Just two weeks after One Identity has acquired Balabit, the news spread about the next acquisition in this market segment: Bomgar acquires Lieberman Software. Both vendors have been active in this market. While Bomgar entered the market a couple of years ago, having a long history in Remote Control solutions, Lieberman Software is one of the Privilege Management veterans.
Looking at their portfolios, there is some functional overlap. However, while the strength of Bomgar comes from Session Management related to their Remote Control features, Lieberman Software is stronger in the Shared Account Password Management and related capabilities. The two companies will be able to deliver strong capabilities in most areas of Privilege Management by joining their forces.
With that second merger in a row, the Privilege Management market dynamics are under change. Aside from the established leaders in the market, there are now two vendors about to bring strong combined offerings to the market. This will foster competition among the leaders, but also increase pressure on smaller vendors that need to rethink their positioning and strategy to find their sweet spots in the market. However, from a customer perspective, more competition and more choice is always a good thing.