Ping Identity

DENVER – October 30, 2026 -- Ping Identity was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) and ranked highest among evaluated vendors on Ability to Execute.

Gartner splits CIAM into its own Magic Quadrant for 2026

The 2026 report introduces a dedicated CIAM evaluation. In 2025, Gartner assessed vendors under the broader Access Management scope. Ping Identity has been a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management for the past nine years and now carries the Leader designation in the narrower CIAM category. The report is dated 28 October 2026 and was authored by Brian Guthrie, Nathan Harris, Steve Wessels and Yemi Davies.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Ping Identity is advancing its enterprise identity security platform with Runtime Identity, a framework that treats every AI-driven action as a discrete security event requiring real-time authentication and authorization. The company anchors this capability in Helix, a proprietary AI engine embedded across its identity platform, positioning both as essential infrastructure for organizations managing large-scale digital interactions. Ping Identity's recognition as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Access Management for nine consecutive years underscores its sustained relevance in a rapidly consolidating IAM market. The strategic emphasis on AI-native identity directly addresses the growing attack surface created by automated agents, machine-to-machine workflows, and AI-assisted enterprise processes.