ForgeRock

ForgeRock is an identity and access management (IAM) vendor that provides a unified platform for managing digital identities, authentication, authorization, and governance across enterprise environments.

• Comprehensive identity and access management platform (identity and access management)
• Customer and workforce identity solutions for web, mobile, and Application Programming Interface (API) access (customer identity and access management)
• Single Sign-On (SSO), multi-factor authentication, and passwordless access capabilities (access security)
• Identity governance, administration, and lifecycle management functions (identity governance)
• Deployment options across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises (on-prem) environments (cloud and hybrid Identity Access Management (IAM))

More About ForgeRock

ForgeRock provides an identity and access management (identity and access management) platform used by enterprises, public sector organizations, and service providers to manage digital identities, control access to applications and APIs, and enforce security policies across heterogeneous IT environments. The platform is designed to support both customer-facing and workforce use cases, spanning web, mobile, and connected device channels.

Within customer identity and access management (customer identity and access management), ForgeRock supports registration, profile management, consent capture, and authentication flows that can be adapted to digital customer journeys. For workforce and partner access, the platform supports centralized authentication, SSO, and access policy enforcement to business applications, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) services, and on-prem systems. These capabilities are used to align access controls with security, compliance, and user experience requirements.

ForgeRock integrates authentication services (access security) that include SSO, multi-factor authentication, and risk-aware access. The platform supports industry protocols and standards such as Open Authorization 2.0 (OAuth 2.0), OpenID Connect (OIDC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), and LDAP for interoperability with existing directories, identity providers, and cloud services. Support for standards-based federation allows organizations to integrate ForgeRock with third-party applications and partner ecosystems.

Identity governance capabilities (identity governance) include lifecycle management of users and access rights, role and entitlement administration, and policy-based controls for provisioning and deprovisioning. These functions help organizations align identity data, access privileges, and audit trails with regulatory requirements and internal controls. The platform can consume identity information from HR systems, directories, and other authoritative sources to maintain consistent user records.

ForgeRock offers deployment options across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid, and on-prem models (cloud and hybrid IAM). This flexibility enables integration with existing infrastructure, including enterprise directories, application servers, and API gateways. Organizations can deploy ForgeRock components in containerized environments and align them with DevOps processes and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

From an architectural perspective, ForgeRock is positioned in marketplace categories such as identity and access management, customer identity and access management, access security, and identity governance. Enterprise buyers evaluate it alongside other IAM platforms for capabilities in standards-based authentication, authorization policy management, directory services, and governance workflows. The platform is used to centralize identity services, enforce consistent access policies across distributed applications, and support modernization initiatives that move workloads to cloud and hybrid environments.