Best Web Access Management Software 2025

What are Web Access Management Systems?

Web Access Management Systems control identity and access management to web applications and resources. They can contain a number of different services (e.g. policy-controls and authorization, multi-factor authentication or single sign-on), prioritizing security or convenience to align with business needs.

Web access management systems have become a legacy approach to access management. They emerged in the 1990’s, when access to on-premise systems was the most common access management use case. At this point, web access was a unique variation from on-premise access management processes. This evolution initially required specialized systems for web access management.

Now, centralized identity management and privileged access management systems have become the norm. Access to cloud-based systems is a necessity in virtually any organization. The universal need for web access, as well as more complex identity management processes, have made web access management systems functionally obsolete in most cases.