Commvault, Delinea Partner on Privileged Access Security

Commvault has expanded its security ecosystem with a new partnership and technology integration with Delinea, aiming to bolster privileged access controls and reduce credential-related risks across enterprise backup and recovery environments. 

Addressing the rise of machine identities and credential misuse

The integration, announced December 11, connects Commvault Cloud with Delinea’s Secret Server to centralize credential management and strengthen identity resilience at a time when compromised privileged accounts remain one of the most persistent enterprise threats.

Enterprises continue to struggle with safeguarding user credentials, but the challenge is intensifying as the rapid growth of non-human, machine identities tied to applications, scripts, and automated processes intensifies. 

According to research cited by Commvault, nearly one-third of security incidents in 2024 were caused by compromised privileged identities. Once attackers obtain elevated credentials, they can often move undetected across environments, increasing the likelihood of prolonged breaches and difficult recovery.

“Commvault unifies data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery on one platform – and continues to expand the power of the platform through integrations that deliver exceptional value for customers,” said Alan Atkinson, chief business development officer at Commvault. 

“Our integration with Delinea strengthens customers’ ability to manage credentials and limit privilege misuse, which can help protect against rapidly evolving identity-driven attacks while advancing unified resilience,” Atkinson said.

By integrating Delinea’s privileged access management (PAM) capabilities into Commvault Cloud, the companies aim to reduce these risks by modernizing how backup-related credentials are stored, issued, rotated, and controlled. 

New capabilities for credential governance and compliance

The combined solution equips joint customers with several new controls designed to limit privilege misuse and simplify credential administration in backup environments.

Highlights of the integrated offering include:

• Centralized credential management. Administrators can manage, rotate, and govern all credentials associated with Commvault data protection operations from a single, secure secrets vault. 
• Just-in-time privileged access. The integration supports the automatic issuance of temporary credentials for each backup or restore job. Once a task completes, access is revoked, reducing the window in which credentials can be exploited.
• Enhanced audit and compliance support. Organizations can enforce least-privilege access models and generate detailed logs to support regulatory requirements, including SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR. 

“True cyber resilience depends on both the ability to recover data and the security of the recovery process itself,” said Delinea President Chris Kelly. “By extending our privileged access management capabilities to Commvault Cloud, we are advancing identity security, reducing the risks of manual backup credential management, and helping to ensure that recovery systems remain trustworthy and ready when needed the most.”

Commvault said the integration will help enterprises reduce downtime risk, accelerate threat response, and improve IT efficiency by automating processes that have historically been manual and error-prone.

Global availability at no additional cost

The Commvault Cloud–Delinea integration is available globally today for joint customers at no extra cost. The companies expect the partnership to strengthen enterprise readiness amid escalating cyber threats and rising scrutiny of identity security controls.

We spoke with Delinea’s channel leader, Alex Thurber, in May 2025 about how he plans to bring the company’s security offerings to more channel partners in the future.

“Having been a partner before, I know how important these partnerships are, and I know how crucial the enablement piece is,” Thurber said. “One of the things I like about identity is that it’s complementary to other security offerings, so our partners can leverage this in their approach to security, or partners just starting in security can work with us, too.”