New report examines CIAM requirements and how the 20 leading vendors in the CIAM market segment are addressing these demands
WSO2, the leader in digital transformation technology, today announced that it has been named an overall leader, technology leader, and innovation leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts’ CIAM Platforms Leadership Compass 2020 report published on November 20, 2020. The report is based on KuppingerCole’s evaluation of 20 leading vendors in the consumer identity and access management (CIAM) market, also known as customer IAM. WSO2.
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The new KuppingerCole CIAM Platforms Leadership Compass 2020 report notes that CIAM is a parallel to traditional IAM that has become a substantial market of its own, stating: “CIAM solutions are designed to meet evolving technical requirements for businesses and other organizations that deal directly with consumers and citizens. Many businesses and public sector organizations are finding that they must provide better digital experiences for and gather more information about the consumers who are using their services.”
Evaluating WSO2’s CIAM Capabilities
In its evaluation, the CIAM Platforms Leadership Compass 2020 report highlighted several strengths of WSO2 Identity Server. These included great support for IAM standards, an API-first strategy that facilitates integration with other IAM and security systems, a good selection of authenticators, high scalability, and an extensive global partner network. The report also awarded WSO2 Identity Server the highest ranking, “strong positive,” in four of five categories: security, functionality, interoperability, and deployment, as well as a “positive” rating for usability.
WSO2’s leadership in two categories, product and innovation, and strong placement in the market category resulted in the company being named an overall leader in the report. Product leaders are those vendors that have mature, leading-edge products in the market. Meanwhile, innovation leaders are those companies that provide several of the most innovative and upcoming features KuppingerCole hopes to see in the market segment.
In the report, KuppingerCole Lead Analyst John Tolbert says, “WSO2 has a good reputation in IAM and is quickly expanding in the CIAM market as they add features.” He goes on to state, “WSO2 is a global company with an extensive support and partner network. Organizations that prefer open source integration solutions should consider WSO2 for their CIAM and Identity API security needs.”
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