James Naughton

James Naughton is an independent identity professional with more than 15 years in identity and access management. He built and led the Schenker Identity Management Service (SIMS), DB Schenker's global IAM platform, serving roughly one million users across more than 450 integrated business services with a 29-person multinational team. His motto is "Everything is an Identity", which he has followed to extend the reach of identity in the organisation: frontline and operational workforces, non-human identities, and more recently, decentralised trust that crosses organisational boundaries and the Identity of Things.

A New Zealander, James brings a "number 8 wire" mentality to usable security: pragmatic, resourceful, and focused on solutions people will actually use.