Product & company index · 2026 · Researched 2026-08-28
A supporting market index of organisations applying agentic systems to security operations, identity, threat response and resilience.
Scoring framework
Scores are editorial assessments grounded in current public evidence. Commercial relationships do not purchase ranking positions.
Quality, recency and independence of the public evidence supporting the assessment.
Demonstrated delivery, adoption, operating progress and credible outcomes.
Strategic clarity, accountability, execution quality and leadership influence.
Influence on the sector, ecosystem contribution, customer outcomes and market importance.
Recent launches, expansion, investment, appointments, partnerships and other dated signals.
CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Google/Wiz, Microsoft, SentinelOne, Cisco/Splunk, Fortinet, Darktrace, Check Point, Zscaler, Sophos and Trend Micro.
2026 ranking
Each entry links to the primary evidence source used in the published assessment.
George Kurtz — Co-Founder & CEO, CrowdStrike
Charlotte AI AgentWorks, Agentic SOAR, AIDR and a broad ecosystem give Falcon one of the most complete agentic-security operating models, spanning autonomous defense and protection of AI agents.
Best fit: Enterprises seeking an AI-native security platform with mature endpoint telemetry and a growing agent ecosystem.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Nikesh Arora — Chairman & CEO, Palo Alto Networks
Cortex AgentiX combines more than 1,300 playbooks and 1,100 integrations with agentic SOC workflows, while Prisma AIRS extends security and governance into AI applications and agents.
Best fit: Large enterprises consolidating SOC automation, network, cloud and AI security on one platform.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Francis deSouza — COO, Google Cloud & President, Security Products
Google AI Threat Defense, Google Security Operations, Mandiant intelligence and Wiz combine autonomous investigation, remediation and multicloud security; Google reports its triage agent has investigated more than five million alerts.
Best fit: Cloud-heavy organisations wanting frontier-model reasoning, threat intelligence and multicloud context.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Vasu Jakkal — Corporate VP, Microsoft Security
Security Copilot agents operate across Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Intune and Purview, while Agent 365 extends governance to enterprise agents and Microsoft distribution creates exceptional reach.
Best fit: Microsoft-centric enterprises wanting agentic security embedded across identity, endpoint, data and cloud operations.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Tomer Weingarten — Co-Founder & CEO, SentinelOne
Purple AI now performs governed closed-loop investigation and response; SentinelOne reports more than 8,500 critical autonomous investigations daily and strong adoption across its eligible customer base.
Best fit: Security teams prioritising autonomous investigation with explicit human-set boundaries and auditability.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Jeetu Patel — President & Chief Product Officer, Cisco
Cisco combines AI Defense, agent identity and runtime controls with Splunk agentic SOC capabilities spanning detection building, triage, malware analysis, guided response and automation.
Best fit: Enterprises combining network, identity, AI-agent security and data-rich SOC operations.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Michael Xie — Founder, President & CTO, Fortinet
FortiSOC unifies six SOC functions with FortiAI-Assist and thousands of connectors; the Virtue AI acquisition adds agent red-teaming, runtime protection and continuous AI validation.
Best fit: Organisations seeking integrated network-security and SOC operations with agentic automation.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Jill Popelka — CEO, Darktrace
Darktrace applies its behavioral AI heritage to real-time oversight of human and agent interactions, shadow AI and abnormal agent behavior across enterprise environments.
Best fit: Organisations prioritising behavioral anomaly detection and oversight of rapidly expanding AI use.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Nadav Zafrir — CEO, Check Point Software
Check Point retains broad enterprise security coverage and deep threat intelligence while extending AI-led prevention and operations across its Infinity architecture.
Best fit: Enterprises seeking prevention-led security across network, cloud, workspace and operations.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗Jay Chaudhry — Founder, Chairman & CEO, Zscaler
Zscaler combines zero-trust distribution with AI application governance and runtime guardrails, including ecosystem integrations designed to inspect agent traffic and prevent data leakage.
Best fit: Distributed enterprises prioritising zero-trust access, data protection and AI-use governance.
Primary evidence source Verified ranking badge ↗