BeyondTrust & Ping join forces on unified AI identity

BeyondTrust has formed a strategic partnership with Ping Identity that links their products into a single identity security offering across privileged access, authentication and governance.

The two vendors plan a joint solution that spans Privileged Access Management, Identity and Access Management and Identity Governance and Administration.

The companies describe the result as an identity security fabric. It covers both human users and non-human identities such as service accounts and software agents.

The new approach aims at organisations that pursue Zero Trust security strategies. It also targets firms that expand use of artificial intelligence and automation.

BeyondTrust focuses on privilege-centric identity security. Ping Identity focuses on digital identity for large enterprises.

The partnership connects BeyondTrust's privileged access and endpoint tools with Ping's authentication and orchestration products.

The vendors say this creates a single framework for identity decisions across multiple systems.

Identity silos

The companies say many organisations still run PAM, IAM and IGA as separate systems. They say this creates gaps in coverage and fragmented policy enforcement.

They argue that these silos are more exposed as organisations adopt AI agents and machine-to-machine workflows. These workflows rely on non-human identities and automated access decisions.

Jim Ortbals, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Ecosystems at BeyondTrust, said many current architectures are no longer sufficient.

"In traditional identity security architectures, PAM, IAM, and IGA have largely operated in silos, each addressing only a portion of the identity landscape," said Jim Ortbals, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Ecosystems at BeyondTrust. "With the rise of AI, these fragmented approaches no longer provide the unified visibility and control organisations need. Our partnership with Ping Identity unifies privilege management, identity governance, and authentication into a single automated framework. This enables transparency, strengthens resilience through automation, and secures every identity, human and non-human alike."

The combined platform covers several main use cases. These include conditional access, joiner-mover-leaver processes, automated threat response and controls for AI agents.

Automation focus

The joint solution links BeyondTrust's privileged access, endpoint privilege management and privileged remote access products. It also links BeyondTrust's identity insight functions.

These products connect with Ping Identity's authentication tools, identity governance features and DaVinci orchestration platform. DaVinci runs workflows that connect multiple identity and security systems.

The vendors say this integration supports contextual, just-in-time access. It also allows adaptive multi-factor authentication that reacts to risk signals.

They say organisations can automate joiner-mover-leaver processes through the combined stack. They say this can reduce exposure from stale accounts and simplify offboarding.

They also promote automated threat response. BeyondTrust's insights can trigger DaVinci workflows. These workflows can revoke live sessions and rotate credentials if a risk condition appears.

The partners highlight non-human identities as a separate area. They say customers can apply least-privilege rules, consent flows and continuous monitoring for digital assistants and service accounts.

Zero Trust demand

Vendors and analysts describe Zero Trust as a model that treats every access request as untrusted. It relies on continuous verification and strict controls for every identity.

Loren Russon, Senior Vice President of Product & Technology at Ping Identity, said customers expect more adaptable systems.

"Enterprises need identity systems that are as adaptive and intelligent as the environments they protect," said Loren Russon, Senior Vice President of Product & Technology at Ping Identity. "By combining Ping's orchestration and authentication capabilities with BeyondTrust's market-leading privilege management, we're delivering a unified solution that eliminates silos, reduces complexity, and strengthens Zero Trust from endpoint to cloud. Together, we're enabling a scalable identity security architecture that reduces risk, accelerates governed access, and maximises the value of existing identity investments."

The joint offer sits within a wider trend. Security suppliers are linking identity, access, governance and machine identity controls under one architectural model.

The partnership also reflects customer interest in governance for AI agents and automation tools. These agents often act on behalf of users and connect to critical systems.

Partner ecosystem

BeyondTrust and Ping Identity plan to work through integration partners. They also use cloud marketplaces as a route to customers.

Xalient is one of the partners that has aligned with the offer.

"Xalient is pleased to support the integrated BeyondTrust and Ping Identity solution, which unites complementary capabilities to strengthen identity, access, and privilege security," said David 'DJ' Morimanno, Field CTO - North America at Xalient. "This collaboration delivers significant value for organisations advancing Zero Trust convergence and reflects our continued commitment to enabling intelligent, identity-first security outcomes."

The joint solution is available through selected integration partners of both vendors. It is also available through the AWS Marketplace under a new multi-product private offer programme.