{"id":4261,"date":"2019-02-20T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2019-02-20T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:02:09","slug":"key-findings-kuppingercoles-access-management-and-federation-leadership-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/key-findings-kuppingercoles-access-management-and-federation-leadership-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Findings: KuppingerCole\u2019s Access Management and Federation Leadership Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4262\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass.jpg\" alt=\"Key Findings: KuppingerCole\u2019s Access Management and Federation Leadership Compass\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass-514x270.jpg 514w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass-154x81.jpg 154w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/02\/Key-Findings-KuppingerCole\u2019s-Access-Management-and-Federation-Leadership-Compass-343x180.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This month, international analyst firm <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/key-findings-kuppingercoles-ciam-platforms-leadership-compass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KuppingerCole<\/a> released the latest iteration of its Leadership Compass report for Access Management and Federation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"iam-inject\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/identity-and-access-management-vendor-map-of-the-best-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"IAM VendorMap\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2020\/02\/IM_VM_SB_800.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to IAM Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 2019 Leadership Compass for Access Management and Federation, analyst Richard Hill and Founder and Principal Analyst Martin Kuppinger evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the 15 products they consider most significant Access Management and Federation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Access Management and Federation bases its ratings on \u201cKuppingerCole advisory projects, feedback from customers using the products, product documentation, and a questionnaire sent out before creating the [report].\u201d They also look at Market Segment and Required Capabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 15 Access Management and Federation vendors listed in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass include AdNovum, CA Technologies, EmpowerID, Ergon, Evidian, F5 Networks, ForgeRock, IBM, Micro Focus, One Identity, Oracle, Ping Identity, Rohde &amp; Schwarz, Ubisecure, and WSO2. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The editors of Solutions Review read through the Access Management and Federation Leadership Compass. We pulled a few of what we consider the most important takeaways.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Key Capabilities in Access Management and Federation <\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KuppingerCole defines Access Management as a \u201c traditional approach that puts a layer in front of web applications that takes over authentication and&#8230;authorization management.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Identity Federation \u201callows splitting authentication and authorization between an IdP (Identity Provider) and a Service Provider (SP) or Relying Party (RP).\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former can provide support for APIs, whereas the latter bases its communications on protocols. Between the two of them, KuppingerCole identified what they consider required capabilities, including: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multi-tenancy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Registration (self-registration, self-maintenance of attributes, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adaptive Authentication<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federation Inbound and Outbound <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Above all, Access Management and Federation don\u2019t only provide identity security (although that remains a key component). It also deals with business process facilitation and innovation. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>5 Leaders in the Market<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KuppingerCole selected 5 vendors as their Overall Leaders: CA Technologies, ForgeRock, IBM, Micro Focus, and Ping Identity. The Leaders present strong product offerings in the category and customer bases, although they do differ in delivery methods and product focuses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Overall Leaders segment combines the Product Leadership, Innovation Leadership, and Market Leadership segments. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, international analyst firm KuppingerCole released the latest iteration of its Leadership Compass report for Access Management and Federation. 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