Leadership Compass

Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management (PAM) use cases now extend across entire organizations, with users and machines requiring task-based access to data, services, and applications held on legacy systems and multi-cloud-based infrastructures. Most importantly, privileged access must be understood in functional terms, defined by an entity’s ability to modify system-wide configurations, change security settings, or bypass access controls, rather than by whether the identity is human or machine-based.

Confirm participation by:

Dec 16, 2025

Estimated publication:

May 2026

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How to Book a Briefing

Your Benefits

Alejandro Leal

This Leadership Compass will be an update of our previous report on Privileged Access Management from 2024. You can click on this link to see what this report entails.

This Leadership Compass analyzes which PAM offerings in the market are best suited to enabling the following capabilities, which are reflected in detail throughout the accompanying vendor questionnaire:

Dashboarding and Analytics
CIEM capabilities
Authentication
DevOps Support
Credential, Secrets, and Key Management
Ephemeral Credential Support
Platform and System Integration Support
Privileged Session Management (PSM)
Session Recording and Monitoring (SRM)
Privilege Account and Identity Lifecycle Management
Privilege Elevation and Delegation Access Management
Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM)
Privileged User Behavior Analytics (PUBA)
Just in Time Provisioning (JIT)
Fine Grained Access Control
Administration Support
Product Integrations
Quality Assurance and Professional Services

We expect solutions to cover most of these capabilities, and in addition to delivering functionality to support them, must also meet our requirements for deployment and interoperability with other security tools.
Deployment can be on-prem, in the cloud, or hybrid, but solutions that provide the most flexibility in deployment options and the best coverage of modern IT environments will score more highly.

How to Book a Briefing

Go to the KuppingerCole Booking tool webpage.
Under Select a Service, select Leadership Compass Briefing 45 mins.
Under Select Staff, scroll down and select Alejandro Leal
Choose date and time between January 22 - Feb 26, 2026 that are convenient for your team. Please note: Times will be shown in your time zone.
You will receive an MS Teams invite that you can forward along to others in your company. Alternatively, you can use this as a placeholder and send us an invite with another app.
Please prepare a slide deck and provide it to the analyst

Key Topics to Cover in your Briefing

We use MS Teams for Leadership Compass briefings, and these can be arranged via the KuppingerCole meeting tool (see link in instructions above or use the red button below.)
You will need to provide:

A Slide Deck - Please make sure this includes:

Company Overview
- Brief history, HQ location, etc.
- Facts & Figures (e.g., Revenue/growth/funding, # of employees, regional/global focus).
- Partner Ecosystem
Product Overview
- Major PAM capabilities
- Deployment (SaaS, etc.)
- Vault/No Vault
- Architecture
- Secrets management & DevOps integration
- Compliance, governance & reporting
- Key features and major differentiating features
- Cloud specific capabilities
- Market positioning/use cases
- Roadmap

The analyst may record the Teams meeting for future reference.

A Product Demo:

Allow 10 -15 minutes for a high-level product demo. This can be live or pre-recorded.

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Your Benefits of Participation

Benefit from Third-Party Attestation

Receive an objective evaluation of your solution that you can easily integrate into your marketing strategy. Our vendor neutral approach ensures results are trustworthy and credible. Use this assessment as a powerful marketing asset to enhance customer trust.

Increase Brand Awareness

Share your cybersecurity expertise with the world. By participating in our analysis, you gain a platform to spotlight your company. Boost your visibility and establish yourself as a leading provider in the industry.

Get Insights Into Competing Solutions

Discover how your solution compares with others in the industry. Our analysis provides insights not only into your solution but also valuable information about competitors. Utilize this knowledge to strengthen your position in the market.

Gain Valuable Insights on Your Market Standing

Benefit from a thorough, complimentary evaluation of your solution. KuppingerCole Analysts will evaluate not only your product but also your positioning in the market. Seize this opportunity to receive valuable feedback and make your solution even more effective.