Ranked #1 across 3 out of 4 PAM use cases

2026 Gartner®️ Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management

Your partner in privileged access. Built for the age of AI.

Privilege now lives everywhere across hybrid, cloud, and AI environments, making standing credentials a prime target for attackers who log in rather than break in.

In the 2026 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management report, we feel Gartner evaluates how top vendors perform across technical capabilities to help cybersecurity leaders choose the right PAM solution.

Palo Alto Networks ranked #1 in 3 of 4 use cases:

  • #1 in Privileged Account & Session Management Use Case: Natively discover, rotate, and vault credentials while proxying and recording active sessions in real time to eliminate standing access.

  • #1 in Remote Privileged Access Management Use Case: Deliver clientless, VPNless access for remote staff and vendors with zero standing privileges and browser-level data protection.

  • #1 in PAM for Machines Use Case: Secure nonhuman identities, DevOps pipelines, cloud workloads, and autonomous AI agents with dynamic, short-lived cryptographic credentials.

Tens of thousands of customers trust Idira with their most sensitive identities.

Read the 2026 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management

Please note this report is English only at this time.




Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management, By Shubham Gera, Paul Mezzera, Scott Brinker, 21 October 2026. Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. *Recognized as CyberArk in 2018 and 2020-2025.

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