Helsinki, Finland - July 14, 2026. SSH Communications Security (SSH) - a leading defensive cybersecurity company for humans, systems, and networks - today announced that its PrivX privileged access management (PAM) solution has been named an Overall Leader, Product Leader, and Innovation Leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management 2026.
The report names SSH as part of “a new wave of innovation” accelerating the adoption of short-lived credentials, just-in-time (JIT) access, and granular, policy-based entitlement control.
KuppingerCole Analyst’s 2026 report describes a PAM market in fundamental transition: privilege is increasingly defined by what an identity can do rather than the account it holds, non-human identities and AI agents now outnumber human users in many organizations, and the market is moving beyond password vaulting toward just-in-time (JIT) access, zero standing privileges, and policy-driven control across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
These trends align directly with the approach PrivX has taken from the start. The Lead Analyst and the principal author or the report Alejandro Leal states: “SSH presents a thoughtful PAM offering for organizations that want to move from vaulted credentials toward short-lived, policy-driven access with unusually strong SSH key governance and credible quantum-safe capabilities.”
According to KuppingerCole, other PrivX strengths include:
broad session monitoring and recording coverage
agentless access
strong fit for sovereignty-sensitive deployments
good cloud and CI/CD integration breadth
controlled access into industrial and critical infrastructure environments
“It is exciting that a leading market analyst like KuppingerCole Analysts recognizes the direction we chose years ago: privileged access should be granted just in time, with nothing left standing to steal. Non-human identities (NHIs), AI agents, high performance computing and modern cloud environments require automated scalability and high performance. PrivX meets these requirements and provides organizations a quick path from vaulted credentials to passwordless, policy-driven access,” said Rami Raulas, CEO of SSH.
A complimentary copy of the report is available here.
Learn more about PrivX here.
About SSH
SSH is a leading defensive cybersecurity company that secures communications between humans, systems, and networks. We specialize in Zero Trust Privileged Access Controls and Quantum Safe Network Security. Our customers include a diverse range of enterprises, from multiple Fortune 500 companies to SMBs across various sectors such as Finance, Retail, Technology, Industrial, Healthcare, and Government. 25% of Fortune 100 companies rely on SSH’s solutions. Recent strategic focus has expanded SSH business to Defence, Critical Infrastructure Operators, Manufacturing OT Security and Public Safety.
Leonardo S.p.A invested 20.0 million EUR in SSH, becoming the largest shareholder of the company. SSH solutions form a Center of Excellence for Zero Trust privileged access management and quantum-safe network encryption in Leonardo - a global industrial group that creates multi-domain technological capabilities in the Aerospace, Defence and Security sector with 17.8 billion EUR revenue in 2024. SSH company’s shares (SSH1V) are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.