Centrify / Idaptive (discontinued, superseded by Idira Identity Platform)

Centrify's identity-as-a-service line, which became Idaptive in 2019, was a cloud identity and access management product for workforce users. It provided single sign-on (SSO), adaptive multifactor authentication (MFA), enterprise mobility management, and user behavior analytics. The product is discontinued, and its capabilities are now superseded by the Idira Identity Platform from Palo Alto Networks.

Key Capabilities

• Single sign-on: A single set of credentials gave users access to multiple applications.
• Adaptive multifactor authentication: Authentication requirements adjusted to the risk of the user and device.
• Enterprise mobility management: Management of mobile devices that access enterprise resources.
• User behavior analytics: Detection of risky behavior, with the product reacting when it was detected.
• Identity lifecycle management: Later coverage describes Idaptive as a provider of SSO, MFA, and identity lifecycle management services.
• Access model: Idaptive's approach, which it called next-gen access, focused on determining the authenticity of a digital user and their device, governing access across a customer's resources, and reacting to risky behavior. Press coverage describes it as taking a zero-trust approach to identity security.
• Compliance: At the 2019 spin-out, the company stated that it would maintain the controls then deployed in Centrify, so that it could document SOC 2 compliance.

Audience & Use Cases

• Audience: Enterprise IT and security teams managing workforce access. The sources I read name no roles, so this is inferred from the features.
• Use Case: Giving employees single sign-on to cloud and on-premises applications.
• Use Case: Requiring additional authentication when a user, device, or behavior looks risky.
• Use Case: Managing the mobile devices employees use to reach enterprise resources.

Discontinuation and Successor

Idaptive's identity services are discontinued, and their capabilities are now superseded by the Idira Identity Platform, which Palo Alto Networks sells following its acquisition of CyberArk. Idira's identity and access management offering lists device access, password management, SSO, adaptive MFA, passwordless authentication, and session management. Buyers can evaluate Idira, other identity and access management products, or any other option they choose. Centrify's separate privileged access management business did not move to Idira: it continued as Delinea, whose Centrify page lists Server PAM and Vault Suite as its Centrify products.

History and Acquisitions

• 2018, ownership change: Thoma Bravo bought a majority stake in Centrify in July 2018.
• 2019, spin-out: Centrify announced that it would spin out its next-gen access business, covering SSO, adaptive MFA, enterprise mobility management, and user behavior analytics, as a separate company called Idaptive on January 1, 2019. Thoma Bravo also owned Idaptive.
• 2020, acquisition by CyberArk: CyberArk acquired Idaptive for $70 million in an all-cash deal, reported on May 13, 2020.
• 2021 and 2022, Centrify's remaining business: TPG acquired Thycotic and Centrify, and the two merged in April 2021. The combined company was renamed Delinea on February 1, 2022.
• 2025 and 2026, acquisition of CyberArk: Palo Alto Networks announced its intent to acquire CyberArk on July 30, 2025, and completed the acquisition on February 11, 2026. Palo Alto Networks describes Idira as built on CyberArk's legacy.
• Name in reviews: Reviews that use the Centrify or Idaptive name describe the products this entry covers.

According to press coverage, Centrify was founded in 2004 and was based in Santa Clara, California.