{"id":2865,"date":"2018-05-17T10:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2019-05-20T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:34:21","slug":"4-2018-gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/4-2018-gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2866\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018.jpg\" alt=\"2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/05\/gartner-cool-vendors-identity-access-management-2018-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, major technology research firm <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/2018-gartner-iga-magic-quadrant-whats-visionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gartner<\/a> released their 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management Report. In it, Gartner listed the up-and-coming vendors they consider to be innovative and interesting\u2014and therefore worth keeping an eye on.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"iam-inject\" href=\"https:\/\/suggestionengine.solutionsreview.com\/buyer\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2021\/02\/Identity_Suggestion_Engine_Horiz_800.gif\" alt=\"IAM Solution Suggestion Engine\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u00a02018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management Report stated: \u201cDigital business initiatives create a tension between the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/iam-solves-onboarding-offboarding-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">robust<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/4-tips-optimizing-your-identity-and-access-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resilient<\/a> IAM capabilities and the desire to provide great user\/customer experience. Security and risk management leaders seeking to resolve this tension should embrace innovations exemplified by Gartner&#8217;s Cool Vendors.\u201d This can be especially important for enterprises seeking to undergo a digital transformation in the near-future, as an identity failure can stunt their scalability, security, and user experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What makes the vendors in this Gartner report fascinating is that each emphasizes a different aspect of identity and access management innovation\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/blockchain-vs-biometrics-equal-identity-management-innovations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">biometrics<\/a>, two-factor authentication, user behavioral analysis, and <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/key-ciam-findings-ubisecure-blog-q1-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIAM<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 4 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management are: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>AimBrain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, based out of London, specializes in what they call Biometric Identity as-a-Service (BIDaaS). They offer a multi-module biometrics authentication solution that includes behavioral, facial, and vocal authentication factor options. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/aimbrain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AimBrain<\/a> offers a cloud-based authentication approach. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Futurae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, founded in 2016,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">offers AI-assisted two-factor authentication, which can take the form of zero-touch, one-touch, mobile device, continuous, and IoT authentication. Their solution is designed to provide flexibility for enterprises of different size and use-cases. <a href=\"https:\/\/futurae.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Futurae<\/a> also offers CIAM authentication. They are based in Zurich, Switzerland. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Headquartered in San Francisco, <\/span><b>UnifyID <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">focuses on human behavioral and environmental factors, including location and movement, habits, and inter-device interactions, to ensure accuracy. They feature machine learning and a real-time confidence security score to validate users\u2019 identities. <a href=\"https:\/\/unify.id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UnifyID<\/a> also aims to reduce overhead and create a seamless user experience. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Uniken<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an Indian identity and access management solution provider offering the REL-ID platform that seems oriented to CIAM: it aims to strengthen authentication and transaction verification, cloak APIs and services, and only permit trusted devices. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uniken<\/a> further seeks to improve customer engagement and facilitate digital transformation. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can download the full 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management report <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/3874873\/cool-vendors-identity-access-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, major technology research firm Gartner released their 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management Report. In it, Gartner listed the up-and-coming vendors they consider to be innovative and interesting\u2014and therefore worth keeping an eye on. The \u00a02018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management Report stated: \u201cDigital business initiatives create a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[142,751,125,237,153,756,16,752,37,755,62,76,70,753,754],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 4 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gartner released their 2018 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity and Access Management Report. 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