Trellix Recognized as a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Detection and Response

By Adam G. Tomeo · September 4, 2026

Gartner recently released the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Detection and Response (available to Gartner customers), and we are thrilled to be recognized as a Visionary. 

Network detection and response (NDR) represents the market's evolution, as traditional approaches to network security fall short in protecting today’s complex environments. We’re gratified to be working with our customers to meet this moment and address where the market is headed. 

Several trends are accelerating the shift to NDR. It’s no longer enough to rely on “North-South” perimeter defense and endpoint detection and response (EDR). Doing so leaves enterprises open to sophisticated attackers who can evade both traditional network security and EDR. These attackers take advantage of infrastructure blind spots—arising from today’s blurry perimeters, hybrid environments, and the convergence of operational technology systems with corporate IT.  Once they’re inside your network, they’re free to roam East-West, living off the land while they search for your most valuable enterprise data. 

At the same time, SOC teams are overwhelmed by alert noise and fragmented tools that slow them down. There’s a critical need for full visibility and “post-breach” detection that NDR solutions are designed to fill. But how should you evaluate your potential security partners for their ability to address these challenges?

Moving from Niche to Visionary

At Trellix, we’re honored to be recognized as Visionary after entering the inaugural MQ last year in the Niche Quadrant, one of only 11 vendors to be included. We believe this shift reflects how we are evolving our NDR offering to address our customers’ most pressing challenges.

• Comprehensive visibility across complex networks: Organizations need an NDR solution that visualizes their entire infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and operational technology (OT) and IoT networks. Trellix NDR eliminates security blind spots by providing a unified, agentless view across complex hybrid environments, ensuring visibility where EDR cannot reach—such as OT/IoT devices, unmanaged assets, and legacy systems.
• High-fidelity detection of evasive and post-breach threats: Trellix helps organizations detect "living off the land" attacks and lateral movement swiftly, using a multi-layered architecture combining signature-based detection, behavioral analytics, dynamic file analysis, and real-time intelligence. Unlike passive NDRs, Trellix NDR offers active blocking for inline prevention to identify and neutralize sophisticated post-breach activity.
• Accelerated investigation and automated response: Analysts are drowning in fragmented alerts and manual investigations. We help our customers reduce MTTR with intuitive, AI-guided investigative workflows, deep forensic context, and adaptive remediation.

Closing the security skills gap with Trellix Wise

Traditionally, managing complex NDR solutions required deeply specialized, hard-to-find security experts. Trellix changes this reality by embedding Trellix Wise, our advanced generative AI (GenAI) security capability, directly into the heart of our NDR solution. 

Trellix Wise acts as a force multiplier designed specifically to uplift L1 and L2 analysts. It does the heavy lifting of parsing through fragmented, highly technical alerts to automate deep attack correlation across the network, weaving disparate anomalies into comprehensive, chronological attack storylines. It guides analysts through the investigation lifecycle while offering interactive, guided threat-hunting playbooks to uncover hidden lateral movement across the environment. When a threat is verified, Trellix Wise drives seamless incident response orchestration, allowing analysts to rapidly execute containment protocols and neutralize the threat before it can cause operational damage.

According to results reported by Trellix customers, Trellix Wise enables them to spend 57% less time prioritizing alerts and save an average of 48 hours per alert Trellix NDR investigates.

Unifying OT,  IT, and cyber-physical environments

As modern cyber threats expand beyond traditional enterprise boundaries, securing cyber-physical systems (CPS) alongside OT and corporate IT has become mission-critical. This is where Trellix truly distances itself from legacy alternatives. For example, the direct integration of Trellix NDR with Nozomi Networks offers a blueprint for the future of converged security. According to Gartner:

“Trellix NDR excels in convergence and accelerated incident triage, offering integration with CPS vendors for unified threat visibility across CPS and IT environments.”

By blending these traditionally isolated environments into a unified ecosystem, we help organizations accelerate incident triage and minimize the blind spots that attackers frequently exploit.

The journey forward

Helping our customers adapt to the constantly evolving threat landscape with intelligence-led cyber resilience is at the core of what we do. 

Our goal is to empower organizations with the deep visibility and automated defense required to keep pace with evolving threat cycles. To learn more about Trellix NDR or to experience it first-hand, request a demo.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response, Thomas Lintemuth, Charanpal Bhogal, Nahim Fazal, 18 May 2026.

Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Network Detection and Response, Charanpal Bhogal, Thomas Lintemuth, Nahim Fazal, 18 May 2026.

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