Astrix Named a KuppingerCole Rising Star
Astrix has been recognized as a Rising Star in KuppingerCole Analysts’ Leadership Compass for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). The report highlights Astrix’s complementary role in enhancing CIEM and broader identity programs through focused protection of non-human identities (NHIs) – an area growing in both volume and risk across today’s enterprise environments.
According to KuppingerCole, the Rising Star designation is awarded to vendors delivering strong innovation and growth, with the potential to become future market leaders. Astrix’s dedicated focus on securing machine-to-machine access, automation tokens, and third-party integrations makes it a standout technology that expands the reach and effectiveness of traditional CIEM and identity governance platforms.
A missing layer in identity security: non-human identities
Astrix is purpose-built to address the blind spots left by CIEM and IGA tools – namely, the governance of OAuth third-party integrations, service accounts, secrets, and other programmatic access methods that act on behalf of applications and services. These non-human identities often operate without clear ownership, guardrails, or visibility, creating significant gaps in enterprise security.
KuppingerCole highlights Astrix’s ability to discover, monitor, and remediate non-human access across both SaaS and cloud environments. This includes both internal identities (like service accounts in cloud providers) and external connections (like third-party apps connected to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 via OAuth). As organizations accelerate cloud adoption and automation, these NHI risks have become more prevalent and more urgent to address.
Visibility, policy enforcement, and remediation
KuppingerCole recognizes Astrix’s strength in supporting CIEM and IGA programs by filling in the gaps around non-human access. With broad native integrations into major identity providers (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace), public cloud platforms, and SaaS apps, Astrix delivers deep visibility into overlooked identity types and their behaviors.
Beyond discovery, Astrix enables real-time monitoring of NHIs, risk detection, and automated remediation – empowering security teams to act quickly without disrupting business workflows. Its policy engine adds another layer of governance, enforcing rules around least privilege, appropriate use, and acceptable behavior for non-human identities.
By providing focused protection for NHIs, Astrix strengthens the overall identity security posture and helps enterprises mature their CIEM and identity governance strategies.
Built for a growing challenge
The report credits Astrix’s rapid innovation, strategic focus, and growing market momentum as the key reasons behind its Rising Star designation. Astrix offers a highly differentiated and essential capability for securing the fastest-growing identity population in the cloud: the non-humans.
KuppingerCole sees Astrix as a strategic enabler of modern identity programs – one that gives enterprises the tools to see and secure the access pathways that traditional identity platforms miss.
