At Ping, we believe partnerships are a key contributor to providing the best solutions to solve our customers' challenges. Working with like-minded solution providers, focused on customer success and using the latest and best technology to meet customer requirements is key.

Optiv Security is a top-tier partner for Ping, and I've been impressed with their deep expertise in identity and access management (IAM). The Ping and Optiv relationship really took off in late 2015 with the formation of the Identity Defined Security Alliance, and we've had a number of awesome customer engagements since.

I recently did a webinar with Optiv Office of the CISO Executive Director Richard Bird. We discussed recent trends in cloud and mobile - and how IAM is the new perimeter for providing a critical foundation that enables a future-proof security strategy for this new era of doing business. Check it out, and let me know what you think.

I hope to see you at the Cloud Identity Summit in Chicago. Optiv is a leading sponsor.