Reviewed October 6, 2026
Technologies worth evaluating
The categories we track across the eight domains. We test products in your environment before we recommend one.
| Domain | Category | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Give agents defined authorityNHI | Give agents identities with scoped authority |
| Endpoint | Discover employee AI useAI gateway / SWG | See and control access to AI services |
| Network | Protect data shared with AIDLP / CASB | Keep sensitive data out of prompts and uploads |
| Control AI tool accessMCP | Govern which tools and APIs agents can call | |
| Application | Put model access behind a gatewayLLM gateway | One policy point for model access and safety checks |
| Test and protect AI systems before releaseAI security testing | Find weaknesses before users do | |
| Know what your AI is built fromAI supply chain | Track models, datasets and components | |
| Data | Find inappropriate AI data accessDSPM | Find and reduce risky data access |
| Keep retrieval inside data permissionsRAG and vector stores | Keep retrieval inside data permissions | |
| Detection and response | Monitor and respond to AIDetection and response | Contain and recover from AI events |
| See how production AI performs and behavesObservability | Quality, cost and behavior in view | |
| Run the agent lifecycleAgent lifecycle | Ownership, change control and a way to stop | |
| Threat hunting | Test and hunt for AI-specific abuseRed teaming and hunting | Search AI activity for abuse and drift |
| Governance | Set the rules and know what is in usePolicy and AI register | Clear rules and a living inventory |
| Assess risk and readinessRisk and readiness | A baseline, ranked gaps and a roadmap | |
| Manage third-party AI riskThird-party AI risk | Extend vendor risk management to AI | |
| Keep governance running day to dayAI governance platforms | Inventories, approvals and evidence in one place |
How we shortlist
- Analyst research and peer reviews
- Fit with what you already run
- Cost and effort to operate
- A trial or proof of value in your environment
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