Wiesbaden, April 9th, 2014 – Overview and decision-making tool in one: the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Enterprise Key and Certificate Management offers a comprehensive overview of the many Enterprise Key and Certificate Management solution providers in the market.
The Leadership Compass shows that Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) is made up of two niche markets that are converging. This process still continues, and as with all major change of IT market segments, is driven by customer requirements. These customer requirements are driven by security and compliance needs. Up until recent times, compliance has been the bigger driver, but increasingly in the days of Cloud and mobile technology security of data in storage; data in the hands of others that is, security requirements have been brought to the fore.
The constituent parts of EKCM are Enterprise Key Management (EKM) and Enterprise Certificate Management (ECM).
There can be no question that selecting the right Enterprise Key and Certificate Management product requires extensive prior analysis of the specific initial situation. To support this process, KuppingerCole´s Leadership Compass offers an overview of the providers of Enterprise Key and Certificate Management solutions, among which KuppingerCole distinguishes between “Leaders” in four categories:
The Leadership Compass shows that Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) is made up of two niche markets that are converging. This process still continues, and as with all major change of IT market segments, is driven by customer requirements. These customer requirements are driven by security and compliance needs. Up until recent times, compliance has been the bigger driver, but increasingly in the days of Cloud and mobile technology security of data in storage; data in the hands of others that is, security requirements have been brought to the fore.
The constituent parts of EKCM are Enterprise Key Management (EKM) and Enterprise Certificate Management (ECM).
There can be no question that selecting the right Enterprise Key and Certificate Management product requires extensive prior analysis of the specific initial situation. To support this process, KuppingerCole´s Leadership Compass offers an overview of the providers of Enterprise Key and Certificate Management solutions, among which KuppingerCole distinguishes between “Leaders” in four categories:
- “Product Leaders” are characterized by outstanding products that significantly exceed the expectations in this market segment.
- “Market Leaders” boast a broad, international customer base with a stable and organically evolved partner structure.
- “Innovation Leaders” provide innovations and leading-edge product ideas that are expected to bring new possibilities to this market segment.
- “Overall Leaders” combine strengths in all three categories based on the strengths of the product they offer, their market presence and the vendor´s product innovations.
In all four categories, KuppingerCole distinguishes between Leaders, Challengers and Followers. While the Leaders are classified according to the criteria listed above, the Challengers are expected by KuppingerCole to steadily develop and expand the existing strengths of the products they offer. The Followers group contains companies where there is still room for development in several areas.
The Leadership Compass Enterprise Key and Certificate Management is now available for download from http://www.kuppingercole.com/reports – as are all other KuppingerCole reports.
Journalists may request this Advisory Note and all other KuppingerCole analyses and research from KuppingerCole free of charge; please send us specimen copies of any published articles or links to online publications referring to our reports.
The Leadership Compass Enterprise Key and Certificate Management is now available for download from http://www.kuppingercole.com/reports – as are all other KuppingerCole reports.
Journalists may request this Advisory Note and all other KuppingerCole analyses and research from KuppingerCole free of charge; please send us specimen copies of any published articles or links to online publications referring to our reports.
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