Xalient Powers BeyondTrust and Ping Identity Partnership to Deliver Unified Identity Security Solution

9 December 2025

BeyondTrust and Ping Identity have partnered to deliver a fully unified identity-first security model, built on least-privilege principles to reduce complexity and strengthen enterprise resilience. As a principal delivery and integration partner, Xalient reinforces the significance of this advancement for customers aiming to enhance their identity posture. This collaboration unifies Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) into an integrated framework, automating and coordinating access decisions for both human and non-human identities.

“Organizations need a unified approach to identity security in today’s fast-changing digital world,” said David Morimanno, Field CTO, North America at Xalient. “This partnership brings meaningful benefits for customers, helping to improve identity hygiene and enforcing least-privilege access while reducing operational complexity. The result is a more streamlined, automated identity management framework that delivers stronger protection and more efficient governance across every environment.”

Integrated Identity Security Fabric for Modern Enterprises

BeyondTrust is a recognized privilege-centric identity security leader, providing a unified platform that secures every identity and session across the enterprise, from human users to machines. Ping Identity delivers comprehensive IAM and IGA through its modular, hybrid PingOne Platform, securing all digital identities across the enterprise.

Through this latest partnership, BeyondTrust and Ping Identity now offer an integrated identity security approach in one platform. This solution centralizes control over the identity lifecycle, automates access decisions and governance, and strengthens identity hygiene to support least-privileged access across all environments.

The solution supports modern workloads – including cloud, hybrid, and Agentic AI systems – by providing unified visibility and enforcement critical to Zero Trust. Its scalable access orchestration ensures consistent security for human and machine identities alike, helping organizations strengthen protection, reduce risk, and drive digital transformation.

Alignment With Xalient’s Identity-First Security Expertise

This partnership strengthens Xalient’s identity-centric security portfolio and aligns with its strategy of delivering intelligent, outcome-driven solutions that help global customers modernize and secure their digital ecosystems.

“Enterprises are navigating increasingly complex digital ecosystems where identity security has become the new control plane,” said Jim Ortbals, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Ecosystems at BeyondTrust. “By combining our privileged access management with Ping Identity’s governance, we’re delivering a cohesive solution that simplifies access decisions, strengthens resilience, and protects both human and machine identities. With Xalient’s expertise, customers can quickly operationalize this integrated approach and advance their identity-first security strategies with confidence.”

Through this unique partnership, Xalient can provide customers with:

  • Unified identity architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles
  • End-to-end identity governance, from onboarding through privilege elevation and de-provisioning
  • Automated governance to reduce administrative burden
  • Advanced protection for AI-driven workloads and machine identities
  • Accelerated digital transformation, with identity serving as the new control plane


“This partnership helps organizations tackle major identity security challenges such as credential-based attacks and identity sprawl, where fragmented systems and stolen credentials create risks, by delivering greater visibility, stronger control, and streamlined access management,” said Loren Russon, Senior Vice President of Product & Technology at Ping Identity. “By leveraging Xalient’s deep identity-first security experience, organizations can accelerate adoption of this integrated approach to realize measurable improvements in governance and risk reduction.”

Xalient views this partnership as a strategic step toward delivering integrated, advanced identity security. By supporting the combined BeyondTrust and Ping Identity solution, Xalient helps organizations strengthen governance, reduce risk, and adopt intelligent, identity-first strategies essential for thriving in today’s dynamic digital landscape.

Redefining Modernization Strategy and Resilience

Amid these shifts, companies are seeking guidance, not more tools. Executives need reference architectures that integrate identity into industrial operations, clarity on how Zero Trust principles translate effectively into OT, and modernization roadmaps that bridge cloud, identity, and safety without disrupting production. While the sector has historically preferred gradual change over rapid reinvention, leaders are now ready for transformation grounded in practicality and supported by proven frameworks.

This broader sense of realism is also reshaping how the industry talks about resilience. Once framed aspirationally, resilience now means containing identity compromise before it reaches production systems, limiting the impact of lateral movement, protecting OT from cloud-based identity threats, and meeting heightened regulatory expectations without slowing operations. The link between identity compromise and environmental, safety, and continuity risks is measurable, observable, and increasingly driving board-level decisions.

Looking Ahead: The Risks and Opportunities of 2026

Looking ahead to 2026, the sector faces evolving risks. Identity-based attacks will accelerate across IT and OT. AI-powered impersonation will target operator trust rather than technical vulnerabilities. Cloud-connected OT systems will expand faster than identity controls unless organizations act deliberately. Machine identities will multiply at a pace that challenges existing governance models. Regulators will demand faster, more data-driven reporting, and cross-domain lateral movement through accounts bridging IT and OT will emerge as a defining threat vector.

Yet the path forward is clearer than it has been in years. The industry understands that identity sits at the center of modernization. IT and OT must operate within a shared architectural model. Continuous detection, consolidated platforms, and integrated governance are prerequisites for resilience. Perhaps most importantly, companies recognize that advisory leadership is as critical as technology in navigating this transformation.

The oil and gas sector is entering an era of identity-centric operations, shaped by digital connectivity, cloud-enabled OT, and an adversary landscape defined by credential misuse rather than technical exploitation. Organizations that thrive will be those that achieve clarity, convergence, and simplicity in governing identity across every layer of operations. The risks ahead are significant, but for the first time in a long time, the sector appears ready to walk into it with both eyes open.

Picture of David (DJ) Morimanno, Field CTO, North America at Xalient

David (DJ) Morimanno, Field CTO, North America at Xalient

DJ helps clients develop IAM strategies that work in complex organisations. He’s an active practitioner and strategist, with nearly 20 years of hands-on experience in implementing market-leading IAM technologies across IGA, PAM, and Access Management. He specialises in building IAM Programs, administering IAM tools, and developing long-term strategies to support organisational objectives and business enablement. 

DJ has a passion for cybersecurity.  He is a trusted advisor for Fortune 500 clients and has helped industry executives successfully execute large-scale IAM programs through deployment.  He has extensive experience in financial services, energy, education, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. 

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