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Solution approach

Action-taking agent safeguards

Observe action-taking agents, tool use, and agent-to-agent activity, then enforce trust and action policies.

Research scopeVendorsPublicly documented vendor profiles
Evaluation guideRequirementsSecurity requirements buyers can verify
Evidence basisSourcesPublic claims linked to their original sources
Unresolved itemsQuestionsMissing support is labeled instead of assumed
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Vendor profiles
51 shown in this view
Security requirements
3 to review
Strong public support
68 requirement records
Limited public support
44 requirement records
Open research
41 with no supporting claim · 0 incomplete

Evaluation guide

What buyers should verify

Foundational security requirement

Action-taking agent monitoring

Observe and govern agent plans, memory, tool calls, delegated tasks, autonomy, runtime decisions, and outcomes.

Questions to test
  1. A test agent run captures plan, steps, tool calls, outcome, and timestamps.
  2. Agent memory, delegated task, autonomy, or runtime decision detail is visible in a timeline or log.
  3. Out-of-policy or unusual agent behavior can be flagged or filtered for investigation.
Related frameworks

NIST AI RMF Playbook · NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · CIS Critical Security Controls · ISO/IEC 42001 · OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

Foundational security requirement

Agent-to-agent communication security

Authorize, log, and control agent-to-agent, agent-to-tool, Model Context Protocol (MCP), connector, and tool-chain handoffs.

Questions to test
  1. An agent, tool, connector, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) handoff logs source identity, destination, and authorization decision.
  2. An allowed or denied access attempt produces an audit event with agent or tool identity.
  3. Rapid or anomalous inter-agent communication can be filtered, investigated, or alerted on.
Related frameworks

NIST AI RMF Playbook · NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · CIS Critical Security Controls · ISO/IEC 42001 · OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

Foundational security requirement

Non-human identity and service-account security

Inventory, least privilege, credential hygiene, monitoring, and lifecycle management for non-human identities, workloads, service accounts, application programming interface (API) keys, and machine credentials.

Questions to test
  1. A test service account, agent identity, or non-human identity appears in inventory with owner and privileges.
  2. A credential, secret, rotation, or hygiene issue is detected for the test identity.
  3. A least-privilege or lifecycle control changes the status of the test identity.
Related frameworks

NIST AI RMF Playbook · NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · CIS Critical Security Controls · ISO/IEC 42001 · OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

Vendor research

Vendors with public research for this approach

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Vendors are grouped by whether this approach is a core product focus or related coverage, then ordered by documented support across the requirements shown. This organizes public research coverage; it is not a product ranking or recommendation.

Evidence labelsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim foundResearch incomplete
VendorAgent runtime telemetryAgent/tool trustNon-human identity securitySourcesAction
Core product focusThis approach is central to how these vendors present the product · 20 vendors
CrowdStrike AI SecurityEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportStrong public support3Profile →
Cequence AI GatewayScaledSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportLimited public support1Profile →
JetStream SecurityGrowth stageSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support1Profile →
Noma SecurityScaledSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportLimited public support1Profile →
Operant AIEmergingSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support2Profile →
Obsidian AI SecurityGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundStrong public support1Profile →
Lasso SecurityEmergingSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportLimited public support1Profile →
Prompt Security / SentinelOneEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportLimited public support2Profile →
ZenityGrowth stageSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportLimited public support2Profile →
Backslash Agentic AI Endpoint SecurityEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundLimited public support3Profile →
F5 AI Security PlatformEstablishedSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
HiddenLayerGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
KnosticEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Lakera / Check PointEstablishedSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Salt Agentic Security PlatformScaledSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Wallarm AI Control PlatformGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
AktoEmergingSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Proofpoint AI Security / AcuvityEstablishedSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
RunlayerGrowth stageSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Speakeasy AI Control PlaneGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Related coverageThese vendors address the requirements through another core product focus · 31 vendors
AembitEmergingSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportStrong public support2Profile →
CyberArk Secure AI AgentsEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportStrong public support3Profile →
Okta for AI AgentsEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportStrong public support1Profile →
Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRSEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportStrong public support2Profile →
Astrix Security / CiscoEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support2Profile →
Cloudflare AI Security SuiteEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support1Profile →
KeycardGrowth stageSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support1Profile →
Oasis SecurityScaledSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportStrong public support2Profile →
Singulr AIEmergingSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportLimited public support1Profile →
WitnessAIGrowth stageSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportLimited public support3Profile →
Holistic AIEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportStrong public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
AIM Security / Cato NetworksScaledSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportLimited public support1Profile →
Token SecurityEmergingSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportLimited public supportStrong public support2Profile →
Wiz AI-SPM / Google CloudEstablishedSupport found for 3 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportLimited public support1Profile →
AurascapeGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Credo AIGrowth stageSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
CyberhavenScaledSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Enkrypt AIEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found3Profile →
Harmonic SecurityEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Iterate.ai AgentWatchEmergingSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Kong AI GatewayScaledSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportStrong public supportNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Upwind AI SecurityScaledSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundLimited public support2Profile →
BigID AI Security and GovernanceScaledSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Island Enterprise BrowserScaledSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found2Profile →
LatticeFlow AIEmergingSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
MindgardEmergingSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found2Profile →
Snyk EvoScaledSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsStrong public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Pangea / CrowdStrike Falcon AIDREstablishedSupport found for 2 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportLimited public supportNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Cisco AI DefenseEstablishedSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
ModelOpEmergingSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found1Profile →
Veeam / Securiti AIEstablishedSupport found for 1 of 3 requirementsLimited public supportNo supporting claim foundNo supporting claim found2Profile →

Company maturity remains a filter and profile attribute; it does not affect the research-coverage order.