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Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Strata Identity Launches ‘The Identity Heroes' to Spotlight Real-World IAM Journeys
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced the launch of The Identity Heroes, a new video podcast (videocast) series that gives a voice to the people behind some of today's most challenging and impactful identity and access management (IAM) projects. Featuring candid, informal conversations, each episode of The Identity Heroes explores real-world stories, technical lessons, and personal reflections with CISOs, architects, and identity experts. Each 40-minute episode features a relaxed, unscripted conversation focused on each Identity Heroes' professional journey, career-defining projects, challenges and learnings, and their perspective on the road ahead. Share Hosted by Strata's identity experts—including Field CTO Aldo Pietropaolo, VP of Product and Standards Gerry Gebel, and Senior Director of Product Marketing Mark Callahan— The Identity Heroes delves into real-world experiences of some of the industry's leading practitioners and pioneers. The series aims to educate and inspire IAM professionals with actionable insights and perspectives on topics such as modernization, Zero Trust, policy, and resilience. 'No one goes to school for identity, which is why we created The Identity Heroes —to celebrate the real people solving tough problems behind the scenes,' said Aldo Pietropaolo, Field CTO of Strata Identity. 'This videocast isn't about promoting products—it's about surfacing the lessons, breakthroughs, and moments of truth that can help others in the IAM community grow their careers and navigate complex challenges.' Each 40-minute episode features a relaxed, unscripted conversation focused on each Identity Heroes' professional journey, career-defining projects, challenges and learnings, and their perspective on the road ahead. The first three episodes of Identity Heroes featuring Eve Maler, President and Founder of Venn Factory, Sebastian Rohr, CTO of GmbH and Sulohita Vaddadi, CISO of GE Corporate, are now live and available on YouTube, Spotify, and the Strata Identity website, with new episodes released every month. Watch now: About Strata Identity Strata Identity enables organizations to modernize identity providers without disrupting existing infrastructure while maintaining a frictionless user experience. By decoupling identity from applications, Strata's Maverics platform unifies SSO, supports multiple IDPs simultaneously, and ensures continuous access during outages via IDP failover. Led by CEO Eric Olden—co-author of the SAML standard— Strata also created the Identity Query Language (IDQL) and open-source Hexa project to help standardize multi-cloud identity management. Learn more at and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Strata Identity VP of Product and Standards to Discuss Future of Authorization at Identiverse 2025
Gerry Gebel to join fellow AuthZEN co-chairs to discuss next-gen authorization interoperability and open standards BOULDER, Colo., May 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced that Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards, will speak on a panel at Identiverse 2025 focused on AuthZEN, a new working group of the OpenID Foundation aimed at standardizing authorization. The panel will explore the evolving state of modern authorization and preview progress on a new open standard modeled after OpenID Connect. Strata will also demonstrate the Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform at Identiverse 2025 booth #422. WHO: Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, is a recognized expert in identity and access management, standards, and strategy. He has more than two decades of experience in senior management roles at Axiomatics, Burton Group, and Chase Manhattan Bank. Gerry also serves as a co-chair of the OpenID Foundation's AuthZEN Working Group. Other Panelists: Omri Gazitt, CEO, Aserto David Brossard, CTO, Axiomatics WHAT: Today's authorization ecosystem is fragmented, with each vendor offering their own proprietary APIs and protocols. To address this problem, the OpenID Foundation launched the AuthZEN Working Group in late 2023 with the goal of establishing open authorization standards—just as OpenID Connect did for authentication. In this session, identity architects, IAM practitioners, and application developers will learn how AuthZEN can be used to externalize and standardize authorization across their application estate. The speakers will: Outline the current landscape of authorization, including policy-as-code and policy-as-data models Share milestones from the AuthZEN 1.0 development process, including insights from the first interoperability event held at Identiverse 2024 Present a live demo featuring 15 interoperable implementations Discuss goals for the 2025 Final Specification Invite feedback from the identity community on future standardization priorities WHEN: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM PT WHERE: Panel: AuthZEN – The "OpenID Connect" for Authorization. Identiverse 2025, Mandalay Bay F, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV HOW: To attend the session, register at To request a meeting with Gerry Gebel, contact Marc Gendron at marc@ or +1 617.877.7480. About Strata Identity Strata Identity enables organizations to modernize identity providers without disrupting existing infrastructure while maintaining a frictionless user experience. By decoupling identity from applications, Strata's Maverics platform unifies SSO, supports multiple IDPs simultaneously, and ensures continuous access during outages via IDP failover. Led by CEO Eric Olden—co-author of the SAML standard— Strata also created the Identity Query Language (IDQL) and open-source Hexa project to help standardize multi-cloud identity management. Learn more at and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube. View source version on Contacts Media Contact:Marc GendronMarc Gendron PR for Strata+1-617-877-7480marc@
Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Strata Identity VP of Product and Standards to Discuss Future of Authorization at Identiverse 2025
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced that Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards, will speak on a panel at Identiverse 2025 focused on AuthZEN, a new working group of the OpenID Foundation aimed at standardizing authorization. The panel will explore the evolving state of modern authorization and preview progress on a new open standard modeled after OpenID Connect. Strata will also demonstrate the Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform at Identiverse 2025 booth #422. WHO: Gerry Gebel, VP of Product and Standards at Strata Identity, is a recognized expert in identity and access management, standards, and strategy. He has more than two decades of experience in senior management roles at Axiomatics, Burton Group, and Chase Manhattan Bank. Gerry also serves as a co-chair of the OpenID Foundation's AuthZEN Working Group. Other Panelists: Omri Gazitt, CEO, Aserto David Brossard, CTO, Axiomatics WHAT: Today's authorization ecosystem is fragmented, with each vendor offering their own proprietary APIs and protocols. To address this problem, the OpenID Foundation launched the AuthZEN Working Group in late 2023 with the goal of establishing open authorization standards—just as OpenID Connect did for authentication. In this session, identity architects, IAM practitioners, and application developers will learn how AuthZEN can be used to externalize and standardize authorization across their application estate. The speakers will: Outline the current landscape of authorization, including policy-as-code and policy-as-data models Share milestones from the AuthZEN 1.0 development process, including insights from the first interoperability event held at Identiverse 2024 Present a live demo featuring 15 interoperable implementations Discuss goals for the 2025 Final Specification Invite feedback from the identity community on future standardization priorities WHEN: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM PT WHERE: Panel: AuthZEN – The 'OpenID Connect' for Authorization. Identiverse 2025, Mandalay Bay F, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV HOW: To attend the session, register at To request a meeting with Gerry Gebel, contact Marc Gendron at marc@ or +1 617.877.7480. About Strata Identity Strata Identity enables organizations to modernize identity providers without disrupting existing infrastructure while maintaining a frictionless user experience. By decoupling identity from applications, Strata's Maverics platform unifies SSO, supports multiple IDPs simultaneously, and ensures continuous access during outages via IDP failover. Led by CEO Eric Olden—co-author of the SAML standard— Strata also created the Identity Query Language (IDQL) and open-source Hexa project to help standardize multi-cloud identity management. Learn more at and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
