New InfoBrief
AI agents can move through your environment in seconds. If enforcement takes minutes, detection is too late. This IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Portnox, shows what buyers are prioritizing in 2026 and what to measure instead.
Four findings from IDC’s 2026 buyer surveys.
Agent-to-agent AI access ranked first among access control types in 2026 zero trust plans
IDC Zero-Trust Segmentation Buyer Adoption Survey, March 2026, n=400
Said security and compliance requirements were an important factor in deploying AI extensively
IDC 2026 FERS Survey, Wave 2, n=1,009 NAC ranks second among technologies for comprehensive visibility and contextual information
IDC Zero-Trust Segmentation Buyer Adoption Survey, March 2026, n=400
Said their NAC is effective to very effective at increasing the granularity of segmentation policies
IDC Zero-Trust Segmentation Buyer Adoption Survey, March 2026.
Agent-to-agent AI access ranked first among access control types in 2026 zero trust plans
IDC Zero-Trust Segmentation Buyer Adoption Survey, March 2026, n=400
Portnox secures every identity, human and non-human, across networks, applications, and infrastructure. It continuously checks identity context, device posture, and risk signals, and can restrict, quarantine, or revoke access when something falls out of policy.
