2026 GigaOm Radar for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)

Access the 2026 CIEM report to learn:

  • The must-have CIEM solution capabilities and features
  • How 22 CIEM vendors rate and compare across dozens of key criteria
  • Why GigaOm named BeyondTrust a Leader and Outperformer

About the 2026 GigaOm Radar for CIEM

The research firm GigaOm defines Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions as: "specialized security solutions that manage and secure identities and their associated permissions (entitlements) across cloud environments." According to GigaOm, CIEM tools have not only grown in importance in recent years, but modern solutions have evolved to incorporate advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate automated detection and remediation of access anomalies to maintain governance.

In their 2026 Radar for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management report, GigaOm evaluated 22 leading CIEM solutions. We are proud to announce that the BeyondTrust Pathfinder Platform is recognized as both a Leader and an Outperformer in the Innovation / Platform Play quadrant of the 2026 GigaOm CIEM Radar.

How CIEM Vendors are Evaluated in the GigaOm Report

The 2026 GigaOm CIEM Radar offers insights into how the CIEM market is evolving and why, along with assessing and identifying the 22 leading CIEM solution offerings.

CIEM vendor product capabilities evaluated in the report include:

  • 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 as 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.

Key CIEM Differentiators for BeyondTrust in the Report

Just-In-Time (JIT) Access

Received the highest-possible score for JIT access features, such as our highly-flexible workflow engine that leverages access request patterns to approve / deny based on risk, and integrates with more than 100+ apps.

AI Agent Insights

Recognized for our AI agent insights, including leading-edge agentic AI governance, delivering holistic identity visibility and uncovering overprivileged AI agents, secrets misuse, shadow AI, and hidden escalation paths.

Cross-Domain Privilege Correlation

Regarded for our cross-domain privilege correlation spanning cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments that provides continuous assessment of identity risk across endpoints, servers, IdPs, DevOps systems, and more.

Lifecycle Entitlements Governance

Recognized for the automatic provisioning/deprovisioning of accounts with role-based entitlements, automated access review campaigns, continuous monitoring of dormant and orphaned accounts, and identity drift detection.

True Privilege™ Graph

Noted for our innovative True Privilege™ Graph visualizing privilege escalation paths, that reveal effective privileges of any identity and how obscure relationships can be leveraged for lateral movement and escalation.

Compliance and Identity Governance

Highlighted for our implementation of continuous monitoring, evaluation of entitlements and policies against common compliance controls, and maintaining immutable audit trails, generating audit-ready reports, and more.