CloudEagle.ai Recognized in KuppingerCole’s Cloud Infrastructure and Entitlement Management Leadership Compass

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The cloud security landscape is evolving rapidly, with enterprises facing increasing challenges in managing identities and access across complex, multi-cloud environments. 

According to the 2024 Thales Cloud Security Study, 65% of IT and security professionals now cite cloud security as a top concern Notably, 44% of enterprises have experienced a cloud data breach, with 31% attributing it to misconfigurations or human error. These numbers highlight the pressing need for more robust solutions to govern access, entitlements, and configurations across multi-cloud environments.

That’s why we’re excited to share that CloudEagle.ai, an AI-powered SaaS management and governance platform, has been recognized as an emerging vendor in KuppingerCole’s latest Leadership Compass for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM).

This recognition comes at the right moment when enterprises worldwide are seeking intelligent, scalable ways to secure their cloud infrastructure while maintaining agility and compliance.

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1. KuppingerCole CIEM Leadership Compass

KuppingerCole's Leadership Compass is one of the most trusted and in-depth evaluations of CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) solutions available today.

It goes beyond just comparing features, it looks at how easy the tools are to use, how innovative the vendors are, and how strong their presence is in the market. 

This report comes at a crucial time. As KuppingerCole points out, many organizations are now moving toward least-privilege access models due to rising security risks, growing regulatory pressure, and the complexity of managing cloud environments. 

One of the biggest concerns today is having too many users with unnecessary permissions, which often leads to cloud breaches. That’s why CIEM tools are no longer optional, they’re essential.

What makes this report especially useful is its clear view of how the CIEM market has grown. It shows how some established identity providers are adding new capabilities, while newer, cloud-focused companies are bringing fresh approaches to solving access and security challenges.

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2. The Growing Challenge of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

A. Multi-Cloud Complexity Explosion

As enterprises embrace multi-cloud strategies spanning AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and other platforms, managing entitlements has become exponentially more complex and error-prone. 

Each platform has its own identity models, permission structures, and security paradigms, creating a management nightmare for security teams.

B. Regulatory Compliance Pressures

Compliance mandates including GDPR, NIS2, CCPA, and PCI-DSS are requiring stricter access control and unprecedented visibility into cloud permissions. Organizations can no longer rely on reactive compliance approaches, they need continuous monitoring and automated governance to meet these stringent requirements.

C. Permission Sprawl and Operational Risk

The report identifies a critical issue: permission sprawl isn't just a security problem, it's an operational and financial risk. Excessive permissions lead to unnecessary cloud resource costs while creating multiple attack vectors that threat actors are increasingly exploiting.

D. The Automation Imperative

Perhaps most significantly, the research reveals a fundamental shift in market expectations. Organizations are no longer satisfied with CIEM solutions that simply provide visibility, they demand intelligent automation that can proactively manage entitlements in real-time.

E. Diverse Adoption Patterns

While large enterprises with complex multi-cloud environments remain the primary adopters, the report notes that SMBs are also investing in CIEM solutions. This broader adoption pattern reflects how cloud security challenges now affect organizations of all sizes.

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3. How CloudEagle.ai Addresses Critical CIEM Challenges

CloudEagle.ai's inclusion as an emerging vendor in this prestigious report reflects our unique approach to solving the most pressing CIEM challenges facing modern organizations.

A. Unique Market Position: CIEM Meets SaaS Governance

CloudEagle.ai takes a distinctive approach by integrating CIEM functionalities into a broader SaaS governance platform, emphasizing the critical intersection of cost control, security, and compliance, addressing a gap that traditional CIEM vendors often overlook.

This unique combination resonates with enterprises struggling to manage both cloud security and spiraling SaaS costs. 

While other vendors focus purely on entitlements, CloudEagle.ai provides visibility into cloud-based entitlements across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud while simultaneously helping organizations identify redundant licenses and improve financial efficiency.

B. AI-Driven Automation and Risk Detection

CloudEagle.ai delivers strong automation capabilities, particularly in Just-in-Time (JIT) access and automated access reviews. Our AI-driven access anomaly detection continuously monitors permission changes and identifies security risks in real-time, moving beyond simple visibility to proactive threat prevention.

CloudEagle.ai provides entitlement discovery and risk-based remediation, identifying and reducing excessive permissions through intelligent automation. Our role-based controls automate privilege escalation and de-escalation, directly addressing the insider threat challenges that drive critical market demand.

C. Cloud-Native Architecture for Rapid Deployment

CloudEagle.ai's cloud-native architecture enables rapid deployment and scalability that legacy identity providers struggle to match. This SaaS-based approach supports the scalability and ease of deployment that modern enterprises demand.

Our usage-based pricing model, structured around the number of SaaS applications and cloud accounts managed, allows customers to scale as their cloud security needs evolve,  a flexibility that the report notes is increasingly important for enterprises of all sizes.

D. Addressing Multi-Cloud and SaaS Complexity

CloudEagle.ai's multi-cloud and SaaS application support enables broad enterprise adoption. Our platform provides unified governance across diverse cloud environments while extending visibility into the hundreds of SaaS applications that modern organizations rely on.

CloudEagle.ai's automated compliance enforcement assists with audit readiness, a critical capability given the regulatory pressures driving CIEM adoption across industries.

As with any emerging technology company, CloudEagle.ai continues to evolve and expand our 

capabilities. Some cloud security integrations are still in development as we work to provide even more comprehensive coverage across cloud environments.

We're actively expanding our management of non-human identities and workload entitlements to address the full spectrum of cloud security challenges. As a company founded in 2021, we're building brand recognition in a market dominated by established players, but this also positions us uniquely to build solutions specifically designed for modern cloud-first environments.

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4. Looking Ahead: Embracing Growth and Innovation

CloudEagle.ai's recognition as an emerging vendor in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass validates our core belief that successful CIEM solutions must address the real-world intersection of security, compliance, and cost optimization.

Our focus on entitlement security, cloud access management, and IT spending optimization represents a comprehensive approach that recognizes how modern enterprises operate. 

As we continue developing our cloud security integrations and expanding capabilities around non-human identities and workload entitlements, we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible when CIEM and SaaS governance merge.

This recognition motivates us to continue innovating for organizations seeking intelligent, automated solutions that proactively manage their cloud security posture while optimizing costs and ensuring compliance.

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