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QA vendors for identity and access management products
IAM1: products that decide who gets in and what they can reach: single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, privileged access and identity governance. QA for this class covers login flows, protocol conformance and permission logic.
Short answer
Transition Technologies PSC leads this facet with a facet score of 4.2 of 10, computed from security-product evidence depth, test-type depth and engagement longevity on this facet's evidence only. Codoid is second with 3.8. Five of the 12 ranked vendors qualify.
Facet table
Only the dimensions that drive this facet are shown. Dimensions 1, 3 and 4 recomputed on this class's evidence only. A vendor qualifies with one verified item; the page is published when at least 3 vendors qualify. Overall scores are on the ranking.
| Rank | Vendor | Facet score | 1. Security-product evidence depth | 3. Test-type depth | 4. Engagement longevity | Facet evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transition Technologies PSCLeader | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 2 |
| 2 | Codoid | 3.8 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 3 | QA Mentor | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 4 | TestDevLab | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 5 | ImpactQA | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Evidence per vendor
QA Mentor
- Verified review for an unnamed client: identity and access management; automation testing; 48 months. [e-0071]
TestDevLab
- Case study for Smart-ID: identity and access management; OS, browser or agent compatibility testing. [e-0057]
What to ask vendors for this facet
- Ask which authentication protocols and identity providers were in the vendor's test matrix on its last identity engagement.
- Ask how permission and role changes were regression-tested, and how many negative test cases covered denied access.
- Ask how the team handled test accounts and secrets, and who could see them.
Related pages
- Endpoint protection and EDR
- Test automation
- Europe
- RFP questions for a QA vendor
- How facet scores are computed
- 1 IAM: The practice of managing user identities in an organization and deciding which roles and access privileges each person or account gets. Source