Ping Identity
American intelligent identity and access management (IAM) company.
Ping Identity Corporation is an American intelligent identity and access management (IAM) company that develops federated identity management, secure access, authentication technology, and continuous identity assurance for enterprise organizations.
Founded in 2002 by Andre Durand and Bryan Field-Elliot, the company's platform covers workforce, customer, partner, edge computing, and AI use cases.
After Thoma Bravo acquired Ping Identity in 2022 and ForgeRock in 2023, ForgeRock was integrated into Ping Identity. Ping Identity is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and operates globally, with offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region .
History
Ping Identity Corporation was founded in 2002 by Andre Durand and Bryan Field-Elliot, in Denver, Colorado. The company develops intelligent identity and access management (IAM) platforms, specializing in identity federation management, self-hosted identity access management, and single sign-on (SSO) solutions for workforce, customer, and partner, and AI-related use cases. Its secure-access and authentication technologies are used as an alternative to passwords, positioning the company alongside other organizations working to establish password-replacement standards. In the IAM sector, Ping Identity competes against vendors that include Microsoft, Okta, CyberArk, IBM, SailPoint, and Cisco.
Ping Identity raised a Series A funding round on April 16, 2004. This was followed by a $21 million round in 2011, a $44 million round in 2013, and a $35 million investment led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2014.
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