Ping Identity wins Google Cloud security partner award

Ping Identity has been named Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for Identity & Access Management, recognising its work in Google Cloud's partner ecosystem.

Google Cloud selected Ping Identity for its work with joint customers on passwordless access, device and browser trust, and identity-led controls for higher-risk users and AI-related interactions.

The recognition also reflects Ping Identity's work with large organisations modernising workforce and customer identity systems across Google Workspace, Chrome Enterprise and the Google Cloud Marketplace. It has focused on extending identity controls beyond sign-in to govern activity by both people and AI agents during live interactions.

Ping Identity also highlighted that it is the only identity provider offering its full platform through the Google Cloud Marketplace, giving customers a direct way to buy and deploy its software within the Google Cloud environment.

Google Cloud presented the award as part of its annual partner recognition programme.

"The Google Cloud Partner Awards honour the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers," said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. "We are proud to name Ping Identity a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year."

AI controls

The companies' work has increasingly focused on identity and access issues tied to AI deployment. As businesses move AI agents into production, vendors have been working to address not only who or what can access systems, but also what actions those systems are allowed to take once inside.

Ping Identity said its approach combines runtime identity checks with Google Cloud infrastructure to monitor authority, context and activity continuously. It argues this is becoming more important as AI tools are used in sensitive business environments where access permissions alone may not be enough.

"Google Cloud is a critical partner in our strategy to bring identity-first security to AI," said Loren Russon, VP, Product & Technology, Ping Identity. "As AI agents move into production, the challenge is not just managing access, but also controlling execution. By combining Ping's runtime identity capabilities with Google Cloud's scale, we're helping organisations reduce risk, safely delegate authority, and confidently adopt AI in their most sensitive environments."

Sales growth

Ping Identity also reported strong commercial growth tied to the Google Cloud Marketplace. Total contract value through the marketplace rose 66% year on year in 2025, while global marketplace sales tripled across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

That growth was accompanied by joint product launches, including Chrome Enterprise Device Trust, which is intended to strengthen identity controls in sectors such as financial services, healthcare and sports media. Ping Identity also noted that it received two individual Google Cloud Partner All-Star Awards in 2025 for sales and AI work.

The latest award highlights how identity management is becoming more closely linked with AI governance in cloud spending decisions. For cloud providers and security software groups, the focus is shifting from simple user authentication to continuous oversight of behaviour across systems, devices and automated agents.

For Ping Identity, the Google relationship is part of a broader push to position identity software as a control layer for both human users and non-human entities. That includes customers, employees, partners and automated systems operating across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.

The wider market has been moving in the same direction as companies seek tighter controls over fraud, third-party access and passwordless authentication while preparing for broader use of autonomous software tools. In that context, awards tied to marketplace growth and joint deployments have become a marker of which software vendors are gaining traction within large cloud ecosystems.

Ping Identity said its recent work has focused on helping organisations govern AI activity in real time and apply continuous control across each interaction.