Akeyless recognized by the Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management in 2026 ( Privileged Access Management, PAM) by Gartner
As Akeyless expands its Runtime Identity Security platform from being represented and operated by machines under AI to allowing human privileged access, analysts have reported incorporating it into their work.
New York and Tel Aviv, Israel, October 26, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Today, we announce that the company has been selected for the first time in 2026 for the Gartner ® Privileged Access Management ( PAM ) Magic Quadrant, alongside other suppliers evaluated in the report. Akeyless is a Runtime Identity Security company that protects enterprise systems and data by safeguarding the identities of AI agents, machines, and humans.
The Magic Quadrant for 2026 evaluates providers of privileged access management for both human and machine identities. Built around machine identities, workloads, and operations within critical enterprise systems, the platform has already protected 1 billion machine identity interactions per day for 500 organizations and 2,000 organizations. The company is currently expanding this foundation to include human privileged access, bringing its identity-first, instant authorization approach to a broader market.
Akeyless, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, stated: "Being included in the Gartner Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant is an important milestone for Akeyless. We believe this validates the direction we have been taking from the very beginning. Initially, we focused on the identities that are increasingly running enterprises: machines, workloads, and AI agents. Now, we are bringing the same approach to human privileged access. The future of PAM is to govern the privileged activities of each type of identity with a single model."
Akeyless Runtime Identity Security Platform unifies key management, workload identity, certificate lifecycle management, PAM, and other critical identity controls in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The series of capabilities provided by Akeyless include:
- AI Proxy Access and Runtime Control: Akeyless SecretlessAI ® allows credentials not to enter the AI proxy, while Agentic Runtime Authority manages what the proxy can do after access is granted.
- Instant credential and key management: Issue short-term credentials as needed, automate rotation, and centrally manage keys in cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, and enterprise environments.
- Machine access without keys: By using workload identities based on OIDC and SPIFFE / SPIRE, machines can authenticate to privileged systems without the need for static keys, solving the issue of " secret zero ".
- Dynamic privileged access: Grants time-limited, minimal-privilege access to both human and machine identities, without relying on permanent privileged accounts.
- Unified PAM and key governance: Through a single platform, consistent policies, lifecycle management, and auditing for privileged access, keys, and existing key storage applications are implemented.
- Zero-knowledge architecture: Its patented Distributed Fragments Cryptography ™ ensures that sensitive encryption materials remain secure and under the control of the customers.
After Akeyless gained broader recognition from analysts in multiple identity security categories, Gartner followed suit. In its 2025 Enterprise Key Management Leadership Guide, KuppingerCole rated Akeyless as a leader in overall performance, product leadership, and innovation, and subsequently also recognized it as a leader in product and innovation in the field of non-human identity management. Akeyless has recently also received industry recognition from Global InfoSec Awards and Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, covering areas such as proxy identity security, machine identity security, key management, and identity and access management.
You can download a free copy of the 2026 Gartner Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant for more information.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, authors: Paul Mezzera, Shubham Gera, Tarun Rohilla, Scott Brinker, October 21, 2026
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About Akeyless
Akeyless provides Runtime Identity Security for AI agents, machines, and humans. This platform is trusted by 500 Fortune and 2000 Global enterprises, protecting 1 billion identity interactions daily. By issuing, executing, and revoking permissions on a large scale, it prevents corporate system and data breaches caused by credential leaks and abuse of authority. The AI agency capabilities of Akeyless include SecretlessAI, which prevents credentials from entering the agency; as well as Runtime Authority, which can precisely execute what is allowed for an agent at the moment of the action and stop unauthorized operations before they occur. For more information, please visit akeyless.io.
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