two Million Downloads Milestone

1:00 Sponsor and Event Team Recognition

3:00 How to Play Majority Rules

4:00 Warm-Up Round Begins

6:00 Battle Royale Mode Explained

8:30 Decentralized Identity and the LDAP Reality

10:30 Las Vegas Evening Entertainment

11:30 Top Identity Trends at Identiverse 2026

12:30 Access Certification and the 4:55 PM Click

13:30 Classic Vegas and Expo Hall Favorites

14:50 PAM Strategies and the Post-it Note

16:00 Conference Navigation and Footwear Survival

18:00 Identity Log Monitoring Chaos

19:30 Hallway Track Conversations

20:30 Cloud Entitlements and Everyone Gets Root

21:00 Sleep Habits at a Security Conference

22:00 Business Cards in 2026

23:00 Legacy App Strategy and Thoughts and Prayers

24:45 Las Vegas Dining Preferences

25:30 Winners Announced and Closing

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