Keeper named in Gartner PAM report for second year

Keeper Security has been named in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management for the second consecutive year.

The identity security company said the listing reflects its position in the privileged access management market, where vendors are assessed on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

Keeper said its KeeperPAM product is a cloud-native system designed to manage passwords, secrets, privileged sessions and endpoint privilege controls in one platform. It also highlighted newer products including KeeperDB, which it describes as a passwordless database management tool, and Universal Secrets Sync, which sends secrets to cloud-native vaults.

Another focus area is AI-related identity risk. Keeper said its KeeperAI product monitors privileged session protocols for unusual AI agent activity and can trigger automated session responses, while applying audit and policy controls to AI agents as privileged users.

Product focus

The company's comments suggest it is seeking to distinguish itself from older privileged access management systems that were originally developed for on-premise environments and later moved to the cloud.

"The difference between what we built and legacy PAM platforms shows up immediately during deployment because the foundational architecture is entirely different," said Craig Lurey, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Keeper Security.

"When you try to add remote access management or secrets governance to a system that was originally designed to be on-prem, then lifted and shifted to the cloud, you're always fighting the original design. We made different choices from the beginning, building KeeperPAM as cloud-native and identity-agnostic from the start. This unique architecture matters when you're trying to govern humans, machines and AI agents concurrently," said Lurey.

Privileged access management has become more prominent as companies expand the number of identities with access to sensitive systems. That now includes not only employees and contractors, but also software workloads, service accounts and, increasingly, AI agents operating across internal infrastructure.

Keeper said this shift is changing what security teams expect from identity governance tools, with greater emphasis on audit trails, policy enforcement and visibility across different types of users and machine identities.

Market backdrop

Keeper also linked the latest recognition to broader business momentum in 2026. It cited industry awards and compliance credentials including FedRAMP High Certification, GovRAMP High Authorization, SOC 2 Type II attestation, ISO 27001 certification and FIPS 140-3 validation.

Those certifications are commonly used by software providers selling into regulated industries and government-related environments, where buyers often require external assurance on security controls and operational processes.

Keeper serves commercial and public sector customers and positions identity security as a growing category as AI systems gain access to business applications and data. It argues that the same governance model should apply across human users, machine identities and AI agents.

"Keeper hasn't just adapted to the changing security landscape; we have designed our identity security platform specifically for it," said Darren Guccione, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Keeper Security.

"By delivering a unified platform that secures everything from humans to AI agents, we are solving visibility, access and governance problems that legacy systems cannot. Our commitment to industry innovation is exactly why we continue to be recognised in Gartner reports," said Guccione.

Keeper said its platform is used by millions of individuals and thousands of organisations globally, with privileged access management forming a central part of its broader identity security offering.