The IdentityFirst™ Community
For identity security practitioners who want to share knowledge, tools, and experience.
What the community is
A place for identity security practitioners — IT managers, security leads, and CISOs — to share experience with identity governance, Active Directory security, cloud IAM, and zero trust. Whether you are mid-migration to Entra ID, tackling privilege creep in an ageing AD environment, or building a JIT access programme from scratch, this community is for you.
We focus on practical, real-world identity security: what works, what doesn’t, and why the theory rarely survives contact with a legacy Active Directory forest.
How to join
Follow IdentityFirst™ on LinkedIn for identity security commentary, incident analysis, and platform updates.
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Subscribe to our blog for in-depth guides, assessment playbooks, and identity threat briefings.
Read the BlogA dedicated community platform is in development and planned for 2026. We will announce early access to community members first.
Free resources for practitioners
Practical tools you can use today.
AD Hardening Checklist
Our Active Directory hardening checklist covering tiering, privileged account hygiene, and legacy protocol removal.
Download ChecklistICR Calculator
Estimate your Identity Coverage Ratio — across discovery, monitoring, governance, protection, and confidence dimensions.
Coming in 2026Identity Security Glossary
Plain-language definitions for AD, IAM, PAM, IGA, SoD, drift, ICR, ZSP, NHI, and more.
Browse GlossaryContribute
Are you an identity security practitioner?
Share your case study
We feature anonymised case studies from practitioners who have tackled real identity security challenges — AD consolidation, Entra ID migration, PAM rollout, IGA implementation, and more. Your story (with details changed as needed) helps others in similar situations.
Submit a Case StudyGive us feedback
We are building IdentityFirst™ for practitioners, not committees. If you have opinions on what the platform should do, what we are missing, or what the industry gets wrong, we want to hear it.
Send FeedbackContact: mark@identityfirst.net
Ready to assess your identity estate?
Community members get early access to new features and assessments. Start with a 30-minute demo.