EMA releases Top 3 Buyer’s Guide on microsegmentation

Enterprise Management Associates said Aug. 19, 2026, that it has released a Top 3 Buyer’s Guide on microsegmentation evaluating 39 solutions across 12 capability dimensions.

The guide is intended to help security leaders and practitioners compare products based on their infrastructure environment, security goals, operating model and maturity level, EMA said.

Microsegmentation creates smaller security boundaries around workloads, applications and devices. EMA said the approach is being used at scale to help contain lateral movement, reduce the impact of breaches and meet regulatory requirements.

The report was authored by Christopher M. Steffen, EMA’s vice president of research for information security, risk and compliance management. EMA said the research draws on vendor briefings, analyst research and publicly available user sentiment.

EMA said the guide covers the microsegmentation lifecycle, including discovery, policy creation, enforcement, visibility, compliance and adaptive security response. It said the report also spans vendors across network security, cloud security, zero trust, SASE and infrastructure security categories.

Steffen said in the release that microsegmentation is being deployed at scale to contain lateral movement, reduce breach impact and satisfy regulatory requirements. He said the guide identifies vendors that deliver across the enforcement lifecycle, from automated policy discovery through adaptive response and compliance readiness.

EMA said the complete research is available in EMA Top 3 Buyer’s Guide – Microsegmentation. The release also identified EMA as an IT research and consulting firm founded in 1996.

Sources

• PR Newswire: EMA evaluates 39 microsegmentation solutions to identify top performers for enterprise security teams

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