Announcing The Forrester Wave™: External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, Q3 2026
Threat intelligence vendors are now ranked on agentic AI capabilities—a signal that autonomous security is reshaping enterprise threat response.
Why it matters
Forrester's Q3 2026 Wave shows how agentic AI adoption is reshaping the threat intelligence market. Organizations are now evaluating vendors not just on intel quality, but on autonomous threat-response capabilities—a structural shift in how security teams deploy AI.
The key facts
10 to knowForrester Wave: External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, Q3 2026 published
Market transformation since 2023 evaluation
Agentic AI cited as a driver of vendor differentiation
Threat intelligence requirements now include autonomous threat response and agent capabilities
Vendor evaluation criteria shifting to include AI autonomy and agent integration
Forrester Wave evaluation published Q3 2026
Last prior evaluation was 2023 — three-year gap
Market transformation driven by agentic AI adoption
Threat intelligence requirements expanding in sophistication and breadth
Cybersecurity profession/workflow being reshaped by agent capabilities
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Publisher excerpt: Last week, Forrester published The Forrester Wave™: External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, Q3 2026. Since our last evaluation in 2023, the market has undergone a significant transformation. This transformation has been driven not only by the growing sophistication and breadth of threat…