IDENTITY DECODED

Identity Decoded:

The Identity Security Podcast

The only podcast where identity and security finally sit down together. No buzzwords. No sales. Just honest conversations with the people doing the work, about the work.

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How Ransomware Groups Run the Cartel Playbook: Inside the DEA with Aaron Turner

Featured episodes

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How Ransomware Groups Run the Cartel Playbook: Inside the DEA with Aaron Turner

In episode two of this two-part series, the former Microsoft Senior Security strategist takes us through one of the most high-stakes times of his career: working with the DEA Special Operations Division under the agents who took down Pablo Escobar. Aaron reveals what drug cartels and ransomware groups have in common—and gives viewers a new way to think about trust, access, and Identity Security.

Inside Active Directory’s Origin Story: Aaron Turner on Microsoft’s “Kill Novell” Mission

Winning in securing agentic identity: Start with one team, one use case

The Four Ps and a Balance Sheet: Why Eve Maler Says Identity Needs a Product Mindset

All episodes

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How Ransomware Groups Run the Cartel Playbook: Inside the DEA with Aaron Turner

Season 1, Episode 9

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Inside Active Directory’s Origin Story: Aaron Turner on Microsoft’s “Kill Novell” Mission

Season 1, Episode 8

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Winning in securing agentic identity: Start with one team, one use case

Season 1, Episode 7

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The Four Ps and a Balance Sheet: Why Eve Maler Says Identity Needs a Product Mindset

Season 1, Episode 6

July 29, 2026

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Beyond the vault: Why AI agents force us to rethink Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Season 1, Episode 5

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Attackers are only as powerful as their permissions: Identity Security lessons from inside Mandiant IR

Season 1, Episode 4

1st July 2026

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From IT support to security’s core: General Motors’ identity story

Season 1, Episode 3

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What happens when a well-intentioned AI agent goes rogue

Season 1, Episode 2

3rd June 2026

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Mythos, AI-powered attacks and the security reckoning

Season 1, Episode 1

Shorts from Identity Decoded

Too busy for the full episode? We pulled the good parts. Swipe for the sharpest takes, the boldest claims, the best lessons.

About Identity Decoded

Defining what identity security should actually look like is harder than it sounds. Tune in as leaders from every discipline — IAM, security, research, IT — unpack the tensions, tradeoffs, and lessons learned from building identity security programs in the real world.

From the role identity plays in incident response to programmatically getting rid of AD tech debt or finally achieving least privilege, expect candid conversations about what's actually working, what's broken, and what's next.

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Meet your hosts

Two perspectives. One conversation. Rob knows identity and Roy knows security. Together, they’re hosting a conversation that’s long overdue.

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Roy Akerman

Roy is co-founder and CEO of Rezonate, a cloud identity security company acquired by Silverfort. He brings 20 years of experience in cyber defense, including founding roles in national cybersecurity operations in Israel. After an MBA at MIT Sloan and a stint as VP of Product Incubation at Cybereason, he's now channeling two decades of hard-won experience into solving what he believes is the most overlooked problem in security: identity.

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Rob Ainscough

Rob has spent more than a decade building IAM programs in complex, unforgiving environments. As former head of IAM at Tesco, he knows what it takes to stand up identity infrastructure at global scale — from scratch, under pressure, with no shortage of opinions from the business. These days he's focused on helping companies close the gap between identity and security teams, and turn that partnership into the defense layer most don't know they're missing.

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How Ransomware Groups Run the Cartel Playbook: Inside the DEA with Aaron Turner