Gartner® has released the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for PAM (Privileged Access Management), recognizing Netwrix for the fourth consecutive year. The company stands out for its strengths in just-in-time privileged access, elimination of persistent Domain Admin accounts, reduction of lateral movement, and support for Bring Your Own Vault (BYOV) integrations. The latest product enhancements further extend secure remote access, session control capabilities, and AI-assisted analysis.
Four Consecutive Years in the Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management
Being featured in the Magic Quadrant™ for PAM for four consecutive years demonstrates that Netwrix Privilege Secure is far more than a typical PAM solution. Since 2019, when the concept of Zero Standing Privilege (ZSP) with a platform-agnostic architecture was introduced, Netwrix has remained at the forefront of safeguarding organizations against risks related to privileged access.
Focus Areas
Organizations continue to face two main causes of privileged account compromise: standing privileges and credential reuse. Netwrix Privilege Secure mitigates both through a pragmatic model designed to reduce the attack surface without introducing additional operational complexity.
Just-in-Time Privileged Access
Always-on privileges are replaced with time-bound, task-specific elevation. Ephemeral accounts are dynamically created when required and deleted once the task is complete, closing the opportunity windows that attackers often exploit.
Bring Your Own Vault (BYOV)
Integration with existing vaults enables organizations to retain prior investments while extending just-in-time protection. Prebuilt connectors and customizable options for integration with third-party vaults help minimize deployment complexity.
Elimination of Persistent Domain Admin Accounts
With the help of out-of-the-box BYOV connectors, Netwrix Privilege Secure seamlessly integrates with existing PAM solutions to eliminate the Domain Admin attack surface through the creation of ephemeral administrative accounts.
Reduction of Lateral Movement Risks Across the Infrastructure
Just-in-time access can be applied across workstations, servers, directories, cloud platforms, network devices, and databases, ensuring that no segment of the environment remains exposed.
Operational Accessibility
Customers consistently highlight the solution’s ease of use and straightforward deployment. The objective is to accelerate time to value while maintaining comprehensive auditability and transparency.
What’s New in This Release
Recent updates build upon these core capabilities:
- Secure Remote Access for VPN-less RPAM, simplifying third-party and workforce access while maintaining strict JIT control.
- Enhanced session visibility and control, introducing granular SSH command restrictions and real-time termination or session lock actions.
- AI-assisted analytics via MCP Server for both active and recorded sessions, enabling faster detection of risky user behavior.
- Expanded BYOV support, including a new connector for Netwrix Password Secure, along with improvements in credential and session recording delegation and secret storage.
- Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) capabilities that enforce the least privilege principle on endpoints, with additional benefits for MDM-enrolled environments.
How to Leverage the New Report
When updating a PAM strategy for the next budgeting cycle, the following practical actions are recommended:
- Link findings to root-cause risks. Align the report’s insights with internal exposure areas such as standing privileges, credential reuse, and over-permissioned service accounts.
- Validate deployment model alignment. Select approaches that introduce JIT controls without requiring major architectural changes—particularly where a vault is already in operation.
- Demonstrate reduction of lateral movement. Require verifiable proof that the solution effectively minimizes privilege sprawl and enforces ephemeral access patterns across Windows, Linux, cloud administrative layers, and databases.
Significance of Four-Time Recognition
Recognition for four consecutive years reinforces Netwrix Privilege Secure as a proven long-term solution in the PAM space. The development roadmap remains focused on practical innovation:
- expanding just-in-time access,
- enhancing session visibility,
- streamlining integration—so that organizations can minimize risk while maintaining operational efficiency.
