\ \ May 19, 2026\ \ Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)\ \ \ This Leadership Compass Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) provides an overview of the IGA market and a compass to help you find a solution that best meets your needs. It examines solutions that provide both identity lifecycle management and access governance capabilities. Solutions have](/content/research/lc80864/identity-governance-and-administration-iga/index.html)

\ \ May 18, 2026\ \ Privileged Access Management (PAM)\ \ \ This KuppingerCole Leadership Compass provides an overview of the leading vendors in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) market, assessing their innovation, product capabilities, and market presence. PAM solutions enable organizations to control, manage, and monitor privileged access across](/content/research/lc81007/privileged-access-management-pam/index.html)

\ \ Apr 29, 2026\ \ Managed Detection and Response\ \ \ This KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass provides an overview of the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) market in 2026. It examines services that detect, analyze, investigate, and respond to cyber threats across diverse environments, and evaluates the ability of vendors to deliver](/content/research/lc80871/managed-detection-and-response/index.html)

\ \ May 19, 2026\ \ Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)\ \ \ Modern access governance is strained by identity sprawl (including non-human identities), complex joiner/mover/leaver lifecycles, manual reviews at scale, and integration gaps that create blind spots. IGA platforms centralize identity/entitlement inventories, automate provisioning and](/content/research/bc81004/identity-governance-and-administration-iga/index.html)

\ \ May 18, 2026\ \ Privileged Access Management (PAM)\ \ \ Privileged access has expanded from admin accounts to high-impact actions across human, machine, application, and automated identities in dynamic hybrid/cloud environments. Key problems include action-based privilege definition, fragmented visibility, non-human identity risk, privilege sprawl, and](/content/research/bc81009/privileged-access-management-pam/index.html)

\ \ May 11, 2026\ \ Managed Detection and Response\ \ \ Escalating threats, alert overload, fragmented tooling, and scarce SOC skills drive slow detection and response. Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provides 24/7 monitoring, telemetry correlation, validated detection, and analyst-led investigation/response, augmented by automation and AI. Modern](/content/research/bc81061/managed-detection-and-response/index.html)

\ \ May 15, 2026\ \ Navigating the Agentic AI Security Landscape\ \ \ Enterprise AI deployments have passed a threshold that most security frameworks were not designed for. Agentic AI (autonomous, tool-using systems that chain actions, delegate to sub-agents, and operate continuously on behalf of users) is already in production across a growing number of](/content/research/an82020/navigating-the-agentic-ai-security-landscape/index.html)

\ \ Apr 22, 2026\ \ KuppingerCole 2nd Level Reference Architecture for CIAM\ \ \ The purpose of this document is to define the KuppingerCole Analysts 2nd Level Reference Architecture for CIAM, providing a structured and consistent model for designing, evaluating, and evolving Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions.\ It focuses exclusively on capabilities](/content/research/an81080/kuppingercole-2nd-level-reference-architecture-for-ciam/index.html)

\ \ Mar 23, 2026\ \ Make or Buy: Bringing Structure and Transparency to Strategic Decisions\ \ \ Make or buy decisions are a recurring challenge in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and beyond. While the question appears straightforward, the underlying decision is rarely simple. Organizations must balance multiple, often conflicting dimensions such as cost, functionality, technical](/content/research/an82018/make-or-buy/index.html)

\ \ Jun 01, 2026\ \ Application Inventory - Identify What to Protect. Are You Missing Critical Assets?\ \ \ This whitepaper examines Application Inventory Management (AIM) as a critical, yet often underestimated, enabler for Identity and Access Management (IAM). It shows how incomplete or poorly maintained application inventories undermine IAM initiatives by increasing manual effort, fragmentation, and](/content/research/wp81148/application-inventory-identify-what-to-protect-are/index.html)

\ \ May 13, 2026\ \ Governing Third-Party Privileged Access: Moving Beyond VPN-Based Collaboration\ \ \ Organizations rely on third parties that require remote access to internal systems and operational platforms. Managing this privileged third-party access creates operational and security challenges, particularly when external identities fall outside established governance processes. Many](/content/research/wp81146/governing-third-party-privileged-access/index.html)

\ \ Apr 22, 2026\ \ Access Fabric: Uniting Access Control across Endpoints, Networks and Identity\ \ \ Access Fabric presents a transformative approach in enhancing enterprise security frameworks by integrating identity, network, device, and business signals into a unified, context-aware system. It describes how this new model resolves the limitations of traditional, siloed security practices,](/content/research/wp81140/access-fabric/index.html)

\ \ May 11, 2026\ \ Tuebora\ \ \ Modern IGA struggles with manual governance, siloed identity data, and rising non-human identities (bots, service accounts, AI agents). Tuebora’s roadmap targets lower IGA TCO via dual AI vs deterministic operation, natural-language configuration in Tuebora Studio, a Neo4j-based Unified Identity](/content/research/ev81301/tuebora/index.html)

\ \ Mar 20, 2026\ \ NEXIS Platform - IVIP Capabilities\ \ \ Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP) unify data from IGA, PAM, AM, and ITDR to resolve fragmented access visibility and enable analytics-driven governance. The NEXIS Platform delivers IVIP plus converged IAM/GRC: role management/mining, cross-application SoD, identity graphs,](/content/research/ev81145/nexis-platform-ivip-capabilities/index.html)

\ \ Jan 18, 2026\ \ Memority\ \ \ Identity Fabrics unify disparate IAM solutions, enabling secure, scalable identity management across complex environments. Leveraging microservices, API-centric design, and Zero Trust principles, these fabrics offer seamless integration and advanced analytics. Memority’s 360° Identity Factory,](/content/research/ev81445/memority/index.html)

\ \ May 28, 2026\ \ No API Security, No AI Security\ \ \ Every AI system acts through APIs: retrieving context, invoking tools, and chaining decisions across enterprise infrastructure. Yet most organizations govern API security, generative AI defense, and non-human identity management as separate disciplines, leaving the gaps unprotected. This Leadership](/content/research/lb80920/no-api-security-no-ai-security/index.html)

\ \ May 15, 2026\ \ Crypto-Agility: Managing Cryptographic Change in the Post-Quantum Era\ \ \ Crypto-agility has become an urgent enterprise requirement as post-quantum cryptography, expanding machine identity ecosystems, and growing regulatory expectations expose the risks of treating cryptographic infrastructure as static. This Leadership Brief examines why organizations struggle to](/content/research/lb80919/crypto-agility/index.html)

\ \ May 11, 2026\ \ Model Context Protocol: The API Security Problem Nobody Is Ready For\ \ \ The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly become the connective tissue of the agentic AI ecosystem, and it is being deployed at enterprise scale without a mature authentication baseline or reliable runtime enforcement. Security has not kept pace with adoption. This Leadership Brief examines MCP](/content/research/lb80918/model-context-protocol/index.html)

\ \ May 15, 2026\ \ Rising Star TechJutsu\ \ \ Contact Center Authentication strengthens voice and agent-assisted channels by replacing vulnerable knowledge-based questions with IdP-backed MFA. TechJutsu’s CallerVerify triggers verification from ITSM, collaboration, and IVR tools using Okta/Auth0 or Microsoft Entra factors. OrgVerify adds](/content/research/rs81153/rising-star-techjutsu/index.html)

\ \ May 11, 2026\ \ Rising Star Bare.ID\ \ \ Bare.ID is a self-funded Wiesbaden IAM vendor (founded 2022) focused on EMEA mid-market needs within Identity Fabrics. Its subscription offering extends Keycloak into a comprehensive package combining Access Management, IGA, and PAM, with strong UI/UX, open-standard APIs, self-service automation,](/content/research/rs81152/rising-star-bare-id/index.html)

\ \ Nov 18, 2025\ \ Rising Star AuthZed\ \ \ AuthZed provides scalable authorization solutions leveraging SpiceDB for global, fine-grained permissions. Supported by $15.8M funding, their cloud products optimize performance and deployment flexibility. With innovative Materialize technology, AuthZed enhances rapid permission checks. Despite](/content/research/rs81131/rising-star-authzed/index.html)

\ \ Mar 18, 2026\ \ ManageEngine PAM360\ \ \ Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a priority in hybrid environments where ransomware risk, misconfigurations, and audit expectations are rising. Buyers need rapid, practical governance that fits existing identity and monitoring ecosystems, but must still verify modernization, extensibility, and](/content/research/pv81149/manageengine-pam360/index.html)

\ \ Jun 03, 2026\ \ From the Floor, Not the Stage: An Advisory View on EIC 2026\ \ \ AI was the headline at EIC 2026, but the real story was the gap between hype and the unfinished plumbing of identity. In hallway conversations and unfiltered case studies, the same theme kept surfacing: teams can’t govern agents they can’t yet govern users, apps, and access. Here’s what surfaced](/content/blog/schuetze/advisory-view-on-eic-2026/index.html)

\ \ Jun 02, 2026\ \ Your AI Agent Has a Supply Chain Problem\ \ \ Learn how MCP can quietly turn agentic AI into a Log4Shell-like dependency blind spot, and how to get ahead of it. You’ll leave with a practical checklist to inventory MCP endpoints, harden provenance and review of manifests/configs, avoid “valid token = safe code” thinking, and add runtime](/content/blog/balaganski/your-ai-agent-has-a-supply-chain-problem/index.html)

\ \ Jun 01, 2026\ \ Securing and Governing AI: Why AI Security Requires a Fabric, not a Category\ \ \ AI isn’t “just another app,” and your security stack can’t pretend it is. Prompts can be poisoned, retrieval can be manipulated, and agents can take actions across systems faster than reviews can keep up. The answer isn’t a new category, it’s a connected fabric of identity, data, policy, runtime](/content/blog/gardiner/securing-and-governing-ai/index.html)

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\ \ Sep 09, 2026\ \ Identity Fabric Impact Day 2026\ \ \ Identity Fabric Impact Day is a focused, one-day, practice-oriented event for IAM professionals, security leaders, and solution providers seeking hands-on guidance on Identity Fabrics - modular, flexible, and scalable architectures that address identity and access needs across the enterprise.](/content/events/ifid2026/index.html)

\ \ Oct 06, 2026\ \ AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026\ \ \ Join the leading event dedicated to securing and governing non-human identities at scale and learn about AIdentity.\ Explore how dynamic credentials, automated governance, and Identity Fabric architectures transform how organizations secure workloads, APIs, and services across multi-cloud](/content/events/nhiid2026/index.html)

\ \ Nov 18, 2026\ \ Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Impact Day 2026\ \ \ This event is dedicated to transforming Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) into the next era of digital engagement.\ Explore how EUDI Wallets, verifiable credentials, decentralized identity, and passwordless authentication reshape customer experiences, trust, and digital safety. Connect](/content/events/ciamid2026/index.html)

\ \ Jun 16, 2026\ \ Navigating B2B IAM: Leadership Compass Results Revealed\ \ \ As B2B ecosystems grow more complex, managing identities across organizational boundaries has become a strategic priority. In this webinar, KuppingerCole unveils the first results from its Leadership Compass on B2B Identity and Access Management, offering a preview of the Leader chart, key market](/content/events/2026/06/navigating-b2b-iam/index.html)

\ \ Jun 17, 2026\ \ Rethinking Privileged Access\ \ \ Historically, privileged access was associated primarily with human administrators responsible for maintaining servers, networks, and enterprise applications. That model no longer reflects how organizations operate today. This webinar draws on a Leadership Compass covering over 35 vendors to](/content/events/2026/06/rethinking-pam/index.html)

\ \ Jun 24, 2026\ \ Redefining MDR: From Alert Handling to Outcome‑Focused Security Operations\ \ \ Cyber threats continue to target organizations across endpoints, networks, cloud environments, identity systems, and connected devices, while many security teams still struggle with skills shortages, operational complexity, and the challenge of maintaining effective 24x7 monitoring and response. In](/content/events/2026/06/redefining-mdr/index.html)

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\ \ Jun 15, 2026\ \ B2B Identity & Access Management: A New Market Unpacked\ \ \ Business relationships are complex and traditional IAM wasn't built for them. In this episode, Matthias Reinwarth sits down with Principal analyst John Tolbert, author of KuppingerCole Analysts' first-ever B2B IAM Leadership Compass, to explore why Business-to-Business Identity and Access](/content/watch/b2b-iam-new-market-unpacked/index.html)

\ \ Jun 12, 2026\ \ Is Your CDN Secure? CDN vs. DDoS Mitigation Unpacked with Qrator Labs\ \ \ Speed and security are no longer separate concerns. In this videocast, Osman Celik sits down with Andrey Leskin, CTO of Qrator Labs, to break down what Content Delivery Networks really are in 2026 and why they've become a critical piece of modern security infrastructure, not just a performance](/content/watch/videocast-qrator-secure-cdn/index.html)

\ \ Jun 10, 2026\ \ From SAP IDM to Modern IGA: Closing the AD Lifecycle Gap Before 2027\ \ \ SAP Identity Management reaches end of mainstream maintenance in December 2027, and every IGA vendor is offering a replacement. But most migration guidance misses a critical gap: organizations following SAP's recommended path to Microsoft Entra will still lack proper Active Directory lifecycle](/content/watch/sap-idm-to-modern-iga/index.html)

\ \ May 09, 2025\ \ PANEL: The REAL Business Case for Decentralized Identity & EU DI Wallet\ \ \ While the promise of decentralized identity (DID) and the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) is often framed in terms of privacy and user control, the real driver for widespread adoption will be compelling business value. This panel will move beyond the hype to examine what truly makes](/content/watch/panel-the-real-business-case-eic25/index.html)

\ \ May 09, 2025\ \ PANEL: Delegation with Boundaries: Ownership, Accountability, and Trust in B2B Federations\ \ \ As digital ecosystems become more interconnected, organizations increasingly rely on federated identity and access models to collaborate across business boundaries. Yet this reliance raises a crucial question: How much control should be retained internally, and how much can be safely delegated to](/content/watch/panel-delegation-with-boundaries-eic25/index.html)

[\ \ May 09, 2025\ \ AI at your Service [Intermediate]\ \ \ Imagine a future where AI seamlessly handles Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) tasks—whether you’re an administrator, a helpdesk agent, or an end user. Instead of navigating complex workflows and esoteric User Interfaces, AI will be at your service, executing tasks through](/content/watch/ai-at-your-service-eic25/index.html)

\ \ Dec 05, 2024\ \ Transforming Ecosystem Partner Security Risk Management: Lessons Learned and Insights for DORA Implementation\ \ \ As organizations face increasing regulatory demands and evolving cyber threats, effective Ecosystem Partner security risk management has become a critical priority. This session will explore a successful transformation journey in Ecosystem Partner security risk management, highlighting the](/content/watch/transforming-ecosystem-partner-security-risk-management-cre24/index.html)

\ \ Dec 05, 2024\ \ In der digitalen Arena: Digitalisierung bei Bayern München - aber sicher](/content/watch/arena-digitalisierung-bayern-munchen-cre24/index.html)

\ \ Dec 05, 2024\ \ Enhancing Cyber Resilience: Integrating Identity Management, Multi-Cloud Strategies, and Advanced Threat Detection](/content/watch/enhancing-cyber-resilience-cre24/index.html)

\ \ Jun 04, 2026\ \ Unified Governance Across SAP and Business Applications\ \ \ As organizations expand beyond SAP into hybrid ecosystems of SaaS and LoB applications, governance becomes fragmented and inconsistent. Traditional access control approaches no longer suffice, requiring a shift toward holistic Business Application Risk Management that leverages integrated](/content/watch/heterogeneous-it/index.html)

\ \ May 28, 2026\ \ Beyond SOAR: The Rise of the AI SOC\ \ \ The AI SOC market is expanding rapidly as security vendors race to deliver security automation systems that help deliver smarter triage, improved investigations, and faster responses. But not every AI claim translates into meaningful operational improvement. \ This webinar examines what is](/content/watch/rise-of-ai-soc/index.html)

\ \ Jun 08, 2026\ \ PAM Is No Longer a Vault: The New Identity Security Layer\ \ \ Privileged Access Management has outgrown the vault. In this episode, Matthias sits down with lead analyst Alejandro Leal, author of KuppingerCole's newly released PAM Leadership Compass, to explore how the definition of privilege itself has changed, what NHIs and agentic AI mean for PAM, and why](/content/watch/pam-no-longer-a-vault/index.html)

\ \ Jun 01, 2026\ \ Know Your Attack Surface: ASM, DRP & Brand Protection\ \ \ Not all cyber threats target your systems, some target your reputation, your customers, and your brand. In this episode, Matthias Reinwarth sits down with research analyst Osman Celik to unpack three closely related but distinct markets: Attack Surface Management (ASM), Digital Risk Protection](/content/watch/know-your-attack-surface/index.html)

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Thales is a major player in the global aerospace, defense, and security arena. Thales has a respected line of products and services in cybersecurity and identity protection. Thales SafeNet Trusted Access Platform is a market leading Enterprise Authentication and access management solution. It offers a variety of hard and soft token solutions as well as FIDO compliant authenticators. It is highly scalable and built for environments that require the highest security levels.

Introduction

Organizations around the world have been rapidly modernizing their IAM infrastructures in response to increased cyberattacks and data breaches, enactment of security and privacy regulations, and a shift to remote working. IAM technologies are widely deployed, but can be notoriously difficult to upgrade, which can leave businesses and agencies struggling to meet demands for strong, risk-adaptive yet usable authentication mechanisms. For this reason, IAM customers are turning to modular authentication solutions that can present stronger, contemporary login methods powered by risk engines utilizing Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to detect anomalous behavior and require the collection of additional context information if dictated by security policy to prevent unauthorized access.

Authentication has been one of the areas within IAM that has experienced the most technical advancement. Researchers and vendors have sought to address the inherent weaknesses of password-based authentication and have thus developed many different kinds of authenticators and protocols to increase assurance levels. Biometrics on mobile devices, out-of-band applications, mobile push notifications, and a variety of hardware tokens are noteworthy examples.

Authentication processes have also been improved by behind-the-scenes measures such as the evaluation of user attributes, history, and behavioral analysis; behavioral biometrics; device identity, history, and health; and environmental context, including request types and history, locations, and networks. These unobtrusive means can operate as needed in the background, only interrupting users with explicit need for input when deviations from their established baselines occur, leading to continuous, risk-adaptive authentication.

Regulations written with the goal of improving cybersecurity across various industries have taken effect in multiple jurisdictions. For example, in the US, legislation such as the New York SHIELD Act imposes penalties of up to $250,000 per incident for organizations that allow unauthorized access to personal information. Whereas the EU's PSD2 requires Strong Customer Authentication for finance customers, NY SHIELD Act will penalize companies that do not adequately protect employees' HR information. Thus, stronger authentication controls for workforce applications are on the radar for many organizations that hold the HR data of New Yorkers.

Access control solutions must balance security and usability. Today's offerings in this area provide multiple authentication mechanisms, including many mobile options and SDKs; risk engines that evaluate numerous definable factors that can be gathered at runtime and compared against enterprise policies; authorization services that can granularly evaluate complex request contexts against pre-defined policies; and out-of-the-box (OOTB) connectors to enable Single Sign-On (SSO) to many popular on-premises and cloud-hosted enterprise applications. Therefore, integration with existing IAM infrastructure should be a primary factor in selecting a suitable product.

Authentication and authorization services are important threads in Identity Fabrics, which are gaining traction in industry today. An Identity Fabric is an architecture that can be composed of disparate data sources and capabilities delivered as discrete services. Identity Fabrics permit organizations to add and upgrade segments of their infrastructure or contract with service providers to meet business objectives in a more agile manner. Given the widespread availability and adoption of cloud-hosted services running the gamut from IaaS to PaaS to SaaS, more vendors are packaging their solutions in containers such that they can provide the same types of functions regardless of deployment models. This means that on-premises software ships as images or virtual instances that can be deployed on most of the common operating systems or IaaS/PaaS platforms or made available as micro-services via the vendor or MSPs.

The key requirements most organizations look for in access management solutions are:

Support for multiple authenticator types, such as:
- Smart Cards, USB tokens, and older form factor hardware tokens
- Mobile apps and push notifications
- x.509 certificates
- Biometrics, especially mobile biometrics leveraging native OS capabilities
- OTP: HOTP/TOTP over phone, email, and SMS
Availability of a mobile SDK for customers to write their own secure apps; optional use of Global Platform Secure Element for credential storage and Global Platform Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) for safe mobile app execution
Adhere to policy-based access control model so that IT departments and Line of Business application owners can define risk-appropriate authentication rules
Perform run-time risk analysis of behavioral and environmental factors
Enforce configurable actions including permit, step-up authentication, deny, lock account/device, etc.
Integrate with other IAM systems to allow SSO, usually via cookie support
Support identity federation via OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and SAML
Integrate with SIEM, SOAR, UBA, and other security systems
Provide administrators with management dashboards and configurable reporting
Allow for delegated and role-based administration within the solution
Process relevant threat intelligence in real-time: using customer's internal, vendor ecosystem collected information, and/or subscriptions to 3rd party services that identify aberrant user behavior, compromised credentials, etc.

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