Oct 27, 202613 minS2
Learn why workload identity is becoming increasingly important as cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and AI agents interact across organizational boundaries. The WIMSE working group at the IETF is developing...
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A Digital Identity Digest
Hosted by Heather Flanagan · technology · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Welcome to A Digital Identity Digest, brought to you by Heather Flanagan of Spherical Cow Consulting. Here, we explore the evolving world of digital identity on the web. This podcast is spearheaded by Heather's expertise, where she breaks down complex concepts, shares the latest trends, and provides insightful analyses in online identity management. Join Heather as she navigates this dynamic digital pasture, delivering content that's both informative and engaging for tech enthusiasts, digital professionals, and the curious alike. It's time to translate geek to human.Thanks for listening!SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3RO11vyTo show your support, and help others find the show, please leave me a 5-star review.LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EPISODE: https://sphericalcowconsulting.com—————————LET'S CONNECT—————————LINKEDIN: https://linkedin.com/in/hlflanaganINSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/sphericalcowconsultingYOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@TheDi
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What is A Digital Identity Digest about?
Welcome to A Digital Identity Digest, brought to you by Heather Flanagan of Spherical Cow Consulting. Here, we explore the evolving world of digital identity on the web. This podcast is spearheaded by Heather's expertise, where she breaks down complex concepts, shares the latest trends, and provides insightful analyses in online identity management.
Who hosts A Digital Identity Digest?
A Digital Identity Digest is hosted by Heather Flanagan. The show has published 78 episodes to date.
What has A Digital Identity Digest covered recently?
Recent episodes include "WIMSE is Where Workload Identity is Getting Interesting" (27 October 2026, 13 minutes), "W3C, IETF, and the Emerging Shape of AI Standards" (20 October 2026, 13 minutes), and "Two Approaches to AI Agent Discovery" (13 October 2026, 11 minutes).
How often does A Digital Identity Digest publish?
A Digital Identity Digest publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 78 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on A Digital Identity Digest?
Booking probability for A Digital Identity Digest is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. A Digital Identity Digest requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. A Digital Identity Digest's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for A Digital Identity Digest are IT Services & Software Development. A Digital Identity Digest has a technology audience.
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Heather Flanagan hosts A Digital Identity Digest, a technology podcast with 78 episodes published.
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Oct 20, 202613 minS2Heather examines the growing landscape of AI standards at the W3C and IETF, exploring how different groups address content disclosure, AI content preferences, automated client authentication, agent capabilities, and...
Episode #41
Two Approaches to AI Agent Discovery
Oct 13, 202611 minS2Heather explores two emerging approaches to AI agent discovery: the W3C AI Agent Protocol Community Group and the proposed IETF Discovery of Agents with Names (DAWN) Working Group. She examines how their scopes differ...
Oct 6, 202613 minS2Learn why OAuth is being pushed to reconsider what authorization needs to become as software grows more autonomous. Heather examines recent OAuth working group discussions around proof of possession, HTTP message...
Sep 22, 202612 minS2In this episode, Heather examines the gap between technical interoperability and real-world digital identity deployment. Wallets and verifiable credentials may successfully exchange information, but relying parties must...
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Episode #37
Someone Still Has to Accept the Credential
Sep 15, 202611 minS2Discover how digital wallets and verifiable credentials are moving from pilots into real-world adoption, while revealing a critical gap: someone still has to accept the credential. Heather examines the verifier’s...
Sep 8, 202614 minS2Discover how identity conferences can help practitioners stay current on digital identity, emerging standards, regulation, cybersecurity, and the challenges organizations are preparing to solve. Heather examines why...
Sep 1, 202612 minS2Heather examines why making standards information public is not enough to make the work understandable. This episode explores the growing challenge of navigating specifications, document status, provenance, working...
Aug 25, 202611 minS2Heather explores why keeping up with standards development does not mean tracking everything. This episode looks at how a lightweight standards radar can surface emerging work across digital identity, AI, authorization...
Aug 18, 202612 minS2Learn why nation state politics are increasingly shaping technical standards and the future of the Internet. Drawing on reflections from IETF 126, Heather examines how regulatory pressure, geopolitical interests, and...
Aug 11, 202613 minS2Heather explores why technical standards have never been truly separate from politics, even when they remain nonpartisan. This episode examines how choices around interoperability, privacy, security, and user needs...
Episode #31
Take the Selfie
Aug 4, 202612 minS2Heather examines why a simple conference selfie can become one of the most meaningful records of your professional life. Rather than posting for social media, she explores how preserving moments with colleagues...
Jul 28, 202617 minS2In this episode, Heather explores a practical framework for researching complex technology topics and building recommendations that stand up to scrutiny. From defining the right research question to evaluating academic...
Jul 21, 202613 minS2Discover how the Identity Salon creates a high trust, vendor neutral space for senior identity practitioners to explore the five to seven year challenges shaping digital identity. Heather shares why forward looking...
Jul 14, 202613 minS2Learn why the word governance can mean very different things across digital identity, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and AI governance. This episode explores how those differences affect enterprise...
Episode #27
When Process Stops Protecting the Work
Jul 7, 202614 minS2Heather explores the fine line between healthy dissent and procedural obstruction in standards development, examining how appeals, objections, and governance processes can strengthen collaboration—or slowly undermine...
Jun 30, 202615 minS2Heather examines why choosing the right discovery mechanism is one of the most challenging aspects of digital identity architecture. This episode explores how DNS, well-known URIs, registries, and catalogs each solve...
Episode #25
When Discovery Starts Taking Action
Jun 23, 202614 minS2Discover how discovery is evolving from simply finding information to enabling automated action across AI agents, digital identity systems, and distributed services. This episode explores why capability discovery...
Episode #24
The Digital Life We Forgot We Had
Jun 16, 202619 minS2Examine the growing challenge of managing the digital lives we accumulate over time. From forgotten accounts and subscriptions to digital estate planning and account recovery, this episode explores how personal identity...
Jun 9, 202619 minS2“In the first post in this series, I framed discovery as a broader systems problem.” The challenge is not simply that search engines need to be better. Search is useful for public, indexed information, but...
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