In the July 2012 report, “The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM), Q3 2012,” Forrester evaluated six of the top cloud IAM vendors against 15 criteria grouped into three broad categories: current offering, strategy and market presence.

Those making the cut demonstrated cloud IAM services that are based on their own intellectual property and are highly tailored to meet the requirements of cloud service access control and offer the best capabilities for an integrated offering, according to Forrester analysts Andras Cser and Eve Maler.

“Today’s economic environment has forced security and risk professionals to consider SaaS (News – Alert) alternatives to on-premises monolithic IAM offerings. Leaders in this market offer SaaS application access control and will continue to have a positive impact by expanding strong authentication, provisioning and attestation capabilities,” analysts wrote in the report. “Symplified provides great access control to SaaS applications. It has its own IP-based solution, which is one of the longest-standing in the cloud IAM market.”

As on-premises IAM solutions mature, according to Forrester, cost savings will dictate which providers will lead the pack. In its evaluation of the six service providers in the cloud IAM category, Forrester touted Symplified for its architectural stability and protocol and endpoint support.Check Symplified a Leader in Cloud Identity