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Edition 01 · September 2026Function 06

Identity and access

Who and what may reach a system: workforce and customer identity, MFA, privileged access, governance, passwords and secrets. 7 of 9 categories scored, 2 planned.

Standing in identity and access

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the seven identity and access categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Identity and access
Business password managers
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Identity and access
Multi-factor authentication
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Identity and access
Workforce identity and SSO
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Identity and access
Secrets management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Identity and access
Customer identity and access management
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Identity and access
Privileged access management
A different leader in every segment
Identity and access
Identity governance
A different leader in every segment

Next in identity and access

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Non-human identity management plannedPasswordless authentication planned