User:Justapersona/Ping Identity

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, and was among the first organizations to demonstrate interoperability using SAML 2.0 , OpenID Connect , SCIM , Liberty , and with Connect.gov.

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.

Ping Identity has contributed to the authoring of the open standards related to identity federation and Identity and Access Management, including SAML, OAuth , SCIM , OpenID Connect , NAPPS , OpenID Account Chooser , OpenID , WS-Trust , and OpenToken.

Ping Identity has over 1,400 global customers, including half of Fortune 100 companies, in banking, healthcare, finance, insurance, manufacturing, education, entertainment. 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.

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.

SAML

 * Brian Campbell, an employee of Ping Identity, served as SAML Specification Committee Co-Chair

OAuth

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

OpenID Connect

 * John Bradley is acting OpenID Foundation Treasurer

NAPPS

 * John Bradley is a NAAPs Charter Working Group Proposer (of 5 proposers)
 * Paul Madsen is a NAAPs Charter Working Group Proposer (of 5 proposers)

SCIM

 * Patrick Harding, CTO of Ping Identity, is a SCIM Specification Editor
 * Paul Madsen, SCIM Specification Editor

WS-Trust

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

OpenID

 * Pamela Dingle served as an OpenID Corporate Member

OpenToken

 * Yasr Faruqi, an employee of Ping Identity, co-authored the OpenToken open standard specification
 * Peter Motykowski, an employee of Ping Identity, co-authored the OpenToken open standard specification

JWT

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

Account Chooser

 * Pamela Dingle is a Charter Co-Proposer

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

NSTIC's IDESG
Ping Identity's John Bradley is co-chair of the IDESG Standards Committee. 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.

IETF
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.

Kantara (formerly Liberty Alliance)
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.

2015

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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