Welcome to the Identity 50. This is a list of vendors to watch in the IAM space. I will frequently update this with more reviews, categories, and metrics. Right now, the criteria are new and innovative companies that are emerging in the space or companies I think are taking an exciting approach. The list will stop at 50, and once we reach 50 I’ll have to create some rules for why we move a company off the list. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.I want this to be a community thing as well, so please feel free to comment and suggest new vendors. I will be updating this as I get more information on different vendors and as I figure out different categories I want to rank them into.