One Identity now independent, will set up shop in Cork to focus on identity security. European shift for company born out of Dell aligns with long-term investments One Identity is becoming an independent company and shifting its operations to Europe. A release from the firm says it will set up a new global headquarters in Cork, Ireland, and provide unified identity governance in a bid to capitalize on a combined identity governance and administration (IGA) and privileged access management (PAM) market estimated at around $10 billion. "Identity is now the control plane for enterprise security," says Praerit Garg, CEO of One Identity. "Almost all security breaches can be traced back to identity compromises. Most organizations are still governing it with tools that were built for a different era. AI is accelerating the problem faster than most organizations realize: every agent and every automated workflow are identities that need to be governed. Our customers are dealing with environments that are more distributed and harder to govern than anything legacy frameworks were designed for." Garg says operating as a standalone company "gives us the focus this problem requires and the speed our customers demand." Per the release, more than 80 percent of the One Identity engineering organization is based in Europe, including Chief Technology Officer Gihan Munasinghe and other key leadership roles. The move is therefore a natural step, building on long-standing investment across the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere in Europe. One Identity was founded in 2016 when it was separated from cybersecurity company SonicWall in Dell's sale of its software group to private equity firms Francisco Partners and Elliott Management. As part of this transaction, Dell Software also became its own entity, Quest Software, and although One Identity was spun off as an independent brand, it remained part of the Quest family. In 2021, the company acquired OneLogin, a provider of identity and access management software; OneLogin has since become its main product. One Identity recently named Michael Henricks as its new chief financial and operating officer, and Randy Menon as chief product and marketing officer. Article topics. Latest biometrics news. Jun 26, 2026, 3:27 pm EDT Major UK banks and financial institutions, including Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds, are teaming up with industry group UK Finance to... Jun 26, 2026, 2:59 pm EDT Kenya's government is planning to link the country's civil registry database with a CCTV network spanning six cities to enable... Jun 26, 2026, 2:36 pm EDT What's the future? For identity verification, it's biometrics. A new study from Juniper Research predicts that digital identity verification checks... Jun 26, 2026, 1:59 pm EDT Independent biometrics testing has grown dramatically over the past decade, in terms of the number of evaluations, their scope and... Jun 26, 2026, 1:32 pm EDT Airports in Rome are considering suspending the Entry-Exit System (EES) during the summer travel season. Marco Troncone, chief executive of... Jun 26, 2026, 12:46 pm EDT Tasmania's government has pulled 468,000 driver's licence photos from a national facial recognition database over concerns about biometric data security...

One Identity spins out as independent company, relocates global HQ to Ireland. The identity security vendor said the move will provide greater focus as demand grows for identity governance and AI security technologies published 4 hours ago One Identity has announced plans to become an independent company, with the identity security specialist's Cork office to become its new headquarters. The company previously operated as part of Quest Software, which was acquired by Clearlake Capital in 2021. By going solo, the vendor said it is looking to capitalize on growing demand for identity governance technologies as enterprise environments continue to grow in complexity due to increasing SaaS adoption, stricter regulatory requirements, and the rapid growth of both human and non-human identities. According to the company, operating independently will provide greater focus and investment as it targets opportunities across identity governance and administration (IGA) and privileged access management (PAM) - with the combined market estimated to be worth $10 billion. Latest Videos From How leaders can look after information security professionals Too many security experts suffer from stress. How do you look after information security professionals properly? 0 seconds of 1 minute, 25 seconds Volume 0% In an announcement, One Identity CEO Praerit Garg said identity has become the "control plane" for enterprise security as IT environments continue to grow in complexity. "Almost all security breaches can be traced back to identity compromises," he explained. "Most organizations are still governing it with tools that were built for a different era. AI is accelerating the problem faster than most organizations realize: every agent and every automated workflow are identities that need to be governed." As a result, Garg said that One Identity's customers are now managing more distributed environments that are harder to govern using legacy frameworks.

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