Analyst Report

Delinea is a Leader in all four categories of the 2026 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for PAM 

KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Privileged Access Management 2026

KuppingerCole named Delinea a Leader in Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market in its 2026 Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management. 

Why Delinea was named a Leader 

The report points to a platform that has widened the scope of privileged access without losing the fundamentals. Among the strengths KuppingerCole highlights: 

  1. Advanced Just-in-Time and just-enough privilege controls 
  2. Endpoint privilege management across Windows, Linux, and macOS 
  3. Continuous identity discovery that feeds posture and threat analysis 
  4. Session monitoring with AI-assisted review and anomaly detection 
  5. Governance that covers both native cloud vaults and third-party vaults 
  6. A clear route from full admin accounts toward least privilege and zero standing privilege 

The report singles out how these pieces fit together:

“A particularly relevant differentiator is Delinea’s approach of treating discovery, posture analysis, and control as part of a single continuum.” 


— Alejandro Leal, 2026 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management


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