Principal IAM Architect & Systems Engineer | Identity Security Strategy & Architecture | CISSP, CIDPRO
My things: Identity & Access Management (IAM) • Systems Engineering • Identity Security Architecture • Cloud Security • Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
👨💻 I'm currently working on:
- Learning golang, and translating the exercises from "OAuth 2 in Action" into Go.
- Noodling Lisp with SICP.
- Learning Entra ID, a significant gap in my knowledge, and maybe getting the SC-300 and SC-100 certs.
- Contemplating what's next given I just completed my BA in Economics (November 2025)†.
- Burning through my stack of books with all my newfound free time now that my BA is done.
†Possibly misleading. I'm no fresh-faced 20-something. I always wanted to earn a BA so I did it part-time while working. I am by no means the oldest person to earn a BA, but I'm no spring chicken either.
📚 I'm currently reading:
- See the full, or nearly full, list here: https://markdrummond.ca/2026-books.html
- Or follow me on Goodreads I suppose? https://www.goodreads.com/medrummond
💬 My "socials":
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medrummond/
- Bluesky (mostly lurking): https://bsky.app/profile/markdrummond.ca
- Mastodon (I'm hardly ever there): https://ioc.exchange/@markdrummond
I know people dunk on LinkedIn a lot, but honestly, it is the least toxic of all the social network services.