Today we’re delving in to the magic behind the log in. Logins, webpages and aps are a bit like glass in window frames, you know you need them, but you barely see them unless they’re dirty - and we all know what a dirty login looks like because it’s painful. Yet take any app or online service you use, Netflix, Virgin Media, your stock portfolio - all you do is log in right? But what on Earth happens after that? How does your server know what you’re allowed to access and do once you’re in? How have our consumer experiences become so slick?That is what our two guests today are going to help us understand, Tobias Urban, CIAM Specialists Lead at Okta and Grace Shaffi, former Senior Solutions Engineer and multi-cloud security SME at Distology, now Solutions Architect at AWS.Discussion Points Introduction [ What is consumer identitiy and access management (CIAM) and how it creates the magic behind the login? [ Is CIAM real magic or is it illusion and a series of cleverly engineered things to be as invisible as possible to the user? [ Can anyone develop a CIAM platform themselves? What are the challenges? [ What else can we get out of a CIAM platform in terms of customer experience and business intelligence? [ What else can we get out of a CIAM platform in terms of security? [ What do you say to those sitting on the fence between home-grown and purpose built platforms like Okta? [ The benefit of CIAM for detection and response [ What do the acronymys MFA, API and DDoS mean? [ Which technology topic will you be delving into in 2022 and why? [About DelveDelve is a technology podcast, where the host, Lance Williams, is joined by guests to tackle technology topics that need exploring, unpacking and in some cases, de-mystifying in our brave and boundary-less IT world. Available on all podcast platforms, please subscribe and tune in each month as Lance interviews special guests from the cybersecurity world and beyond.