The Untold History of Identity with Karl McGuinness

Ever wondered how we got here?

Before SaaS and the cloud reshaped the enterprise, identity lived on-prem. In this episode of All Aboard, C1 CEO Alex Bovee is joined by Karl McGuinness, former Chief Product Architect at Okta, to explore the early architecture and security assumptions that defined the on-prem era. They dig into the rise of Active Directory, group sprawl, NT domains, and the brittle trust models that left networks vulnerable. From Windows XP malware outbreaks to the shift toward cloud identity, this conversation traces how enterprise identity evolved and what we are still carrying with us today.