Dan Moore is a principal product engineer at FusionAuth and an industry veteran. Dan joined the company in 2020 and focuses primarily on helping developers leverage FusionAuth for their applications while at the same time building an awesome community of developers that are passionate about Inversoft’s products. Dan has been coding for over 25 years and has been a CTO, engineering manager, contractor, technical trainer, and software engineer at numerous companies. These companies include Transposit, Culture Foundry, The Food Corridor, Oracle, and many others. Dan has also been a speaker at numerous tech conferences and meetups. Dan is a published author, contributor or editor of 5 books including “97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know” and “Letters To A New Developer”. Outside of work he enjoys gardening, camping and backpacking. Fun fact: though he's on a hiatus right now, he kept backyard chickens for years.
When we engage with customers at FusionAuth, one question we consistently are asked is: "How should we model our users in our CIAM system?"
This architectural decision shapes everything from user experience to system security.
In this talk, I’ll explore three CIAM user modeling approaches:
We'll dissect the advantages and limitations of each approach, provide a decision framework to select the right model for your requirements, and reveal practical techniques for guiding users to the correct authentication pathway before they ever log in.
At the end of this talk, you’ll know how to pick the right user modeling approach for your authentication needs.