PlainID named Gartner sample emerging vendor for AI agent security

PlainID said Gartner named it a Sample Emerging Vendor in the IAM for Agents segment of a June 29, 2026 report on information security and risk management. The recognition lands as enterprises look for ways to control what AI agents can access, expose, and do inside production systems.

Why it matters: - Enterprise security teams are moving from human-only identity controls to runtime controls for AI agents. - PlainID is positioning runtime authorization as the layer that decides what an agent can access in the moment, not just what a user can access on paper. - Gartner’s framing underscores a broader shift: identity is now a primary attack surface, and AI agents add new risk.

What happened: - PlainID announced it was named a Sample Emerging Vendor in Gartner’s "Sector Overview: Information Security and Risk Management, 2Q26." - The company was recognized in the report’s "IAM for Agents" segment. - The report was authored by Frank Marsala and published June 29, 2026. - The announcement was made July 16, 2026, from Tel Aviv, Israel.

The details: - Gartner said buyers have an "immediate need for AI discovery, visibility and usage control," along with a growing need to secure AI agents. - Gartner also said identity is the primary attack surface in modern organizations. - PlainID Co-founder and CEO Oren Ohayon Harel said traditional IAM systems were built for human interactions and cannot keep up with the pace and nature of agents. - Harel said AI agents require decisions to be made at runtime. - Harel said the agentic environment requires Zero Standing Privileges, with permission granted only for the action in front of the agent. - Harel said runtime authorization must account for human, machine and agent identities across applications, data platforms and APIs. - PlainID described its platform as a runtime authorization system that controls what every human, non-human and AI agent can access, do and expose in real time. - PlainID said its platform enforces Zero Standing Privileges and dynamically adapts as context changes. - PlainID said the platform secures applications, APIs, data and agentic AI workflows at scale. - The company included a LinkedIn page and an X account in the release.

Between the lines: - The recognition gives PlainID a timely way to anchor its message around AI agent security, a category still taking shape. - The release frames authorization, not just authentication, as the key control point for agentic systems. - Gartner’s disclaimer makes clear that the report reflects Gartner research opinions, not endorsements or statements of fact.

What’s next: - PlainID is likely to keep marketing runtime authorization as a core control for enterprise AI deployments. - Security teams deploying AI agents will need to define what those agents can access, what they can expose, and how permissions change as context shifts. - As agents move deeper into production, authorization policies will become more central to governance decisions.

The bottom line: - PlainID is using the Gartner nod to argue that AI agents need live, context-aware access controls, not static identity rules.