Beyond the Vault: 1Password’s Strategic Pivot to Extended Access Management

1Password is expanding beyond password management into Extended Access Management (EAM) to address the Access Trust Gap—the disconnect between what IT can control and what employees actually use. Their strategy includes three pillars: Application Governance through Trellica for Shadow SaaS visibility and workflow automation, Device Trust for fact-based security compliance with user-friendly remediation, and AI Security with deterministic authorization for autonomous agents. This approach shifts security teams from blocking productivity to enabling safe practices while maintaining visibility across unmanaged applications, devices, and identities in modern distributed enterprises.