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Top 10 Best Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) Tools in 2026
A 2026 scorecard ranks ten endpoint privilege management tools, led by BeyondTrust, ThreatLocker and Delinea for elevation, coverage and policy depth.
The article ranks ten endpoint privilege management (EPM) tools using weighted criteria covering elevation workflow, platform coverage, policy depth, time-to-value and value. BeyondTrust scored highest overall (8.4) for cross-platform breadth, with ThreatLocker (8.2), Delinea (8.1) and Admin By Request (8.0) highlighted for allowlisting integration, cloud administration and deployment speed respectively. It also notes that Netwrix acquired CoSoSys in 2024, which affects bundling when shortlisting both EPM and device control.
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Top 10 Best Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) Tools in 2026
2026 CIEM guide ranks Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Okta, Entra Permissions Management and specialists Sonrai, Britive, Tenable/Ermetic for cloud entitlement right-sizing.
Buyer's guide covers ten CIEM products across three market routes: CNAPP-bundled (Wiz, Prisma Cloud), identity-suite (Okta, CyberArk, SailPoint, Saviynt) and specialists (Sonrai, Britive, Tenable/Ermetic). It cites machine identities outnumbering humans 10:1 plus effective-permissions sprawl as core drivers, with JIT elevation as the fix. Notable consolidation includes Tenable acquiring Ermetic and Zscaler acquiring Canonic.
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Top 10 Best Application Control & Allowlisting Tools in 2026
Roundup ranks 2026 application allowlisting tools, scoring ThreatLocker 8.8/10, Airlock Digital 8.5/10 and free Microsoft WDAC among top default-deny options.
This is a scored buyer's guide to ten application control and allowlisting tools for 2026, with ThreatLocker ranked first (8.8/10), Airlock Digital second (8.5/10) and Microsoft's built-in WDAC/AppLocker third (7.2/10). It notes ransomware has renewed interest in default-deny execution controls and that CISA and other agencies list application control among the most effective yet under-deployed mitigations. The evaluation is research-based with no lab testing, weighting policy automation at 30% and operability at 25%.
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