CROSS-CATEGORY: RSAC 2026 Proves AI Agent Security Is the First Net-New Enterprise SaaS Category Born in the Agent Era — 20+ Products Across Endpoint, Cloud, DevSecOps, Identity
RSAC 2026 saw the simultaneous emergence of 20+ AI agent security products across traditionally separate security domains in a single week: endpoint (CrowdStrike Shadow AI Discovery, 1800+ apps detected), cloud (Palo Alto Prisma AIRS 3.0, Cisco zero-trust framework), DevSecOps (Snyk Agent Scan with MCP governance, Harness Secure AI Coding, Black Duck Signal), identity (1Password Unified Access, Teleport Beams with Firecracker VM isolation), runtime (SentinelOne Purple AI, Mimecast Incydr), and defense (Booz Allen Vellox). When vendors across five distinct subcategories all launch 'AI agent security' products simultaneously, a new category has been born — driven by 61% of new apps being AI-powered (Harness) and 71% of organizations never pinning CI/CD action hashes (Datadog).
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