Imprivata
About
The dominant digital identity platform for healthcare — purpose-built for the clinical workflow constraints that make general IAM platforms (Okta, CyberArk) difficult to deploy in hospitals. Imprivata OneSign delivers tap-and-go single sign-on for shared clinical workstations: nurses badge in with an RFID badge, immediately access the EHR and clinical apps, and badge out when they step away — without typing passwords dozens of times per shift. Used by 9,000+ healthcare organizations including mo...
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Ideal Customer
- Imprivata's sweet spot is mid-to-large enterprise healthcare organizations, most commonly hospitals and health systems with 1,000–5,000+ employees and $200M–$1B+ in revenue.
- Customer data confirms the majority of users are in hospitals and health care, with notable deployments at large academic medical centers, children's hospitals, regional health systems, and NHS Trusts.
Key Differentiators
- Imprivata differentiates as the only single-vendor platform purpose-built for both enterprise and third-party digital identities in life- and mission-critical industries, particularly healthcare.
- Its flagship 'tap-and-go' badge-based SSO for shared clinical workstations is the de facto standard in large US health systems and NHS Trusts, and the platform's deep EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, Allscripts) are unmatched by general-purpose IAM vendors.
Industries Served
- Imprivata's primary industry is healthcare, where it serves hospitals, health systems, clinical facilities, and NHS trusts with purpose-built identity and access management tools.
- Beyond healthcare, Imprivata also serves manufacturing, state and local government, financial services, gaming, and transportation and logistics.
Service Coverage
- Imprivata operates globally, with a primary concentration in the United States and a significant international presence spanning over 45 countries.
- The company has offices across North America, Europe, and Australia, and serves customers across these regions.
Partnerships
- Imprivata maintains the Imprivata Access Management Alliance (AMA), a formal partner program with 140+ certified 'Imprivata Ready' technology integrations.
- Featured alliance partners include Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium), Microsoft, SailPoint, Zscaler, Omnissa, Zebra, and Baxter, with deep EHR integrations leveraging Epic's authentication API and a long-standing Cerner partnership for which Imprivata won Cerner's Partner of the Year award.
Company Size & Ownership
- Imprivata was founded in 2002 and employs approximately 1,200–1,341 people as of 2025–2026 across five continents.
- Revenue is reported at approximately $500 million annually as of early 2026, a dramatic increase from $119–130 million reported in earlier estimates, reflecting the impact of multiple acquisitions under Thoma Bravo ownership.
Compliance & Certifications
- Imprivata maintains SOC 2 Type 2 attestation and holds ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27701:2019 certifications, both awarded by accredited third-party auditor A-LIGN.
- The company regularly performs audits aligned with HIPAA, HITECH, NIST, and GDPR standards, and is a member of the FIDO Alliance, reinforcing its commitment to phishing-resistant passwordless authentication standards.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
22 offeringsImprivata Access Compliance
A product offering focused on access compliance for healthcare and other regulated industries. It is listed as a distinct product in the Imprivata product lineup, positioned alongside enterprise access management, mobile access management, and privileged access management.
Imprivata Agentic Identity Management
A solution that manages AI agents as identities with Zero Trust access controls, enabling them to safely automate tasks across enterprise systems. AI agents never store or handle credentials — Imprivata brokers secure access with controlled sessions and short-lived authentication, and controls both authentication and the connection path to the resource. Provides real-time monitoring, threat detection, and the ability to immediately revoke agent access, and works with legacy, on-prem, and modern enterprise systems without requiring changes to existing infrastructure.
Imprivata Biometric Patient Authentication
A healthcare capability that uses biometric authentication to verify patient identity within clinical workflows. It is listed as a distinct healthcare product offering within the Imprivata platform, supporting accurate patient identification and safety.
Imprivata Clinical Services
A services offering specifically tailored to clinical environments, listed under Imprivata's customer experience resources. It is positioned alongside managed services and support services as part of Imprivata's post-deployment customer support offerings for healthcare organizations.
Imprivata Customer Privileged Access Management
A privileged access management offering distinct from Imprivata's Vendor PAM product, focused on managing privileged access for the organization's own internal users and customers. It is listed as a separate product in the Imprivata product footer alongside Vendor Privileged Access Management.
Imprivata Drug Diversion Monitoring
A healthcare-specific solution focused on detecting and preventing drug diversion within clinical environments. It is listed as a distinct healthcare product capability within the Imprivata platform, aimed at improving patient safety and regulatory compliance.
Imprivata Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS)
A healthcare-specific solution that supports the electronic prescribing of controlled substances with identity verification to meet DEA compliance requirements. It is listed as a distinct healthcare capability within the Imprivata product suite.
Imprivata Enterprise Access Management
Comprehensive identity security platform covering SSO, MFA, privileged access management, and advanced passwordless access in a single unified platform. The next generation of Imprivata Enterprise Access Management includes passwordless authentication using face, PIN, passkeys, and badges; identity verification for high-risk events like enrollment and password reset; risk-based authentication orchestration; identity threat detection and response; AI-driven insights; and zero trust network access. Designed for frontline workers, knowledge workers, and non-human identities across healthcare and other mission-critical industries.
Imprivata Identity Threat Detection and Response
A security capability that continuously detects anomalies in user and identity behavior, scores identity risk, and triggers automated responses to reduce breach exposure. It monitors activity in real time and enables security teams to investigate and respond to identity-based threats across the enterprise.
Imprivata Managed Services
A managed services offering listed under Imprivata's customer experience resources. It is positioned alongside customer success, support services, and clinical services as part of Imprivata's ongoing customer support portfolio.
Imprivata Medical Device Access Management
A healthcare-specific capability that manages secure access to medical devices within clinical settings. It is listed as a distinct product offering under Imprivata's healthcare capabilities alongside patient privacy monitoring and biometric patient authentication.
Imprivata Mobile Access Management
A comprehensive, end-to-end enterprise mobility solution that helps organizations optimize their use of shared iOS and Android mobile devices for frontline workers. It provides secure badge-based tap-and-go access, auto-depersonalization between users, real-time IT visibility and control over device status and app access, and is designed to maximize ROI by reducing device loss, downtime, and administrative overhead.
Imprivata Mobile Device Access
Extends tap-and-go badge access to shared mobile devices — nurses tap their badge to unlock a shared iPad or smartphone and immediately access clinical apps with full SSO. Eliminates PIN management on shared clinical mobile devices across hospital units.
Imprivata Multifactor Authentication
A core access capability providing multifactor authentication for frontline and knowledge workers across shared and personal devices. Supports phishing-resistant passwordless MFA methods including biometrics, badges, passkeys, and PINs, and is cited as a key control for meeting cyber insurance requirements and regulatory compliance.
Imprivata OneSign (Enterprise SSO)
Single sign-on platform for shared clinical workstations — tap-and-go badge access using RFID, proximity, or fingerprint. Eliminates password fatigue for clinical staff who access 10-15 applications per shift on shared computers. Integrates with all major EHR systems, PACS, pharmacy, and clinical apps. The default clinical SSO standard in large US health systems.
Imprivata Patient Access
A product offering focused on managing patient access within healthcare settings. It is listed as a distinct product in the Imprivata product lineup alongside mobile device access, medical device access management, and access compliance.
Imprivata Patient Privacy Monitoring
A healthcare-specific capability designed to protect patient privacy by monitoring access to patient records and data. It is listed as a distinct healthcare product offering within the Imprivata platform alongside drug diversion monitoring and other clinical capabilities.
Imprivata Privileged Access Management
A core access management capability that restricts and monitors elevated or privileged access to critical systems, enforcing least-privilege principles and role-based access controls. Supports regular access reviews and re-certifications, and provides detailed audit trails to satisfy compliance and cyber insurance requirements.
Imprivata Remote Support
A remote support capability listed as a core product offering within the Imprivata platform. It is positioned alongside other core capabilities such as SSO, MFA, and privileged access management as part of Imprivata's unified access management suite.
Imprivata Third Party Access Management
A solution to secure and streamline how external vendors and third parties connect to critical systems and data, replacing risky VPNs and screen-sharing tools with secure, controlled entry points. It enforces least-privilege access, limits third-party users to only the systems and data they need, and provides robust session logging and monitoring to simplify compliance reporting.
Imprivata User Behavior and Access Analytics
An AI-powered analytics capability that provides real-time insights into application usage, detects identity threats and anomalies, and identifies opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce IT overhead. Offers pre-built reporting and data visuals to help organizations see time savings and uncover risk across user workflows.
Imprivata Vendor Privileged Access Management
A purpose-built third-party access management solution (formerly SecureLink Enterprise Access) that provides secure, controlled remote access for vendors and third parties without requiring VPNs. It centralizes the vendor access lifecycle including self-registration, approval workflows, and automatic deprovisioning, and offers full session logging, monitoring, and recording for audit and compliance purposes.
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