# Directory

## Unify Your Identity Data

Our directory scales with your business. Fast access. Centralized control. Secure everywhere.

We work with the world’s top brands

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![DigiKey Corporate Logo](https://www.pingidentity.com/content/dam/picr/logos/lp/Img-DigiKey-Logo-132x48.svg) 

![Best Buy Corporate Logo](https://www.pingidentity.com/content/dam/picr/logos/lp/Img-BestBuy-Logo-83x49.svg) 

![Honeywell logo](https://www.pingidentity.com/content/dam/picr/logos/lp/Img-Honeywell-220x39.svg) 

THE CHALLENGE

## Fragmented Data =   
 High Latency + High Risk

### Identity Everywhere, Control Nowhere

Getting a single view of user data that lives in AD, LDAP, CRMs, apps, and data lakes is nearly impossible. And hard to maintain.

### Pressure to Perform at Scale

High-volume traffic, personalization, and consent checks require sub-millisecond response times and resilient uptime.

### Scattered PII Is Risky Business

When sensitive data is spread across systems, your attack surface grows and compliance gets more complex.

THE SOLUTION

## One Directory. Every Profile. Real Performance.

Bring all of your identity data together, and make it instantly available. Our directory serves up profiles via LDAP, SCIM, and REST, and our integrated proxy gives you built-in controls for load balancing, rate limiting, and data transformation. Plus, real-time bidirectional sync lets you migrate at your own pace without breaking your stack.

## Why You’ll Love Our Directory

Make your apps faster and security stronger while keeping overhead low.

### Unified Profiles

Merge user attributes across systems and expose them consistently to apps and APIs.

### Extreme Speed at Scale

Serve millions of entries with sub-millisecond reads, high availability, and elasticity.

### Security at the Core

Encrypt your data in every state, and reduce your attack surface.

### Self-Paced Migration

Use real-time bidirectional sync to connect legacy systems and modernize gradually.

### Agentic AI-Ready

Provide AI agents with trusted identity data, personalized context, and governed access.

### Bidirectional Synchronization

Connect your AD/LDAPv3, SCIM 2.0, RDBMS, and MDM/CRM data in real time.

### Flexible Schema Support

Model all of your structured and unstructured attributes, even JSON objects.

### Developer‑Friendly APIs

Use REST to deliver unified profiles, and map and transform attributes to customize.

### Built-In Proxy & Controls

Balance load, throttle traffic, and transform data in a single, integrated layer.

### Deploy Anywhere

Run on-prem or in your cloud (private or fully hosted). Serve consistent data everywhere.

DIVE INTO THE DETAILS

From consistent identity data everywhere to AI-readiness, explore how our directory powers modern identity experiences at scale.

[PingOne for Customers](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/platform/pingone-for-customers.html) 

[PingOne for Workforce](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/platform/pingone-for-workforce.html) 

[Identity Cloud](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/platform/pingone-advanced-identity-cloud.html) 

[PingDirectory](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/product/pingdirectory.html) 

Works With What You Have

Our out-of-the-box integrations make it easy to connect to your existing data store like Active Directory. No need to rewrite your apps, just quickly establish master user records and a single source of truth.

“In 2017 we bought the whole Ping stack. We were able to secure their accounts, offer better capabilities long-term and higher performance than what we had before.”

Jeff Johnson

Director, Information Technology Security

[Read Customer Story](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/customer-stories/4159-digikey.html) 

Millions

saved by reducing fraud, which has gone back into the business

$570k

recovered in annual productivity time

## Why Ping Identity?

Securing your most sensitive access points shouldn’t mean being locked into a single stack or stitching together a dozen tools. Our platform combines a powerful IdP foundation with a suite of services that are interoperable with any provider. No matter where you start, you can unlock value with flexibility, speed, and scale across every stage of your identity journey.

Here’s what sets us apart:

- Universal identity services, built to work anywhere
- Trusted globally, proven at enterprise scale
- Easy to deploy, effortless to evolve

[Explore Our Platform](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/platform.html) 

## Ready for a Scalable,   
 Flexible Directory?

You don’t have to put up with fragmented identity data. See why the world’s most demanding enterprises choose Ping Identity for unified, secure identity profiles.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is an identity directory?

An identity directory is a high-performance data store for user profile data. Built for modern identity use cases, it uses LDAP, SCIM, and REST to serve identity data across a variety of on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

### Do I need to rewrite my apps?

No. Your legacy apps can keep using LDAP, and your cloud services will use SCIM and REST to connect to our directory. No heavy lift needed.

### How do I migrate without downtime?

Our directory offers bidirectional synchronization that you can run in real time, so you can cut over apps in phases without disruption.

### How is data protected?

Everything is encrypted in every state—at rest, in transit, and in memory. Plus, fewer copies means a smaller attack surface.