NetIQ gets recognition as IAM Leader

NetIQ has announced that it has been named as a leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) by Forrester Research and received the highest score in current offering in The Forrester Wave: Identity And Access Management Suites, Q3 2013. NetIQ was one of nine companies invited by Forrester Research to participate in this assessment, which evaluated each vendor’s current offering, strategy and market presence.

Geoff Webb, Director, Solution Strategy, NetIQ, stated, Mobile devices, applications, and cloud services are redefining the role of identity so that organizations can leverage these disruptive trends as business-enabling opportunities. We are excited to have been named a leader in IAM, and will continue to prioritize integration, modularity and automation within our IAM offerings to help organizations best limit security threats, improve service delivery, manage user expectations and reduce business risk.

In the report, Forrester Research singled out NetIQ as having consistently built a strong stack of identity and access management products.

Forrester Research has also named NetIQ as one of the leaders who provide an “IAM suite that encompasses identity provisioning (Identity Manager), attestation (Access Governance Suite), web SSO and federation (Access Manager)” with “easy-to-use interfaces, a differentiated vision and thought leadership for IAM, and strong execution”.