# NetIQ

> NetIQ, now part of OpenText, makes enterprise identity and access software that connects personnel records to accounts, permissions and sign-ins across cloud and on-premises systems. Its value is clearest in complicated organizations where people arrive, change roles and leave faster than administrators can update every application by hand.

- **Founded:** 1995
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Ching-Fa Hwang (Co-founder; founding president and CEO), Her-Daw Che (Co-founder; vice president of engineering), Ying-Hon Wong (Co-founder; director), Ken Prayoon Cheng (Co-founder), Tom Kemp (Co-founder; later vice president of products)
- **Products:** OpenText NetIQ Identity Manager, OpenText NetIQ Access Manager, OpenText NetIQ Identity Governance, OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication, OpenText NetIQ Privileged Access Manager
- **Notable:** University of Westminster reported automated provisioning at peaks of 10,000 accounts over one weekend., Tongji University reported a 60% reduction in identity and access-related workload and a 30% user administration cost saving., NetIQ completed an IPO in 1999 before its 2006 acquisition.

## Products & services

- **OpenText NetIQ Identity Manager** — Event-based identity lifecycle automation, provisioning and deprovisioning; synchronizes an Identity Vault with connected systems through drivers.
- **OpenText NetIQ Access Manager** — Single sign-on, federation and adaptive access controls for web and enterprise applications.
- **OpenText NetIQ Identity Governance** — Access reviews, certification, approval workflows and policy enforcement to support least privilege and compliance evidence.
- **OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication** — Multifactor and passwordless authentication within the OpenText IAM portfolio.
- **OpenText NetIQ Privileged Access Manager** — Controls privileged accounts and sessions; the March 2026 SaaS release is an add-on to Core Identity Foundation.
- **NetIQ AppManager** — Systems and application performance, health and availability monitoring, with event-driven actions and reporting.
- **Implementation, support and learning services** — OpenText and specialist partners provide implementation, support, managed services and administrator training.

## Achievements

- University of Westminster reported automated provisioning at peaks of 10,000 accounts over one weekend.
- Tongji University reported a 60% reduction in identity and access-related workload and a 30% user administration cost saving.
- NetIQ completed an IPO in 1999 before its 2006 acquisition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Identity Manager 24.2.3 (v4.9.0.0300) release notes describe third-party component security updates and cumulative fixes for the 4.9 branch.
- **2026-03** — OpenText announced Privileged Access Manager 25.4, released March 20, as its first full SaaS PAM release and an add-on to Core Identity Foundation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.netiq.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netiq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NetIQ
- GitHub: https://github.com/netiq-ps
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NetIQUnplugged
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetIQ

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Last updated: 2026-10-16