User:Justapersona/Ping Identity

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Ping Identity
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnterprise software
FoundedFebruary 2002 (2002-02)
FounderAndre Durant [84]
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Andre Durand (CEO)
Patrick Harding (CTO)
Michael Sullivan (CFO)
Brian Bell (CMO)
Dave Packer (EVP Field Operations)
Ed Murray (SVP Engineering)
ProductsPingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingID, PingOne Directory
Number of employees
340 worldwide[1]
Websitewww.pingidentity.com

Ping Identity is an Identity and Access Management software corporation that has helped in the development of the open standards for identity federation and IAM. Ping Identity has co-organized IAM industry conferences considered preeminent since 2002[2], and was among the first organizations to demonstrate interoperability using SAML 2.0[3], OpenID Connect[4], SCIM[5], Liberty[6], and with Connect.gov [7] .

Founded in 2002 by Andre Durand, Ping Identity’s software uses open standards and principles of federated identity, to enable organizations to provide users with single sign-on (SSO), such as for employees at work, for customers accessing online services, or for commercial partners sharing resources across the Internet. The company’s solutions extend across cloud, mobile, social and enterprise environments.[8]

Ping Identity has contributed to the authoring of the open standards related to identity federation and Identity and Access Management, including SAML[9][10], OAuth[11], SCIM[12], OpenID Connect[13], NAPPS[14], OpenID Account Chooser[15], OpenID[13], WS-Trust[16], and OpenToken[17].

Ping Identity has over 1,400 global customers, including half of Fortune 100 companies[18], in banking, healthcare, finance, insurance, manufacturing, education, entertainment[19]. With headquarters in Denver, CO, Ping Identity has satellite offices in London, Waltham, MA, San Francisco, CA, Vancouver British Columbia, and distribution channels throughout the world. Ping is considered well poised and well funded to play a role in the future of IAM[20].

Ping Identity is funded by its own revenue and private investors, backed by W Capital Partners, DFJ Growth, General Catalyst Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Volition Capital, Triangle Peak Partners, SAP Ventures, and Appian Ventures.[21]

Contributions to Open Standards[edit]

SAML[edit]

  • Brian Campbell, an employee of Ping Identity, served as SAML Specification Committee Co-Chair [10]

OAuth[edit]

  • John Bradley, an employee of Ping Identity, co-authored the OAuth open standard specification [22]
  • Brian Campbell has made numerous IETF contributions regarding OAuth [23]

OpenID Connect[edit]

  • John Bradley is acting OpenID Foundation Treasurer [24]

NAPPS[edit]

  • John Bradley is a NAAPs Charter Working Group Proposer (of 5 proposers) [14]
  • Paul Madsen is a NAAPs Charter Working Group Proposer (of 5 proposers) [14]

SCIM[edit]

  • Patrick Harding, CTO of Ping Identity, is a SCIM Specification Editor [12]
  • Paul Madsen, SCIM Specification Editor [12]

WS-Trust[edit]

  • Darren Platt, an employee of Ping Identity, was a Co-author of the final WS-Trust open standard specification [16]
  • David Waite, an employee of Ping Identity, was a Co-author of early versions of the WS-Trust open standard specification [16]

OpenID[edit]

  • Pamela Dingle served as an OpenID Corporate Member [13]

OpenToken[edit]

  • Yasr Faruqi, an employee of Ping Identity, co-authored the OpenToken open standard specification [17]
  • Peter Motykowski, an employee of Ping Identity, co-authored the OpenToken open standard specification [17]

JWT[edit]

  • John Bradley is a co-author
  • Brian Campbell, is a co-author of the working draft for OAuth working group's JSON Web Token [23]

Account Chooser[edit]

  • Pamela Dingle is a Charter Co-Proposer [15]

Membership in Standards Bodies[edit]

OASIS[edit]

Ping Identity has been a member of OASIS, and participated in early adoption of OASIS-sponsored standards.[25]

NSTIC's IDESG[edit]

Ping Identity's John Bradley is co-chair of the IDESG Standards Committee[26]. The Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (“IDESG”), is the steering group for The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) formed by President Obama in 2011.[27]

IETF[edit]

Ping Identity employees are active contributors to The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) on open standard topics such as OAuth, OpenID, SCIM and JWT/JOSE.[23]

Kantara (formerly Liberty Alliance)[edit]

Ping Identity was an early member of Liberty Alliance, and among the earliest companies certified to have achieved interoperability, conforming to the Liberty open standard. Ping Identity's membership continued after this group became the Kantara Initiative, and to present.[28][29]

Awards and Recognition[edit]

2015[edit]

  • Ping Identity is one of the first two software vendors to receive certification by Connect.Gov
  • Ping Identity is among the first six companies to receive certification by the OpenID Connect organization, for conforming to the OpenID Connect standard

2014[edit]

  • Gartner names Ping Identity a "Leader" in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Management as a Service
  • Forrester rates Ping Identity in its IAM Wave top circle
  • IDC puts Ping Identity in the top bracket of its MarketScape on Federation and Single Sign-On
  • Ping Identity receives the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Excellence Award
  • Ping Identity receives Kuppingercole's Leadership Compass award
  • Built in Colorado names Ping Identity of its "5 Coolest Tech Offices in Colorado"

2013[edit]

  • Forbes Magazine names Ping Identity one of its 2013 Most Promising Companies
  • Bronze Stevie Award in "Best New Software Service of the Year" category for companies with fewer than 100 employees is awarded to Accells, prior to acquisition
  • ComputerWorld magazine includes Ping Identity in its "100 Best Places to Work in IT"
  • DenverPost includes Ping Identity in its Top WorkPlaces

2012[edit]

  • Ping Identity is named a Top Company winner by ColoradoBiz Magazine
  • Deloitte includes Ping Identity on its list, "Technology Fast 500"
  • "Security Innovation Award 2012" is given to Ping Identity, from Information Age
  • Ernst & Young LLP awards "Entrepreneur of the Year, Mountain Desert Region Finalist" to CEO/Founder Andre Durant

2005[edit]

Conferences[edit]

Digital ID World (2002-2007)[edit]

SSO Summit (2008)[edit]

Cloud Identity Summit (2009-2016)[edit]

See Also[edit]

  1. ^ Avery, Greg (July 23, 2014). "Local tech companies shake up old ways of doing things". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved May 31, 2015. The company has 340 employees worldwide.
  2. ^ Fontana, John (April 25, 2005). "10 start-ups to watch: Ping Identity". Network World. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "Entrust, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Ping Identity, SAP and Siemens Pass Liberty Alliance SAML 2.0 Interoperability Testing". Kantara Initiative. Kantara. September 30, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. ^ Thibeau, Don (April 17, 2015). "The OpenID Foundation Launches OpenID Connect Certification Program". OpenID Foundation. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "SCIM interop shows specification coming to life". Ping Identity. October 20, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  6. ^ Maerz, Oliver. "Liberty Alliance". www.projectliberty.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23. The Liberty Alliance Project, a group developing open standards for federated network identity and identity-based web services, today announced products and services from nine companies have successfully passed the first Liberty-sponsored conformance test.
  7. ^ Fontana, John (April 30, 2015). "Connect.Gov solidifies, expands ID credential plan for federal agencies | ZDNet". ZDNet. Retrieved 2015-06-23. SecureKey Technologies continues as cloud broker service; ForgeRock, Ping Identity bring IAM integrations for identity and access management
  8. ^ "IAM - Identity and Access Management Solutions | Ping Identity". www.pingidentity.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  9. ^ "OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC | OASIS". www.oasis-open.org. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  10. ^ a b "Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 Technical Overview, Committee Draft 02". docs.oasis-open.org. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  11. ^ "OAuth Transient Client Secret Extension for Public Clients". tools.ietf.org. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  12. ^ a b c "System for Cross-Domain Identity Management: Core Schema 1.1, Draft". www.simplecloud.info. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  13. ^ a b c "Leadership | OpenID". openid.net. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  14. ^ a b c "Native Applications WG Charter | OpenID". openid.net. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  15. ^ a b "Account Chooser Working Group Charter". ac.openid.net. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  16. ^ a b c "Web Services Trust Language (WS-Trust)" (PDF). specs.xmlsoap.org. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  17. ^ a b c "OpenToken, draft". tools.ietf.org. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  18. ^ "Our Cloud Identity Customers | Ping Identity". www.pingidentity.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  19. ^ "Ping Identity Announces Another Record Quarter Amid Growing Enterprise Demand for Identity Defined Security | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  20. ^ Kepes, Ben (September 18, 2014). "Ping Identity Scoops $35M To Authenticate Everywhere". Forbes. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  21. ^ "Ping Identity Buys Accells Technologies | Techrockies.com". www.techrockies.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  22. ^ "draft-ietf-oauth-spop-12 - Proof Key for Code Exchange by OAuth Public Clients". tools.ietf.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  23. ^ a b c "draft-campbell-oauth-dst4jwt-00 - Destination Claim for JSON Web Token". tools.ietf.org. February 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  24. ^ "Leadership | OpenID". openid.net. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  25. ^ "OASIS Members Form Committee to Advance Identity Standards for Cloud Computing | OASIS". www.oasis-open.org. OASIS. May 19, 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  26. ^ "John Bradley | Identity Ecosystem Steering Group". www.idecosystem.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  27. ^ "About the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group | Identity Ecosystem Steering Group". www.idecosystem.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  28. ^ "Members | Kantara Initiative". kantarainitiative.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  29. ^ "Google joins CA, Oracle, Ping Identity, NTT for Kantara Initiative's workshop at RSA Conference | Kantara Initiative". kantarainitiative.org. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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