The market for identity management is booming

The topic of security is driving the global ICT market. It's a perspective not so much about the protection of individual devices as new management and analysis tools.

For their first published Security Vendor Benchmark took the Expert Group more than 450 active in Security providers under the microscope. After preliminary and detailed selection remained 138 who classified the team of analysts at research fellow Oliver Already Schek as relevant for the EURO market. In eleven categories - including Cloud Security, Mobile Security, Backup and Security Consulting - the vendors were then evaluated and ranked according to competitive strength and portfolio appeal. Overall, we have our review around 100 different criteria as a basis, says Even-shek.

So playing in the Identity and Access Management (IAM), surprisingly, in Leader quadrant cavort with the pink giant, IBM , Atos, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, CA and other total even equal to 13 companies - a clear indication that the market for identity management solutions than ever booming.
We have not looked specifically at the history of the party, but we devoted its products and solutions, says Even-shek.


The user finally does not matter whether its security solution now of security industry leaders such as Symantec (in the IAM area as Market Challenger classified) would or historical rather non-specialist companies such as Telekom or Microsoft. The Rising Star in the IAM range is the US company ForgeRock that a modular open source platform offering for IAM and the example Salesforce in before last year entered into a development partnership .

In the area of Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) - a loud Expert central part of the market in the coming years - are best positioned major players like the German Telekom, IBM, McAfee and HP. With nine vendors in the Leaders quadrant, the supply of quality SIEM solutions is almost as wide as the IAM environment.

Surprised have it that the German Telekom have brought in a comparatively short time a wide range of security products and service in the market, which are really useful at the same time, says it Schek. The company BalaBit missed Expert the title Rising Star - a reference to a hosting company to both the supply and market penetration of her lot is to be expected already in the short term.