Executive Summary
Starting in 2018, IDPro executed two annual skills surveys in order to share with the digital identity management industry who its practitioners are and where their interest lay. Through these surveys, IDPro has determined that:
- A major of practitioners share five areas experience
- The feeling proficient as an identity practitioner is a long journey
- Enterprises’ interests and individuals’ skills sets are often well aligned
- Enterprise near-term priorities align with individual interests in some areas
- Misalignment between enterprise near-term priorities and individual interests present opportunities to both
Message from the President
I am thrilled to be able to formally share the results of our skills and program survey with you. To date, no organization has conducted such a study of our industry and our practitioners. When we founded IDPro in 2017, it was part of our vision to help digital identity practitioners learn from other practitioners and this survey is part of that vision.
The results of our survey are important for individuals and organizations alike. Individuals will find which technical and non-technical skills other practitioners found useful in their careers. Organizations will learn which of their priorities align with practitioner’s experience and interests. Both will learn where the growth areas of our industry lie.
This report is our first pass through the survey data. There is more we can and will do over time – we have our own ideas, but we are also keen to understand from members and non-members alike how we can most usefully develop the survey. That said, this is a meaningful start and I look forward to expanding the effort in future years.
— Ian Glazer
Founder and President, IDPro, October 30, 2019
The sixth annual IDPro® Skills, Programs & Diversity Survey is open! It aims to measure the diversity, goals, interests, skills and trends among identity professionals and the enterprises that employ them. Take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IDPro_2023_Skills_Survey
To help solve the #IAM skills gap, #IDPro has created the #CIDPRO which can expand candidates' #digitalidentity knowledge and fill experience gaps. Learn more by reading our CIDPRO webinar recap blog: https://bit.ly/3Idk5jj
The Internet Identity Workshop (#IIW) XXXV took place from November 15-17 and provided an excellent opportunity for #digitalidentity experts to convene and discuss #IAM topics. Learn more about this recent event by reading our recap blog: https://bit.ly/3WtmGdd
The #IDPro webinar covering Issue 10 of the Body of Knowledge (#BoK), featuring an overview of the three new articles and six refreshed articles, is starting now. Join the webinar: http://bit.ly/3HbxY0c
Join us for tomorrow’s #IDPro webinar covering Issue 10 of the Body of Knowledge (#BoK), which features three new articles and six refreshes. Register to attend: http://bit.ly/3HbxY0c