The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2026

ColorTokens Is Named a Leader

AI is compressing the attack timeline. Adversaries can automate reconnaissance, chain vulnerabilities, and move laterally faster than human teams can respond. Organizations need microsegmentation that limits attack paths and contains threats before they turn into a material breach.

The Forrester Wave provides an objective evaluation to help buyers assess microsegmentation solutions against these demands. The Q3 2026 report evaluated vendors across 25 criteria covering current offering, strategy, and customer feedback, and named ColorTokens a Leader.

ColorTokens received the highest possible score of 5, which Forrester defines as “Superior relative to others in this evaluation,” in nine criteria:

  • Vision
  • Flow discovery
  • Visualization
  • Policy administration
  • Host-based enforcement
  • Administrative experience
  • Operational technology (OT), healthcare, and IoT
  • Reporting and diagnostics
  • Partner ecosystem

Microsegmentation That Builds on What You Already Have

ColorTokens also offers what Forrester describes as “some of the most flexible deployment options of any vendor… in addition to its own Xshield™ agent, ColorTokens can be deployed via existing endpoint detection and response (EDR) agents, or in multiple agentless modes.” This flexibility gives clients the fastest and most flexible deployment to stop fast-moving breaches in their tracks.

Access the report to compare the evaluated solutions and understand why Forrester identifies ColorTokens as a leader among microsegmentation solutions.

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