Linx Recognized in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Identity Governance and Administration

New York, N.Y. — September 21, 2026 — Linx Security, the AI-native identity security and governance platform, today announced it has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in full-suite vendors in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).

Linx believes this recognition reflects the market's shift toward continuous, AI-driven identity governance — moving away from the periodic, manual access reviews that have defined legacy IGA, toward an approach that can keep pace with hybrid environments and the rapid growth of non-human and AI agent identities.

According to the report, IGA is evolving to meet this moment. The Gartner report recommends companies do the following when evaluating IGA vendors: 

• Prioritize unified governance for all identity types: Gartner advises choosing IGA platforms that offer unified governance across all identity types, whether human, non-human, or agentic. Linx delivers this through its Identity Graph, which unifies human, machine, and AI agent identities into a single model, giving security and IT teams continuous visibility into who and what has access, how that access is used, and where risk is emerging.
• Implement AI runtime controls: Instead of relying on a loosely phased approach of generic guardrails for AI, the report says that cybersecurity leaders must get specific now about implementing precise AI runtime controls. Linx provides this through Agentic Access Control and an MCP Gateway, which let security teams govern and restrict the tools and data AI agents can reach in real time.
• Select an AI-enabled IGA platform: Gartner notes that as regulations and threats increase, AI-powered IGA platforms are becoming essential for managing and protecting all types of identities. Linx advances this through Autopilot, which automates the detection and remediation work that traditionally consumed identity teams' time during access reviews and certifications.

Israel Duanis, Co-Founder and CEO of Linx Security, said: "We built Linx because identity teams were being asked to govern a fundamentally new kind of environment — humans, machines, and now AI agents — with tools built for a world that no longer exists. Being named a Representative Vendor in Gartner's Market Guide for IGA is validation that continuous, AI-native governance isn't a future state, it's what enterprises need today. We see this as further confirmation that the market is moving in the direction we've been building toward since day one."

About Linx Security

Linx Security is the AI-native identity security and governance platform built for the era of AI agents and non-human identities. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in New York, the company delivers unified visibility, continuous risk detection, and autonomous remediation across every identity in the enterprise - human, non-human, and AI. Backed by Insight Partners, Index Ventures, and Cyberstarts, Linx Security is trusted by identity-intensive enterprises.

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