Buyers Guides for Cybersecurity

2026 Software Provider and Product Assessment

The ISG Buyers Guides for Cybersecurity are the distillation of continuous market and product research. They are an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings address enterprises’ requirements for platforms software. The Value Index methodology is structured to support a request for information (RFI) for a request for proposal (RFP) process by incorporating all criteria needed to evaluate, select, utilize and maintain relationships with software providers. The ISG Buyers Guide evaluates customer experience and the product experience in its capability and platform.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Cybersecurity evaluate leading software providers across five platform industry areas: Data Recovery Platforms, Endpoint Detection and Response Platforms, Identity and Access Management Platforms, Non-Human Identities Platforms and Security Information and Event Management Platforms. Each guide delivers unique research, detailed ratings and rankings and in-depth analyses to help enterprises assess and select the cybersecurity software that best fits their requirements.

• The Data Recovery Platforms Buyers Guide evaluates 24 software providers offering products that support backup management, continuous data protection and recovery orchestration. The guide assesses the following providers: Acronis, Arcserve, Asigra, AvePoint, AWS, Bacula Systems, Cohesity, Commvault, Dell, Druva, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HYCU, IBM, IDrive, Microsoft, Myota, N-able, NAKIVO, NinjaOne, OpenText, Quest, Rubrik, SEP and Veeam.

• The Endpoint Detection and Response Platforms Buyers Guide evaluates 20 software providers offering products that support endpoint monitoring, threat detection, investigation and automated response. The guide assesses the following providers: Acronis, Arctic Wolf, Bitdefender, Broadcom, Check Point Software, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, ESET, Fortinet, Kaspersky, ManageEngine, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Qualys, SentinelOne, Sophos, Trellix, Trend Micro and WithSecure.
  
  
• The Identity and Access Management Platforms Buyers Guide evaluates 31 software providers offering products that support identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization and access governance. The guide assesses the following providers: Andromeda Security, Apono, AWS, Beyond Identity, BeyondTrust, Broadcom, CyberArk, Delinea, Entrust, Eviden, Fortinet, Google Cloud, IBM, JumpCloud, Keeper Security, Keycloak, ManageEngine, Microsoft, ObserveID, Okta, One Identity, OpenAthens, OpenText, Oracle, Ping Identity, RSA, SailPoint Technologies, SAP, SecureAuth, Thales and Twine Security.
  
  
• The Non-Human Identities Platforms Buyers Guide evaluates 20 software providers across key capability areas, including identity discovery and inventory, authentication and credential management, authorization and policy enforcement, lifecycle management, behavioral monitoring and analytics, integration and interoperability and support for cloud-native and artificial intelligence-driven environments. The guide assesses the following providers: Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, Clutch Security, CyberArk, Entro Security, GitGuardian, Keycard, Microsoft, Natoma Security, Oasis Security, Okta, Omada Identity, P0 Security, Saviynt, ServiceNow, Silverfort, SlashID, Teleport and Veeam.
  
  
• The Security Information and Event Management Platforms Buyers Guide evaluates 23 software providers offering products that support security telemetry collection, threat detection, investigation and response. The guide assesses the following providers: Coralogix, Devo Technology, DNIF, Elastic, Exabeam, Fortinet, Fortra, Google Cloud, GuardSix, Gurucul, Huawei, Logz.io, ManageEngine, Microsoft, NetWitness, OpenText, OSSEC, Palo Alto Networks, Rapid7, Securonix, SolarWinds, Splunk and Sumo Logic.
  
  

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