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The Identity Jedi Show

David Lee talks with founders, architects, and practitioners about non-human identity, agentic AI governance, and runtime authorization. Opinionated and strategy-focused.

Host
David Lee
Publisher
Independent · Independent
Pillar
Machine, Workload & Secrets, Privileged & Governance
Level
Practitioner
Format
Interview
Cadence
Irregular (stated as biweekly), 30 to 60 min
Status
Active, last episode 2026-11-04
Since
2022
Episodes
78
Website ↗Apple Podcasts ↗RSS feed ↗
Disclosure. Host David Lee is Field CTO at Saviynt, an identity governance vendor, and also co-hosts Saviynt's own SaviTalk podcast. The Identity Jedi Show is his independent project and describes itself as having no vendor gloss.

What it is

The Identity Jedi Show, subtitled "Where Identity Meets Strategy", is hosted by David Lee, who has spent two decades in identity and access management. The feed lists its focus as non-human identity, agentic AI governance, runtime authorization, and unsolved permission boundaries. Some episodes are recorded live at events such as Identiverse.

Who it suits

Identity leaders and architects thinking about where programs are heading, especially around AI agent identity and machine credentials.

Editor note

Strong on opinion and strategy, lighter on step-by-step implementation. The stated cadence is every two weeks, but the real gaps have run from two weeks to four months, so subscribe rather than check in. Lee works at Saviynt; the show is his own, but that context is worth knowing when governance tooling comes up. Earlier seasons (2023 to 2024) had a co-host, Sameer Sait.

Where to start

  1. ITDR Deep Dive with Matt Caufield - Exploring the Next Big Thing in Identity & Access Management
    2023-05-18 · 31 min · Learner · Identity threats and ITDR

    Discusses ITDR as an emerging category and how it differs from traditional identity and access management controls.

  2. Redefining Access: The Convergence of IGA and PAM in Identity Security
    2024-05-08 · 53 min · Practitioner · Privileged access management

    Why identity vendors are consolidating PAM and IGA into platforms, the security risks of stitching acquired products together, and why just-in-time entitlements beat separate admin accounts.

  3. The Co-Inventor of Tor on Why Your NHI Strategy Is Already Behind
    2026-05-26 · 63 min · Practitioner · Non-human and AI agent identity

    Why non-human identity risk built up while human identity matured, covering service accounts, unrotated API keys, hardcoded credentials, and zero trust for AI agents.

Last verified 2026-09-30 against the show's feed, recent episode notes, and the publisher's own pages. Status and last-episode date update weekly from the feed.

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