KuppingerCole names SailPoint a leader in access governance

SailPoint ranked highest across the board for product, innovation, market position, and leadership

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SailPoint Technologies, Inc., a leader in enterprise identity security, today announced that KuppingerCole’s “Leadership Compass: Access Governance” report named SailPoint an Overall Leader in access governance for identity security. SailPoint received a clean sweep of “strong positive” ratings across KuppingerCole’s access governance criteria and was named a leader across all industry categories, including overall, product, market, and innovation leadership.

KuppingerCole Leadership Compass reports provide respected market analysis designed to help organizations identify which vendors, products, and services they should consider within a given market segment. The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Access Governance focuses on the market segment of access governance, including specific capabilities for access intelligence. This report includes a detailed evaluation of market players, equipping technology decision makers with the knowledge to analyze vendors based on their organization’s current identity security priorities. The report evaluates security, functionality, integration, interoperability, and usability, as well as vendors’ innovativeness, market position, ecosystem, and financial strength.

“SailPoint has been a leading vendor in the AG market, providing strong Access Governance capabilities,” said Nitish Deshpande, Research Analyst, KuppingerCole. “In addition, SailPoint has built excellent support for an increased focus on identity and access intelligence. SailPoint's early recognition of Access Governance requirements in heavily regulated industries such as banking combined with strong marketing messaging and execution has led it to be one of the most evaluated AG vendors for mid-to enterprise-sized organizations. SailPoint continues to enhance its provisioning, automation, AI driven risk mitigation, and reporting capabilities in a positive direction, making it a recommended consideration in any AG evaluation.”

“SailPoint has always worked hard to anticipate the needs of our customers and partners, which is why we are pleased to be named not just an Overall Leader in Access Governance, but an Innovation Leader as well,” said Grady Summers, Vice President, Product, SailPoint. “As attackers continue to find new ways to exploit poorly provisioned identities and unsecured data, having the right identity security foundation is critical to enterprise security. While recognition is never our goal, high praise from KuppingerCole is always an honor, and it reflects our ongoing commitment to providing our customers and partners with the tools they need to withstand today’s identity-based threats.”

The SailPoint Identity Security Platform optimizes and governs access to all identities within an organization’s environment, providing comprehensive visibility into the identity security of the enterprise. SailPoint maximizes productivity and protection with the power of AI-driven identity security at its core, which includes Access Modeling, Access Insight and Access Recommendations. As a result, organizations can make better decisions faster, spot potential threats and maintain optimized access models.

Read the accompanying 2023 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Report on Access Governance.

KuppingerCole’s Report Methodology

KuppingerCole’s Leadership Compass distinction is based on IGA vendors’ ability to meet a range of criteria and capabilities such as Target System Connectivity, Access Review, Access Risk Management, User Interface and Mobile Support, Access Request and Approval, Access Intelligence, Authentication and Data Model in addition to the depth of the product’s technical specifications, Unique Selling Propositions and innovative product features that distinguish them from other offerings available in the market.

About SailPoint

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.