Core Insights - Orchid Security has been recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity-First Security report, highlighting its innovative approach to identity and access management (IAM) [1][5] - The company’s identity-first security strategy emphasizes the importance of identity at the center of security architecture, especially as traditional security models become inadequate due to digital transformation and cloud migration [2][3] - Orchid's platform utilizes AI-driven insights and orchestration to provide continuous assessment and remediation of identity-related risks, enabling organizations to manage both managed and unmanaged identities effectively [3][4] Company Overview - Orchid Security offers the industry's first Identity Control Plane, transforming IAM complexity into clarity, compliance, and control [7] - The platform continuously discovers enterprise applications and analyzes their authentication and authorization flows, significantly reducing the time and effort required for onboarding into governance systems [7] - Backed by Intel Capital and Team8, Orchid is trusted by Fortune 500 and global 2000 organizations, helping them reduce cybersecurity risks and meet compliance requirements at scale [4][7] Industry Context - The shift towards identity-first security is driven by the inadequacy of traditional network boundary-based security models in the face of evolving digital landscapes [2] - AI and large language models are increasingly being integrated into IAM to identify misconfigurations and enhance security posture through continuous analysis [2] - Organizations are facing challenges with "identity dark matter," which refers to unmanaged and unseen identities, and Orchid's solutions aim to expose and remediate these hidden risks [4][7]