Twine Security Named a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor in Identity-First Security
Key takeaways
- Twine Security was named a Cool Vendor in the 2025 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity-First Security report.
- The report identifies vendors with innovative ways to identify real-time risk and adopt new approaches to identity without disrupting existing IAM processes.
- Identity-first security places identity at the center of security architecture as network-based models fall short.
- Alex, Twine’s first AI Digital Employee, specializes in identity and access management and supports the vision of hybrid IAM teams.
- Twine is also a 2025 RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalist, Black Hat USA 2025 Startup Spotlight finalist, Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Star and KuppingerCole 2025 Rising Star in IAM.
November 4, 2025
Twine Security, a leader in developing AI Digital Employees for cybersecurity, has been recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 Gartner Cool Vendors in Identity-First Security report.
The report identifies Cool Vendors that demonstrate innovative ways of identifying real-time security risks, mitigating threats, and adopting new approaches to identity without disrupting existing IAM processes.
According to Gartner’s analysis, traditional network-based security models have become insufficient as organizations adopt digital transformation, cloud migration, remote work, and API-centric architectures. Identity-first security has emerged as a new paradigm that places identity at the center of security architecture.
Twine develops AI digital cybersecurity employees capable of executing complete tasks. Recognizing that identity has become the primary attack surface in major security breaches, Twine introduced Alex, its first AI Digital Employee specializing in Identity and Access Management expertise. Alex learns to understand and manage IAM tasks while proactively supporting organizational cyber objectives.
See it in action.
Benny Porat, Co-Founder and CEO of Twine, stated that the recognition validates their vision of hybrid IAM teams combining human expertise with AI Digital Employees. He emphasized that Twine enables security teams to minimize risk while improving operational efficiency across identity management programs.
Twine has also achieved recognition as a 2025 RSA Innovation Sandbox finalist, BlackHat USA 2025 Startup Spotlight finalist, Forbes Cloud100 Rising Star, and KuppingerCole 2025 Rising Star in IAM. The company won the AWS TLV Summit Startup pitching competition and continues expanding its enterprise customer base.
Twine was established in 2024 by former leaders from cyber unicorn Claroty and is supported by Dell Capital Technologies, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Crosspoint Capital.
Frequently asked questions
Related content
NewsTwine’s Co-Founder Justin Woody Interview with On Security
Twine Security Co-Founder Justin Woody joins the On Security podcast to explain why AI Digital Employees, not more tools, are now essential in cybersecurity.
NewsTwine’s Co-Founder Nadav Erez Interview at the AWS Summit
Twine CTO Nadav Erez joined Noa Zilberman at AWS Summit Tel Aviv to share why Twine’s IAM customers “won’t go back to the old way”.
InsightsBuild vs Buy Agent Calculator for Identity
Answer twelve questions about what your identity program does today, and the scorecard tells you whether the last mile is yours to build.
InsightsTwine + Cyera: From Detection to Resolution
How the Twine + Cyera integration closes the loop between data risk discovery and identity remediation.
NewsTwine’s CEO Benny Porat on the Identity at the Center Podcast
Twine Co-Founder and CEO Benny Porat joins Jim McDonald to explain how Alex, Twine’s AI Digital Employee for IAM, closes the execution gap.
InsightsYour JIT Access Program Is Probably a Break-Glass Program
The 2:00 AM emergency is not where just-in-time access breaks down. It is where you find out it broke down months ago. What agentic AI actually changes, and what it does not.
Netanel Fisher