Sarah Handler | Group Product Manager
Netflix

Sarah is the Group Product Manager for Netflix’s Security Services Engineering organization. At Netflix, her team builds identity, authentication, authorization, and cryptographic products to safeguard and empower those who empower Netflix to entertain the world. Previously, she led a team building credentials compromise detection products at Microsoft, helping to secure the world’s largest organizations’ identity infrastructure. She resides in Seattle, WA.

Appearances:

Identity Week America - Day 1 @ 15:45

Panel: Coordinating government, telcos, and the private sector to enhance V&A practices

Explore real-world experiences with verification and authentication solutions from a diverse range of industries
Balance customer priorities; how do we address friction versus risk in authentication processes?
Highlight the newest solutions and technologies shaping rhe future of identity verification
Understand how different sectors and populations require tailored approaches to identity solutions - can customers and worker be treated the same?
Examine the varying priorities and unnique challenges faced by industries in implementing effective verification and authentication systems

Moderator: Heather West, Senior Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy Services, Venable LLP

Sarah Handler, Group Product Manager, Netflix

Matt Gardner, Senior Privacy Counsel, Ro

Troy Leach, Chief Strategy Officer, Cloud Security Alliance

Mandar Gaonkar, Senior Software Engineering Manager, Risk Platform, PayPal

Kristen Hart, Senior Enterprise Account Director, Proximus Global

Identity Week America - Day 2 @ 15:00

Panel: Is passwordless inevitable? Adoption, friction, and the zero-trust reality

Review the adoption of passwordless technologies and assess whether 'passwordless' is feasible and/or necessary
Identify which challenges for adoption of zero-trust methodologies are a resuly of increased friction, lack of interoperability, or undereducated users
Examine leading use cases from a variety of sectors that have transitioned to passwordless authentication
Discuss the security benefits for implementing zero-trust in enterprise systems - is this more necessary than ever considering the rise in fraudulent activity and phishing attacks?

Moderator: Zack Martin, Senior Policy Advisor, Venable LLP