# IDRamp * [Lessons From the School of Cyber Hard Knocks Podcast](https://idramp.com/school-of-cyber-hard-knocks-podcast-mike-vesey-pink-locker-rooms/) IDRamp > Passwords and zero-trust and pink locker rooms, oh my! In this episode, Mike discusses IdRamp, what self-sovereign identity is, why we still have passwords today, zero-trust, what the near future holds, pink locker rooms!, his path to IdRamp, and as always, his toughest lesson learned. * [IdRamp CEO Mike Vesey: Pink Locker Rooms](https://idramp.com/school-of-cyber-hard-knocks-podcast-mike-vesey-pink-locker-rooms/) School of Cyber Hard Knocks > Passwords and zero-trust and pink locker rooms, oh my! In this episode, Mike discusses IdRamp, what self-sovereign identity is, why we still have passwords today, zero-trust, what the near future holds, pink locker rooms!, his path to IdRamp, and as always, his toughest lesson learned. * [IdRamp partners with the Lifelong Learner Project to win the ACE Blockchain Innovation Challenge](https://idramp.com/idramp-partners-with-the-lifelong-learner-project-to-win-the-ace-blockchain-innovation-challenge/) > Lifelong Learner Project is proud to announce its selection as a recipient of the first phase of the Blockchain Innovation Challenge, a competition funded by the U.S. Department of Education to identify ways in which blockchain technology can provide social mobility and equitable access to economic opportunity. > > Companies involved include, RANDA Solutions, ETS, Digital Promise, University Instructors, The Utah State BOE, BlockFrame Inc. IdRamp, Evernym, Velocity Career Network, Fluree, Crocus, IMS Global Learning Consortium, Credential Engine. * [Trust Stamp and IdRamp Team Up for New Identity Platform](https://findbiometrics.com/trust-stamp-idramp-team-up-new-identity-platform-051901/) FindBiometrics > a new multi-factor authentication platform that combines Trust Stamp’s [selfie-based Biometric MFA solution](https://mobileidworld.com/trust-stamp-replaces-otps-with-new-biometric-mfa-solution-042906/) with IdRamp’s no-code authentication infrastructure. > > The joint offering will make it easier for organizations to provide a more consistent authentication experience across all of their systems. * [Orchestrate your identity management strategy](https://idramp.com/orchestrate-your-identity-management-strategy/) IDRamp > It’s time to stop buying expensive bridges to Failureland. It’s time to shift our perspective on identity management away from what clearly doesn’t work and won’t work and instead, employ technologies that make the systems we have work better. It is time to focus on the technologies that simplify identity management, can be easily integrated, and provide a path to evolution at a pace and cost that meet business and government needs. * [Zero Trust & Decentralized Identity Podcast](https://idramp.com/zero-trust-decentralized-identity-podcast/) IDRamp > They explore low-code/no-code orchestration services, what to consider when making long-term complex identity decisions, and what the US is doing to protect Americans from sophisticated cyber threats after the White House issued Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. New Companies we aren’t sure about: * [Press Release](https://idramp.com/trust-stamp-partners-with-idramp-to-transform-multi-factor-biometric-authentication/) IDRamp & IDRamp > Trust Stamp (Nasdaq: IDAI, Euronext Growth: AIID ID), the Privacy-First Identity CompanyTM providing AI-powered trust and identity services used globally across multiple sectors, announces a partnership with IdRamp, a leader in decentralized identity orchestration products and services. Together, they will launch an innovative biometric multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) offering that can be augmented with a range of leading access management, social sign-on, and bring-your-own identity services, all through IdRamp’s no-code platform. * [Passwordless Credential Orchestration Manager is Now Available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace](https://idramp.com/idramp-passwordless-credential-orchestration-manager-is-now-available-in-the-oracle-cloud-marketplace/) idRamp > This new service offers password elimination, identity proofing, and orchestration capabilities for any Oracle ecosystem.