It’s been a year since we announced 1Password Extended Access Management, and in that time, it’s become clearer than ever that we are facing a major shift in how workers use technology to drive productivity. Whether it’s through organizations embracing the use of AI agents or tech-savvy employees independently seeking out any tool or application they need, the way we work has fundamentally evolved. And cybersecurity must evolve with it.
With these new dynamics, the ways we’ve traditionally secured access with identity and access management (IAM) or mobile device management (MDM) solutions are not enough. This disconnect between modern requirements and traditional approaches is widening the Access-Trust Gap: the security risks posed by unfederated identities, unmanaged devices, applications, and AI-powered tools accessing company data without proper governance controls.
There’s only one way to address identity, device, and app sprawl: by securing every sign-in, to every app, from every device. We designed 1Password Extended Access Management to solve this very challenge, without standing in the way of productivity or innovation.
Innovations in 1Password Extended Access Management
Today, we have some significant updates to share regarding our platform. In addition to our acquisition of Trelica, we have developed capabilities that enable 1Password Extended Access Management to be the de facto platform for managing and securing access across applications, identities, devices, and AI agents.
Today, we’d like to share the new innovations in the 1Password Extended Access Management platform:
1Password SDK for agentic AI: Programmatic management of vault items allows developers to build AI workflows that securely read, write, share, and rotate secrets at runtime. Available today.
Extended Device Compliance: gain visibility into applications employees are using for work and enforce device health checks before granting access to web and AI apps, whether devices are managed or personal. Available in Summer 2025.
App Launcher: secure, one-click access to both managed and unmanaged business apps — streamlining sign-ins, access requests, and remediation for end-users from a single, browser-based hub. Beta available in Summer 2025.
1Password Access Governance: IT teams gain full visibility and control over SaaS apps, enabling them to discover shadow IT, automate access reviews, and eliminate wasted spend while enforcing security and compliance. Available in Fall 2025.
XAM Console: a unified admin hub that lets IT and security teams manage the user lifecycle, surface insights, enforce policies, and stay ahead of risk with visibility into users, apps, and devices. Available in Fall 2025.
Solving modern security challenges with 1Password Extended Access Management
1Password Extended Access Management is a platform comprised of three main building blocks:
1Password Enterprise Password Manager enables secure storage and sharing of credentials and other secrets, and accelerates the path to passwordless authentication by phasing out phishing-prone authentication factors.
1Password Device Trust ensures all devices, whether managed or unmanaged by MDM are in a trusted state before allowing them to access business applications. Enforces compliance via employee self-remediation, reducing IT burdens.
Trelica by 1Password discovers and secures your employees’ access to all work-related apps. Delivers insights into SaaS usage, streamlines access governance workflows like lifecycle management, and helps businesses optimize SaaS spend.
When used together, these products become more than the sum of their parts. In addition to delivering platform capabilities like App Launcher and XAM console, the platform unlocks a multitude of new solutions that address the shift cybersecurity is facing.
These solutions include:
Passwordless
Challenge
Passwords continue to present a substantial risk to businesses, as weak or compromised credentials remain one of the most exploited attack vectors. Organizations of every size face sustained and often unmitigated security risks and operational inefficiencies due to password use.
How 1Password Extended Access Management helps
1Password Extended Access Management shows you where passwords are still used, helps you replace them with the industry-leading enterprise password manager, adds MFA to sign-ins, and moves toward passwordless solutions like passkeys, guiding your team through the transition with easy-to-use insights and policy enforcement. Learn more on our passwordless solutions page.
AI Agent Security
Challenge
AI agents have the potential to automate and simplify everything from customer service, cybersecurity, IT automation, SaaS workflows, to data processing tasks. While they offer great promise for automating tasks, they pose a unique challenge for security and IT teams. Access from AI agents to internal systems must be secure, monitored, and compliant.
How 1Password Extended Access Management helps
1Password Extended Access Management is designed to secure credentials, private information, access management, and governance for both employees and AI agents. Unlike traditional IAM solutions that focus on perimeter-based access controls, 1Password Extended Access Management provides identity-aware, device-trusted, and secrets-managed access to critical applications, APIs, and SaaS services. Learn more on our agentic AI solutions page.
Device Security
Challenge
Ensuring that every sign-in and device that is accessing systems with corporate data is trustworthy is a critical priority. However, today’s tools can’t dynamically validate device health, evaluate the context of access, or enforce compliance every time a user accesses sensitive business applications.
How 1Password Extended Access Management helps
1Password Extended Access Management is the only platform that addresses the challenges of untrusted MDM and BYO-devices by verifying every device is trustworthy and compliant. You gain granular control over every device, real-time insights into your organization’s security and compliance posture, and tools to enforce modern authentication methods like device trust, passkeys, and MFA. Learn more on our device security solutions page.
Compliance and Cyber Insurance
Challenge
Organizations must meet compliance standards. Failure to do so exposes businesses to data breaches, regulatory penalties, or the inability to operate in certain industries or serve specific customers.
How 1Password Extended Access Management helps
1Password Extended Access Management simplifies cybersecurity compliance, helps you meet cyber insurance requirements, and protects your organization from cyberattacks. 1Password helps by managing authentication risks, enforcing device compliance, and improving visibility into application access. This includes meeting compliance mandates for SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST, among others. Learn more on our compliance solutions page.
SaaS Governance & Shadow IT Discovery
Challenge
The explosion of easily accessible SaaS applications has led to SaaS sprawl, where IT struggles to discover and manage all the applications in use. Shadow IT apps pose particular dangers, but even managed applications are not immune to risk. Misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and lack of regular reviews can expose even IT-approved applications to security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and wasted budget.
How 1Password Extended Access Management helps
1Password Extended Access Management enables you to discover and manage shadow IT, secure every SaaS application, ensure each one meets compliance requirements, and understand how and where your corporate data is being used. Learn more on our SaaS and shadow IT discovery and SaaS governance solutions pages.
In just one year, this platform has changed what’s possible in access management, and with AI picking up steam, the pace of innovation is only going to gain momentum. Experience 1Password Extended Access Management by requesting a demo today.
Dominic Garcia
Solutions Marketing, Director
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