Market map
The AI security and governance landscape.
Every company building security and governance for AI, grouped by what they protect, and where NexusNest fits.
Where NexusNest fits
One agent across the categories that cover how employees use AI.
Most of this market secures AI that companies build. NexusNest governs the AI tools your people already use.
- AI usage governance and visibilityCoveredNetLens shows which AI tools each person and team uses, with an audit trail.
- Prompt and data protectionCoveredPromptWall redacts sensitive data in prompts and files before they reach the AI.
- Endpoint AI securityCoveredA lightweight agent on Mac and Windows covers the browser, the ChatGPT and Claude desktop apps, and Claude Code.
- Network AI securityCoveredAI traffic is routed through redaction at the network level, with no browser extension.
- Browser AI securityCoveredBrowser AI use is covered by the same agent, with no extension to install.
- AI data governanceCoveredDecides what data employees can send to AI tools, per category, with custom rules and a record of every redaction.
- AI coding securityCoveredRedacts secrets, keys and personal data in what Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot send, from the terminal and the editor.
- MCP and LLM gatewaysCoveredMCP traffic from Claude and other clients runs through the agent, so tool calls, prompts and resources are redacted like any prompt.
- AI identity and agent accessCoveredThe agent signs each person in to company-owned ChatGPT, Claude and Claude Code accounts, so access is granted and revoked centrally with no shared passwords.
- 438
- companies
- 13
- categories
- 26
- countries
Tools that show which AI apps and agents people use and let a company set rules for that use.
NexusNestCoveredNetLens shows which AI tools each person and team uses, with an audit trail.
8Layers
A Security- AAariaSec
AccuKnox
Act Security
ActiveFenceNow at alice.io
AcuvityNow at proofpoint.com
Advai
Adversa AI
AGAT Software
Agentic Fabriq
aggrete
AI Aramid
AI Score
AI Security GatewayNow at occludra.ai
AIBound
AicebergNow at cranium.ai
Aigentsphere
Controls that inspect prompts and responses as they happen and stop sensitive data from leaving.
- NexusNestCoveredPromptWall redacts sensitive data in prompts and files before they reach the AI.
- AAariaSec
- ActiveFenceNow at alice.io
- AcuvityNow at proofpoint.com
- AGAT Software
- AI Aramid
AI Prompt Shield- AicebergNow at cranium.ai
- AAim Security
AIR
Aira Security
Airrived
aizome
Akeyless Security
Akto
Alert AI
Alice- AAllTrue.aiNow at learn.varonis.com
AlterNow at alterauth.com
Security delivered inside the browser, where most people reach AI tools.
- NexusNestCoveredBrowser AI use is covered by the same agent, with no extension to install.
- AcuvityNow at proofpoint.com
- Akto
Aona AI
Bay Security
Bonfy
Cyberhaven
CyBox Security
Evoke Security
FireTail
Forever Security
Harmonic Security
Island
Keep Aware
KonaSense
LangProtect
LayerX SecurityNow at akamai.com
MagicMirror
Maro
Software on laptops and servers that watches and controls AI tools and agents running there.
Controls placed on network traffic to find and govern connections to AI services.
- NexusNestCoveredAI traffic is routed through redaction at the network level, with no browser extension.
- AAim Security
Aurascape
Bytemonk
Cequence Security
DeTaSECURE
Entro Security
Gopher Security
Highflame
Impart Security
Lasso Security
Lumia Security- NNroc Security
PipeLab
Polymer
Prompt Security
Red Access
SurePath AINow at f5.com
Tetrate
Products that find, classify and protect the data that AI systems can read or learn from.
- NexusNestCoveredDecides what data employees can send to AI tools, per category, with custom rules and a record of every redaction.
- AI Prompt Shield
- AI Security GatewayNow at occludra.ai
- AIBound
AliasPath- Aona AI
Aurva
Bold- Bonfy
- Bytemonk
Cognni- Cyberhaven
Cyera
Cymphony
DataKryptoNow at datakrypto.ai
Dawn Security
Daxa.ai
Duality Technologies
Dynamo AI
Security for AI-written code, coding assistants and the pipelines that ship them.
- NexusNestCoveredRedacts secrets, keys and personal data in what Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot send, from the terminal and the editor.
- A Security
Aikido
Clover
Corridor
Crash Override- CyBox Security
Dam Secure
DryRun Security
Enclave
HiddenLayer
Invariant Labs
KoiNow at paloaltonetworks.com
Oligo Security
Prime Security
Rein Security
Safety
Seezo- SSkuld Platform
A control point between applications and the models or tool servers they call.
- NexusNestCoveredMCP traffic from Claude and other clients runs through the agent, so tool calls, prompts and resources are redacted like any prompt.
- AcuvityNow at proofpoint.com
Aembit
agen.co- Agentic Fabriq
- aggrete
- AI Aramid
- AI Security GatewayNow at occludra.ai
- AAim Security
- AIR
- aizome
- Akeyless Security
- AAptaSentry
Aptible
Arcade.dev
Archestra
Arrakis Security
AuthPlane
Autonomous
Identity and permission controls for AI agents and the systems they reach.
- NexusNestCoveredThe agent signs each person in to company-owned ChatGPT, Claude and Claude Code accounts, so access is granted and revoked centrally with no shared passwords.
- 8Layers
- AccuKnox
- Act Security
- Aembit
- agen.co
- Agentic Fabriq
- aizome
AKA IdentityNow at akasecurity.io- Akeyless Security
- AlterNow at alterauth.com
Andromeda Security
Apono- Aptible
- Arcade.dev
ArmorIQ
Assury
AstraSync AI
Astrix
Continuous checks of AI services and connected SaaS apps for risky settings and exposure.
Scanning and protecting AI models and their supply chain from tampering and abuse.
Testing AI systems the way an attacker would to find weaknesses before release.
Isolated environments where AI agents and generated code can run without touching real systems.
Company names, websites, countries and founding years from public sources. Websites checked 2026-10-03.
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