125: Authorization Is A Data Problem with Jeff Chao of Abbey Labs

The Data Stack Show

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Jeff’s background at Netflix and Stripe leading him to Abbey Labs (2:22)
• What Abbey is solving in the space (5:16)
• Tackling permissions in an organization (7:30)
• Opportunities to improve the availability of data (10:14)
• The challenge of tackling a new problem area at a new company (14:59)
• What is the most common challenges in the identity and security space (18:43)
• Importance of identity and the ability to track it in data (22:46)
• Connecting all the different platforms without frustrating the user (30:32)
• What are the parts of access data that needing to be tracked (36:10)
• Dealing with the varieties of data in security and managing permissions (40:26)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (51:52)

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