In 2025, BeyondTrust was recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for PAM, for the seventh time in a row.
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Why Gartner® named BeyondTrust a Leader in the 2025 Magic Quadrant™
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“We are proud to once again be recognized by Gartner as a Leader in their Magic Quadrant for PAM, and to continue to provide our customers with the industry’s most complete identity security platform for the AI era and beyond.”
—Janine Seebeck, CEO of BeyondTrust
GigaOm's 2026 Radar for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) report recognized BeyondTrust Pathfinder as both a Leader and Outperformer in the Innovation / Platform Play quadrants.
This report evaluated the capabilities of 22 CIEM solutions, including:
Key features such as cloud identity threat detection and response, AI-enabled anomaly detection, automated least privilege, just-in-time (JIT) access, lifecycle entitlements governance and compliance, and automated remediation and right-sizing.
Emerging features such non-human identity (NHI) management, ITDR integration, zero trust architecture integration, predictive access analytics, self-service access management, serverless container security support, AI runtime policy enforcement, and data privacy and user consent management.
Business criteria such as configurability, flexibility, interoperability, manageability, and more.
"Pathfinder provides a unified interface that integrates CIEM with ITDR and PAM capabilities. Core components include Entitle for cloud permissions automation and Identity Security Insights for cross-domain privilege analysis.”
—Ivan McPhee, 2026 GigaOm Radar for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) Report. Feb 25, 2026.
In the 2025 report, KuppingerCole recognizes BeyondTrust as an Enterprise Secrets Management Leader across all four categories: Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market.
This research report highlights:
Key secrets management market drivers and trends
Essential and emerging secrets management capabilities covering humans and machines
The 22 secrets management solution vendors evaluated and ranked
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"BeyondTrust has adeptly combined elements of privileged access and identity management into a unified platform. This platform not only provides insights into both human and machine identities but also offers a seamless experience through a centralized interface and extensive integrations, enhancing visibility, analytics, and compliance across many different IT environments."
—2025 KuppingerCole Enterprise Secrets Management Leadership Compass
Paths to Privilege™ are today's critical risk exposure points, enabling attackers to evade defenses, escalate access, and execute lateral movement. These paths may be hidden, deeply nested, or indirect, and are often missed by traditional security toolsets.
BeyondTrust's unique identity-centric approach not only focuses on securing and controlling all privileged access, but also on identifying and addressing the Paths to Privilege. With BeyondTrust, you can proactively reduce your identity attack surface and neutralize attacks with velocity and precision.
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