Delinea Recognized in First-Ever Gartner® Market Guide for Guardian Agents

Delinea named in the Agent Identity category as AI agents operate with privileged access
and require governance at the moment of action

SAN FRANCISCO – April 16, 2026 – Delinea, the identity security control plane for the modern enterprise, today announced it has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Agent Identity category in the Gartner Market Guide for Guardian Agents.

As enterprise adoption of AI agents grows, securing and governing those agents is becoming a critical enterprise requirement. According to the report, "emerging frameworks treat AI agents as high-privilege, nonhuman identities requiring continuous behavioral monitoring and just-in-time access controls to address gaps in traditional IAM systems."

The Delinea Platform unifies privileged access management with just-in-time runtime authorization and support for both credential-based and ephemeral access models for all identities, including AI agents. With policy-based, context-aware controls and governance, Delinea helps enterprises reduce risk, strengthen oversight, and support AI innovation without compromising security.

“AI agents are privileged users inside enterprise environments, accessing sensitive data, connecting to critical systems, and executing at a speed no human can monitor,” said Art Gilliland, CEO of Delinea. “Delinea’s AI identity security solution provides visibility into what those agents are doing and a way to stop them when something goes wrong. We believe this recognition highlights the growing need for an identity-centric approach to securing agentic AI, and that Delinea is well-positioned to help enterprises enforce least privilege and govern AI agents at scale.”

This Market Guide represents the Gartner inaugural coverage of the guardian agent market, which includes technologies designed for the oversight, security, and governance of autonomous AI agents. Delinea believes the report establishes guardian agents as a distinct and essential category within enterprise AI infrastructure.

Delinea was recently named a Leader for the seventh consecutive time in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management. Learn more about how Delinea secures agentic AI identities: https://delinea.com/solutions/ai-solutions

Source: Gartner Report, Market Guide for Guardian Agents, By Avivah Litan & Daryl Plummer, 25 February 2026.

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About Delinea

Delinea is the identity security control plane enterprises trust to secure human, machine, and AI identities across on-premises, multi-cloud, and dynamic environments. Built for the AI era, Delinea continuously discovers identities, analyzes risk, and enforces least-privilege through just-in-time, policy-based authorization. By supporting both credential-based and ephemeral access models, Delinea enables organizations to reduce risk, simplify governance, and move toward Zero Standing Privilege at their own pace. Easy to deploy and built to scale, Delinea delivers value in weeks, not months, with up to 90% fewer resources required and 99.995% uptime. Learn more at delinea.com.