TrendAI named Gartner endpoint leader for 21st time

TrendAI has been named a Leader in Endpoint Protection Platforms by Gartner for the 21st consecutive time, a streak it says no other vendor has matched in the category.

In Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, TrendAI also received the highest score in two of the three use cases in the associated Critical Capabilities report and the second-highest in the third. It ranked highest for Workspace Security and On-premises Endpoint Protection Management, and second for Core Endpoint Protection.

Endpoint security has become a growing focus for companies in Australia and New Zealand as attacks continue to target laptops, desktops, servers and other connected devices across corporate networks. Security teams are also managing increasingly fragmented technology estates spanning cloud environments, on-premises infrastructure, operational technology and mobile fleets.

That has increased pressure on vendors to provide broader oversight through a single management layer rather than separate tools for each part of the network. TrendAI says its Vision One platform brings together protection across endpoint, AI, email, cloud, network, identity, mobile, OT and IoT.

TrendAI is the enterprise cybersecurity business unit of Trend Micro. The latest Gartner ranking extends its long-running recognition in a market where buyers often use analyst research as one input when comparing security products.

According to TrendAI, many organisations still rely on traditional endpoint protection products that no longer give security and IT teams enough visibility across modern environments. It argues that separate tools can create data silos, raise operating costs and make incident response more difficult.

Market pressure

The endpoint protection market has changed significantly as ransomware, phishing and identity-based attacks have become more sophisticated and businesses have expanded remote and hybrid working. Devices now sit outside traditional network perimeters, increasing the need for monitoring, detection and response that works across distributed environments.

Against that backdrop, vendors have tried to combine endpoint protection with broader detection and response functions, risk management and asset visibility. TrendAI says its platform is designed to give teams a single view of threats across the organisation, helping them monitor exposures and manage incidents across different technology domains.

Rachel Jin, Head of TrendAI, linked the result to the company's broader product strategy. "To us, the latest recognition from Gartner reflects the excellence we strive for in everything we build. Our strategic vision, commitment to our customers, human expertise, and innovation in AI security are all critical components to our success," Jin said.

TrendAI also linked the ranking to the threat intelligence work of its Zero Day Initiative, which it describes as the world's largest vendor-agnostic bug bounty programme. It says the effort gives customers earlier visibility into vulnerabilities before patches are widely available, helping shape defensive planning and remediation.

Platform approach

TrendAI's pitch centres on reducing the number of consoles and tools used to run security operations. Vision One is intended to unify solutions, dashboards and workflows so teams can assess risk and respond to threats from a single platform.

The product is also designed to cover hybrid estates that include cloud systems, on-premises infrastructure, legacy operating systems, air-gapped OT environments and virtual desktops. That breadth matters for large organisations that must enforce security policy and compliance standards across different deployment models without leaving unmanaged exceptions.

Recent additions to the platform include data security, attack path mapping and adaptive protection. These features are intended to help customers understand how attackers could move through an environment and prioritise remediation where exposure is greatest.

One customer cited by TrendAI pointed to the operational benefits of automating protection against more routine attack types. "If I were spending all my time on these conventional threats, like phishing attacks and ransomware, I would not be concentrating on the higher priorities like threats from AI. With [TrendAI] in my arsenal, I can concentrate on the bigger picture," Petkoff said.