{"id":4018,"date":"2018-12-05T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T20:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2018-12-05T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T21:17:26","slug":"key-findings-2018-privileged-access-management-magic-quadrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/key-findings-2018-privileged-access-management-magic-quadrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Findings: The 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s here at last: after months of anticipation, technology research and analysis firm Gartner released their much anticipated 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant<\/a> report. In this report, Gartner evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the 14 Privileged Access Management solution providers it considers the most significant in the market. They base their findings on distinct service and market share criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gartner\u2019s researchers take their findings on each vendor and use them to create their proprietary Magic Quadrant graph. This graph plots the PAM solutions providers based on the completeness of, and their ability to execute on, their identity security platform\u2019s capabilities and vision. The four categories of the Quadrant are Leaders, Visionaries, Challengers, and Niche Players. Despite the labels, Gartner explicitly states it does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 14 vendors selected to the Gartner 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant<\/a> are ARCON, BeyondTrust, CA Technologies, Centrify, CyberArk, Fudo Security, Hitachi ID Systems, ManageEngine, Micro Focus, One Identity, Osirium, senhasegura, Thycotic, and WALLIX. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Gartner 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant is the first of its kind, marking the first time Gartner has formally evaluated the market category (hence the anticipation surrounding it). In the opening lines of the report, Gartner refers to PAM as \u201cone of the most critical security controls, particularly in today\u2019s increasingly complex IT environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What does Gartner predict for the future of privileged access management market? Who was named a Leader, and why? And what does this Magic Quadrant mean for PAM? <\/span><\/p>\n

The editors of Solutions Review read through the Gartner 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant, available here courtesy of Centrify<\/a>. Here\u2019s what we learned: \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first step to understanding Gartner\u2019s analysis of PAM technologies is understanding what they mean by \u201cPAM.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Gartner\u2019s researchers define privileged access management as technologies which \u201cprovide secure privileged access to critical assets and meet compliance requirements by managing and monitoring privileged accounts and access.\u201d All PAM use cases must offer the capabilities to discover privileged accounts on enterprise systems, automatically manage and vault passwords for critical administrative and application accounts, and control access to privileged accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gartner also distinguishes different key PAM capabilities for human users and services\/applications. For example, the former requires single sign-on (SSO), whereas the latter must eliminate hardcoded passwords via availability on-demand to applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be considered for inclusion in the Gartner 2018 Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant report, vendors must meet certain conditions set by the researchers. These are both technical and market-related. <\/span><\/p>\n

A few of the key technical requirements include: <\/span><\/p>\n