SecureLink

What SecureLink does

SecureLink was a developer of vendor privileged access management and remote support software designed for secure and regulated industries. The company's flagship product, formerly branded as SecureLink Enterprise Access and now marketed as Imprivata Vendor Privileged Access Management (VPAM) following acquisition, provides enterprises with a Zero-Trust network access platform for third-party and vendor privileged access. Core technical components include a Zero-Trust access policy engine, granular host- and port-level access controls, a credential vault with rotation and session injection, detailed audit logs and session recordings, self-service third-party onboarding and identity verification workflows, and universal support for TCP- and UDP-based protocols.

The company targeted large enterprises in healthcare and other mission-critical verticals (manufacturing, financial services, gaming, state and local government, transportation and logistics) where third-party data breach risk and regulatory compliance drive procurement. Go-to-market was an enterprise field sales motion with direct engagement, quote-based pricing, and regional offices in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, and France. Revenue mechanics centered on subscription-based, multi-year enterprise agreements for the VPAM platform, supplemented by a vendor self-service onboarding workflow. SecureLink was privately held, backed by Vista Equity Partners (2017) and Cove Hill Partners (2020), acquired Maize Analytics in May 2021 to add data governance capabilities, and was itself acquired by Imprivata later in 2021, ceasing to operate as an independent entity.

Name

SecureLink

Legal name

SecureLink

Website

https://securelink.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SecureLink provides a Zero-Trust vendor privileged access management platform for large enterprises in healthcare and other mission-critical, regulated industries. The product is now operated as Imprivata Vendor Privileged Access Management following Imprivata's 2021 acquisition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Privileged Access Management

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

VPN & Remote Access Gateways (HDADABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Network Security Services (Firewall/VPN/ZTNA/SASE Integration) (BPAEAEAG)

Keywords

• Privileged access management
• Vendor remote access
• Zero trust security
• Third party access
• Vendor access compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Privileged Access Management Subscription: Subscription-based licensing for vendor privileged access management solutions, likely offered as enterprise agreements with annual or multi-year contracts for organizations requiring ongoing third-party access security.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SecureLink develops a Zero-Trust Vendor Privileged Access Management (VPAM) platform — formerly known as SecureLink Enterprise Access — that enables enterprises to provide third-party vendors with monitored, granular remote access to internal privileged assets. The platform includes credential vaulting with rotation, audit logs and session recordings, granular host/port-level access controls, TCP/UDP protocol support, and self-service vendor onboarding with identity verification.

Product overview

SecureLink was a provider of third-party remote access and security solutions, now integrated into Imprivata following its acquisition. The flagship product, formerly called SecureLink Enterprise Access, has been rebranded as Imprivata Vendor Privileged Access Management (VPAM). This solution provides organizations with monitored, Zero-Trust access to internal privileged assets, addressing third-party access risks and remote access vulnerabilities, with particular focus on healthcare compliance and insider risk management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Imprivata Vendor Privileged Access Management (VPAM) A Zero-Trust third-party and vendor access management solution (formerly SecureLink Enterprise Access) that provides enterprises with monitored, granular remote access to internal privileged assets. Capabilities include host- and port-level access controls, a credential vault with rotation and automatic session injection, detailed audit logs and session recordings, third-party self-registration with identity verification, and support for a wide range of TCP- and UDP-based protocols. Targeted at enterprise organizations in healthcare and other mission-critical, regulated industries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Minimizes third-party access risks through Zero-Trust architecture
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Maize AnalyticscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2021SecureLink acquired Maize Analytics, a data governance company, to enhance its security solutions portfolio. The acquisition aimed to improve compliance and security for organizations, especially in healthcare. The combined solutions address insider risks and reduce vulnerabilities in remote access environments.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BeyondTrust: BeyondTrust provides privileged access management, remote support, and vendor remote access solutions, directly competing with SecureLink's third-party and remote support functionality across enterprise and regulated customers.
• CyberArk: CyberArk is the leading standalone privileged access management vendor with a broad PAM platform that includes vendor and third-party remote access capabilities, directly competing with SecureLink's VPAM offering for enterprise third-party access workloads.
• One Identity (OneLogin/Quest): One Identity offers privileged access management and identity governance products including vendor/third-party access management, making it a comparable PAM-suite competitor in the regulated enterprise segment.
• Saviynt: Saviynt provides cloud-native identity governance and third-party access risk management, competing directly with SecureLink's vendor privileged access and compliance/audit workflows for enterprise customers.

Broad incumbents

• Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Access): Palo Alto Networks offers Prisma Access, a SASE platform with ZTNA capabilities that competes with SecureLink's zero-trust third-party access functionality as part of a much broader networking and security portfolio.
• Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) / Entra Private Access: Microsoft Entra Private Access and Microsoft Entra PIM provide zero-trust application access and privileged identity management that increasingly compete with SecureLink's vendor and third-party remote access functionality within enterprise Microsoft-centric estates.
• Zscaler: Zscaler provides zero-trust networking and ZTNA as part of its SASE platform, directly overlapping with SecureLink's zero-trust remote access value proposition for vendors and third parties.
• Okta: Okta's Identity Cloud and Privileged Access offerings (including Okta Privileged Access) compete in the identity, SSO/MFA, and now PAM/vendor-access space that SecureLink's technology integrates with inside Imprivata.

Emerging players

• HashiCorp Boundary: HashiCorp Boundary is a session-based privileged access solution that overlaps with SecureLink's vendor remote access capabilities as an emerging, cloud-native alternative primarily targeting DevOps and infrastructure teams.
• Teleport: Teleport provides identity-native infrastructure access and zero-trust privileged access management, representing an emerging, developer-focused competitor overlapping with SecureLink's vendor access use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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