CyberArk crowns PwC 2025 Global Partner of the Year

CyberArk has named PwC its 2025 Global Partner of the Year, citing contributions across sales, pre-sales and delivery certifications.

Accenture was recognised as Global System Integrator Partner of the Year, Deloitte as Global Impact Partner of the Year, and Amazon Web Services as Global Cloud Partner of the Year. HCLTech received the Global MSP Partner of the Year award, while DXC was named Global Growth Partner of the Year.

The awards recognise partners whose work supported identity security programmes across different markets. CyberArk described partners as an extension of its sales organisation and a key route to market.

Certification focus

The awards come as CyberArk increases its emphasis on training and accreditation across its partner ecosystem. It has updated its certification pathways, framing them as structured learning tracks that map skills, courses and exams for solution areas including workforce identity security and machine identity security.

Cybersecurity vendors have increased their focus on partner accreditation in recent years. Buyers often want evidence of implementation skills and operational experience, particularly in areas such as identity and privileged access management, which can affect access controls across critical systems. Certification programmes also support services delivery, with systems integrators and managed service providers needing staff who can deploy and maintain security tools at scale.

CyberArk said award recipients stood out for excellence across sales performance, pre-sales work and delivery certifications, but it did not provide scoring criteria or a breakdown of results.

Regional awards

CyberArk also recognised partners in each geography, but did not publish the full regional list.

Large partner networks often use regional awards to reflect differences in market maturity and customer demand. Identity security spending has grown across multiple segments, including workforce access, third-party access and machine identities. Many enterprises have also been consolidating security tools or reassessing controls as they adopt more cloud services and automation.

Partner-led growth

CyberArk reported adding more than 1,000 new customers in 2025. It also reported record net new Annual Recurring Revenue of USD $99 million, up 20% year on year.

Partner-led deal registrations more than doubled year on year and accounted for more than half of all new business, spanning partners in every region.

Channel execution has become a central theme for many security vendors as customers rely on systems integrators and service providers for design, deployment and ongoing operations. Managed services have also become more prominent, with some customers preferring subscription-based operational support rather than building large in-house security teams.

Partner network

CyberArk's Partner Network includes more than 2,400 partners worldwide, including global systems integrators, managed service providers, solution providers, strategic outsourcers, advisories and distributors. It also cited global and regional marketplaces as part of its routes to market.

Partners play different roles across the identity security market. Systems integrators often handle complex deployments and programme roll-outs. Cloud providers and marketplaces influence procurement and deployment patterns. Managed service providers can take on day-to-day operations, monitoring and policy management.

Vendors and partners are also adapting to a shift in what constitutes an identity. Beyond employees and contractors, organisations manage credentials and access rights for software services, workloads and machines. Security teams are also assessing access pathways tied to automation, development pipelines and AI tools.

CyberArk linked its partner activity to the need to secure human, machine and AI identities, and said partners are involved in customer efforts to modernise identity security and defend against emerging threats.

Chris Moore, Senior Vice President, Global Channels at CyberArk, said the partner ecosystem's impact extends beyond revenue.

"On behalf of our global team, I extend our gratitude and congratulations to the 2025 Partner of the Year award winners," said Chris Moore, Senior Vice President, Global Channels at CyberArk. "Our partners are a critical extension of our sales organisation, dedicated to delivering customer value and empowering organisations to secure every human, machine and AI identity. Their impact goes beyond revenue results. Their industry thought leadership, vertical expertise and depth of cybersecurity experience means they are truly trusted advisors to our joint customers and to CyberArk."

CyberArk said its certification pathways remain a focus for partners building skills across solution areas such as workforce and machine identity security.