Zoho Corp (ManageEngine) named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Solutions for Identity Security 2025 Vendor Assessment

Today's identity platforms sit at the intersection of governance, security, and business continuity. But as hybrid environments expand, most enterprises still rely on disconnected IAM and IGA tools that provide fragmented visibility and control. The result is identity sprawl, inconsistent enforcement, and delayed detection.

Here's what IDC has to say about the new generation of integrated identity solutions:

"The real game changer? Visibility. Modern identity platforms don't just show you who's who; they map out the entire identity universe, highlighting risks before they turn into headlines. The best solutions go beyond access control—they unify policies into a single, intelligent graph, pulling signals from every corner of your environment. And here's the kicker: they don't demand a rip-and-replace strategy. Instead, they play nice with your existing stack, simplifying complexity and reducing risk to something you can actually live with."
—Emanuel Figueroa, Senior Research Analyst, Identity and Access Management Security, IDC*

*From the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Solutions for Identity Security 2025 Vendor Assessment report.

We're proud to announce that Zoho Corp (ManageEngine) was named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Solutions for identity Security 2025 Vendor Assessment report! AD360 is a converged identity platform that brings together identity governance, access management, identity security, and backup and recovery in one unified framework. Instead of stitching together multiple point tools, AD360 creates an interconnected identity layer that helps enterprises see, secure, and sustain identities.

Simplifying identity security in a siloed world with AD360 for easier, unified protection

The platform positions identity as a security control, not just an administrative function, empowering organizations to rationalize access with intelligence, detect threats early, and maintain compliance through a single, integrated view. Here's how AD360 does it:

1. Detecting threats and rationalizing access with ML

AD360 uses ML to bring predictive intelligence to identity security. Its user behavior analytics establish baselines of normal activity for accounts and applications, flagging deviations such as unusual login locations, sudden privilege elevation, or abnormal access requests. By correlating these deviations in near real time, teams can respond before anomalies turn into incidents, especially those involving insider threats or credential abuse.

ML also supports intelligent access provisioning. AD360’s ML-based access recommendations analyze usage patterns and peer group behavior to suggest entitlements that align with actual job functions. Instead of relying on static role templates or manual guesswork, access decisions are data-driven and adaptive, reducing over-provisioning while maintaining agility in onboarding and role changes.

2. Exposing and mitigating hidden privilege risks 

A key challenge in large environments is that privilege misuse rarely stems from a single configuration error, it’s the result of interconnected permissions that evolve over time. AD360’s risk exposure management makes these hidden paths visible. It maps how nested groups, delegated permissions, and inherited rights can be chained to reach sensitive resources, revealing privilege escalation routes that traditional IAM tools overlook. This graphical visibility allows teams to prioritize and dismantle risky access relationships before they can be weaponized.

The identity risk assessment engine continuously evaluates both on-premises and cloud identity stores, including Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft 365. It identifies misaligned privileges, inactive accounts, unsafe delegations, and weak password policies that could weaken the security posture. Findings are ranked by impact, giving administrators a clear remediation path and helping sustain least-privilege principles over time.

Extending this perspective, the Attack Surface Analyzer brings together identity-related exposures from AD, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. It pinpoints misconfigured service accounts, unconstrained delegations, and over-privileged entities, providing a consolidated view of risk across hybrid environments. Together, these features transform identity management from static permission tracking into active exposure management.

3. Strengthening authentication to close frontline security gaps

AD360 strengthens authentication, the control users interact with most through adaptive MFA and enterprise SSO that evaluate every login within its real-world context. Instead of relying on static rules, MFA policies dynamically adjust based on factors such as device, time, and location, invoking challenges only when risk is detected.

With support for over 20 authentication methods, including passwordless login, biometrics, offline MFA, and MFA for local accounts, AD360 ensures consistent protection across both cloud and disconnected environments. Its SSO framework unifies application access under a single portal, reducing credential fatigue and the risky password practices that often follow. Self-service password reset further minimizes IT dependency while maintaining strict security controls.

4. Orchestrating the identity life cycle without fragmentation 

Identity life cycle operations, such as onboarding, modification, and deprovisioning, are often split across multiple systems and teams, leading to inconsistent enforcement and security drift. AD360 closes this gap through customizable templates and workflows that automate identity actions while applying uniform policies across all connected environments.

For example, changes in HR systems, such as new hires or terminations, are automatically reflected across the identity infrastructure. By synchronizing data and enforcing approval workflows, AD360 prevents orphaned accounts and removes redundant manual intervention. The result is a unified lifecycle process that links HR, IT, and security operations, maintaining real-time alignment between user status and access rights.

5. Building interoperability through deep integrations and connectors  

This orchestration is strengthened by AD360 extensive integration ecosystem, which connects over 100 systems across cloud and on-premises environments. It synchronizes user identities, permissions, and role changes across AD, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and more, eliminating stale or orphaned accounts and ensuring real-time consistency.

With REST and SOAP APIs that integrate seamlessly with databases like MS SQL and Oracle DB, as well as custom HR applications, AD360 ensures a smooth and reliable exchange of user identity data across the enterprise.

6. Achieving continuous visibility and compliance 

Sustaining identity assurance requires ongoing visibility and auditability. AD360 captures every identity event such as account creation, privilege changes, group membership updates, and deactivations in continuous audit logs that provide complete traceability.

For organizations operating under regulatory mandates, AD360 includes prebuilt compliance reports aligned with the GDPR, HIPAA, the PCI DSS, and SOX. These reports simplify audits by providing clear evidence of policy enforcement and access reviews. Coupled with detailed justification records and approval histories, they ensure accountability and transparency.

See AD360’s identity security solution in action

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