Host: Stu Miniman Guest: Anjali Telang Production: Rohan Venkatram Episode 51 of In the Clouds with Stu dives deep into one of the most critical conversations in enterprise IT today: security in a zero trust world - and how workload identity is reshaping the way we protect modern applications. Anjali Telang joins Stu for an in-depth discussion on Zero Trust Workload Identity Management (ZTWIM) and the evolving security landscape within Red Hat OpenShift. As Senior Principal Product Manager for Security and Identity in OpenShift, Anjali brings over 16 years of experience across cloud, security, and networking. Prior to leading Identity and Access Product Management (IAM) for OpenShift, she worked on IAM in VMware Tanzu and held various product and engineering roles at Red Hat, VMware, and NetApp - giving her a unique, cross-platform perspective on enterprise security transformation. Expect a practical and forward-looking conversation on how organizations are strengthening their security posture in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Stu and Anjali will explore what Zero Trust really means in practice, how Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager simplifies identity across containers and virtual machines, and why short-lived, verifiable identities are replacing risky, long-lived credentials. They’ll dig into: -What Zero Trust and Zero Trust Workload Identity Management (ZTWIM) really mean -How ZTWIM improves security posture compared to traditional identity approaches -OpenShift’s Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager built on SPIFFE/SPIRE -Managing workload identity consistently across multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge -Other major OpenShift 4.21 updates — including Virtualization and Cloud advancements -Red Hat’s broader security landscape and strategic direction 💬 Join live and bring your questions! Stu and Anjali will take audience questions throughout the stream - from Zero Trust strategy and OpenShift security to modernization and career growth in cloud security. 🛠️ Expect practical security insights, product strategy deep dives, and real-world lessons from someone shaping identity and access management at enterprise scale. 📅 Thursday, March 5 @11:00am ET 📍 Live on the Red Hat corporate YouTube & Twitch channels … Want to learn more? Try Red Hat OpenShift: https://red.ht/3Haxapr Follow us: Stu Miniman https://stu.bsky.social Red Hat https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-hat/ Subscribe to Red Hat's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/redhat/?sub_confirmation=1 About OpenShift: Red Hat OpenShift is an open source container application platform based on the Kubernetes container orchestrator for enterprise application development and deployment. OpenShift on redhat.com https://red.ht/3JBaOia OpenShift on GitHub https://github.com/openshift/ #RedHat #OpenShift #ZeroTrust #HybridCloud #CloudSecurity

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