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Gartner® Names Zenity as the Company to Beat in AI Agent Governance as of April 17, 2026

Zenity’s purpose-built agentic-centric architecture, intent-aware detection, and continued end-user interest put it at the forefront of the AI agent governance race. This page explains what that means for your security program.

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What this recognition means to us

The Company to Beat

According to Gartner, “The Company to Beat is identified by a methodology based on, but not limited to, six key criteria that differentiate top vendors from the space: Technical capabilities, customer implementations, potential customer base, business model, key partnerships, and the broader surrounding ecosystem.”

Purpose-Built for AI Agents

Zenity’s platform was architected specifically for the security challenges AI agents introduce — covering SaaS-managed, custom-built, and device-based agents across the full deployment life cycle, including MCP and A2A interactions.

Intent-Aware Detection

The Clarity Agent monitors execution in real time, analyzing tool calls, memory access, and data usage patterns to understand whether an agent is behaving consistently with its intended purpose.

Shadow AI Discovery

Proactive enforcement across citizen developer ecosystems — discovering and governing AI agents built without security’s knowledge across Copilot Studio, Agentforce, Bedrock, and Azure AI Foundry.

Research and Community Leadership

Zenity Labs contributes foundational research to OWASP top 10 frameworks and MITRE ATLAS. The team’s discovery of indirect prompt injection attacks on enterprise Copilot is a foundational reference for the field.

Gartner Recognition Over the Years

Gartner has independently recognized and evaluated Zenity across multiple reports. All vendor reports below are accessible to Gartner subscribers.

DATE

RECOGNITION

REPORT

April 2026

Company to Beat

AI Vendor Race: Zenity is the Company to Beat in AI Agent Governance

April 2026

Sample Vendor: Agentic AI Security

Hype Cycle for Agentic AI

April 2026

Sample Vendor: Guardian Agents

Hype Cycle for Agentic AI

Feb 2026

Representative Vendor: Risk and Security Specialists

Market Guide for Guardian Agents

Feb 2026

Sample Vendor: AI TRiSM for agents

Emerging Tech: The Future of AI Security is in Securing Agent Actions, Not Prompts

Jan 2026

Sample Vendor: Trust, risk and security management (TRiSM) tools (guardian agents)

Innovation Guide for AI Agents

Sept 2025

A Cool Vendor: AI TRiSM for Agentic AI

Cool Vendors in Agentic AI TRiSM

Feb 2025

Representative Vendor: AI Governance and Runtime Inspection and Enforcement

Market Guide for AI Trust, Risk and Security Management

FROM THE REPORT

What Gartner Found

“Enterprise adoption of autonomous AI systems is rapidly amplifying risks and invigorating activity in the AI agent governance market.”

Gartner, AI Vendor Race: Zenity Is the Company to Beat in AI Agent Governance
Authors: Rohilla, Wah, Kornutick

PLATFORM CAPABILITIES

Full Life-cycle Security for AI Agents

From discovering agents you didn’t know existed to stopping attacks at runtime across every environment where your agents live.

AI Observability

Automated discovery and continuous inventory of all AI agents across SaaS platforms, homegrown systems, and endpoint environments, with full context on ownership, permissions, and runtime behavior.

AI Security Posture Management

Proactive policy enforcement across agent configurations, permissions, tool access, and memory, applied before deployment to reduce exposure before agents reach runtime.

AI Detection & Response

Intent-aware runtime enforcement. Correlates agent behavior against intended purpose, surfacing manipulation attempts, data leakage, and unauthorized actions with full execution context.

CUSTOMER OUTCOMES

What Security Teams See in Production

From Fortune 20 technology companies to Fortune 50 financial services firms, results when AI agent security moves from reactive to proactive.

90%

Vulnerabilities remediated within 4 months — Fortune 20 Technology

90%

Reduction in security violations — Fortune 200 Consulting

95%

High-risk violations auto-remediated — Fortune 200 Consulting

80%

Risk reduction across 150K+ resources — Fortune 50 Financial Services

90%

Vulnerabilities remediated within 4 months — Fortune 20 Technology

90%

Reduction in security violations — Fortune 200 Consulting

95%

High-risk violations auto-remediated — Fortune 200 Consulting

80%

Risk reduction across 150K+ resources — Fortune 50 Financial Services

90%

Vulnerabilities remediated within 4 months — Fortune 20 Technology

90%

Reduction in security violations — Fortune 200 Consulting

95%

High-risk violations auto-remediated — Fortune 200 Consulting

80%

Risk reduction across 150K+ resources — Fortune 50 Financial Services

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