Agent identity and permissionsAdditional if: AI acts with delegated user access · An employee-facing AI can take actions through tools, connections, business applications, or a user's signed-in session.Machine and workload identityAdditional if: AI uses machine credentials · AI uses service accounts, API keys, machine identities, scheduled tasks, or connections owned by an agent.Action-taking agent safeguardsAdditional if: AI takes multi-step actions · The employee-facing AI performs multiple steps or takes actions rather than only generating content.AI gateway and tool-connection controlsAdditional if: Model or tool traffic uses a security gateway · Calls to models, tools, or connections are routed through a security gateway, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections.
Vendor research
CyberArk Secure AI Agents
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Use-case context
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Company scale
Established?
EstablishedA provider with at least $1B in annual revenue, at least 1,000 employees, or backing from an established owner.This is a company-maturity signal, not a product-quality rating.
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EstablishedA provider with at least $1B in annual revenue, at least 1,000 employees, or backing from an established owner.This is a company-maturity signal, not a product-quality rating.A descriptive band derived from retained public revenue, workforce, ownership, or funding signals.
Company scale is separate from product features, effectiveness, and suitability.
- $9.2B annual revenue (2025-07-31)
- 1000+ employees
- Founded 1999
Company context
Acquired by Palo Alto Networks on February 11, 2026
CyberArk reported $1.440 billion in annual recurring revenue for 2025 before the acquisition closed
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- Vendor statements
- 19 records
- Source-checked records
- 14
- Evaluation requirements
- 19 in this research model
- Unresolved requirements
- 5
Company intelligence
Who is behind the product
Company facts provide evaluation context. Each signal is kept separate because tenure, workforce, funding, and hiring answer different questions.
Founded1999
HeadquartersNewton, Massachusetts and Petah Tikva, Israel
OwnershipAcquired by Palo Alto Networks on February 11, 2026
Employees1000+
Capital and scalePlatform provider
CyberArk
- Latest annual company revenue
- $9.2B
- Current owner annual revenue
- $9.2B
- Operating scale
- CyberArk reported $1.440 billion in annual recurring revenue for 2025 before the acquisition closed
- Backing context
- Palo Alto Networks identity-security business following the completed acquisition
Palo Alto Networks Inc · period ended 2025-07-31 · filed 2025-08-29
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) · period ended 2025-07-31 · filed 2025-08-29
Founders and leadershipBackground context
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- Company tenure
- 1999
- Workforce scale
- 1000+
- Hiring activity
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Open research questions
- A current hiring source is not available, so the count is not shown.
Company sources and research limits4 linked public sources
Only company facts supported by retained public sources are shown. Missing values remain unknown, and company scale does not establish product effectiveness.
Company sourceCyberArk Secure AI Agents pageCyberArk describes discovery, gateway enforcement, lifecycle, audit, threat detection, and response for AI agents.Company sourceCyberArk acquisition completion blogCyberArk states that Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition on February 11, 2026.Company information sourceStored company websiteSupports the company facts shown in this profile.Regulatory filing10-K annual filingPalo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) · period ended 2025-07-31
Solution areas
These areas describe how the vendor approaches enterprise AI security. They do not establish product quality or fit.
Buyer context
- Treat CyberArk Secure AI Agents as the agent-identity and privileged-access component of Palo Alto Networks' broader security platform.
- Public evidence supports agent discovery across software as a service (SaaS), cloud, and developer environments; task-specific just-in-time privilege; zero standing privilege; lifecycle governance; action and communication audit; anomaly detection; and immediate suspension.
- Public pages reviewed did not establish AI content red teaming, browser controls, model artifact assurance, AI FinOps, or a public licensing unit.
Related frameworks
Where public vendor statements relate to framework requirements
11 related frameworks · expand when needed
Related frameworks
Where public vendor statements relate to framework requirements
These links show related requirements for further review. They do not establish framework compliance or control implementation. Open the full framework crosswalk →
Current referenceCIS Critical Security Controls
- Requirements with public support
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- Related requirements
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Evaluation questions
What to verify beyond public claims
These questions come from security requirements with some public support. Use them as starting points for demonstrations, documentation review, customer references, or a buyer-observed pilot.
- 01Unapproved AI use discovery
An unmanaged AI app used by a test user appears in discovery inventory with user, app or domain, and timestamp.
- 02Unapproved AI use discovery
The test user's AI usage activity can be filtered or exported with AI-specific context.
- 03AI-feature discovery in business applications
A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.
- 04AI-feature discovery in business applications
The inventory shows which users, data classes, integrations, or providers are associated with the AI-enabled software as a service (SaaS) app.
- 05Approved AI usage monitoring
Approved AI workspace activity appears with user, workspace or tenant, model or provider, and timestamp.
- 06Approved AI usage monitoring
Prompt, model, or admin activity can be exported or correlated for the selected approved AI platform.
- 07Controls for unapproved AI use
A policy blocks, coaches, redirects, or contains a test interaction with an unapproved AI destination.
- 08Controls for unapproved AI use
The control event records policy reason, user, destination, action, and timestamp.
Detailed security-requirement research18 evaluation items · supporting evidence and open research are shown separatelyExpand
Security requirementPublic supportRelated frameworksWhat to verify
Unapproved AI use discovery
Strong public supportDiscover and monitor workforce AI tools, accounts, prompts, domains, models, users, and usage outside approved controls.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
An unmanaged AI app used by a test user appears in discovery inventory with user, app or domain, and timestamp.
AI-feature discovery in business applications
Limited public supportInventory software as a service (SaaS) applications that embed AI features, expose enterprise data to AI capabilities, or create AI-driven data movement.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.
Approved AI usage monitoring
Strong public supportMonitor approved AI workspaces, tenants, gateways, and model platforms such as ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude Enterprise, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Vertex AI, Elvex, or internal AI gateways.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
Approved AI workspace activity appears with user, workspace or tenant, model or provider, and timestamp.
Controls for unapproved AI use
Limited public supportBlock, coach, redirect, or contain non-approved AI use and policy-violating AI interactions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A policy blocks, coaches, redirects, or contains a test interaction with an unapproved AI destination.
Sensitive-data protection for generative AI
Limited public supportDetect, classify, redact, or block sensitive data in prompts, responses, files, retrieval, memory, and AI-connected workflows.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
Sensitive prompt, response, or file test data is detected and classified during an AI interaction.
Browser and business-application controls
No supporting claim foundApply session-level controls in browser and software as a service (SaaS) workflows, including uploads, downloads, copy/paste, sharing, and identity-aware access decisions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A session-level policy controls upload, download, copy, paste, sharing, or form submission in a browser or software as a service (SaaS) workflow.
Generative AI application security
Limited public supportProtect enterprise-built large language model (LLM) applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, prompts, application programming interfaces (APIs), model calls, tools, and production runtime behavior.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test large language model (LLM) application event records prompt, application programming interface (API), model, retrieval, or tool interaction context.
AI governance, risk, and compliance
Strong public supportInventory AI systems and owners, translate policy and regulatory obligations into governed workflows, assess risk, manage approvals and exceptions, and retain audit evidence across the AI lifecycle.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test AI system is registered with owner, intended use, risk tier, lifecycle state, and applicable obligations.
AI assurance and adversarial testing
No supporting claim foundTest models, applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and agents before release and continuously thereafter using adversarial probes, evaluation suites, attack simulation, and security release gates.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A controlled test campaign exercises an AI model, application, or agent against named AI attack classes.
AI model and supply-chain security
No supporting claim foundDiscover, inventory, scan, validate, and monitor models, datasets, model artifacts, registries, dependencies, and AI development assets for tampering, unsafe serialization, provenance gaps, or malicious content.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test model or AI artifact appears in inventory with origin, version, hash or provenance, and deployment context.
AI gateway, tool-connection, and runtime controls
Strong public supportMediate model, agent, tool, application programming interface (API), connector, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) traffic through an enforcement point that applies identity-aware policy, content controls, routing, rate limits, and auditable allow or deny decisions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A model, agent, tool, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) request passes through a named policy enforcement point.
Action-taking agent monitoring
Strong public supportObserve and govern agent plans, memory, tool calls, delegated tasks, autonomy, runtime decisions, and outcomes.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test agent run captures plan, steps, tool calls, outcome, and timestamps.
Agent-to-agent communication security
Strong public supportAuthorize, log, and control agent-to-agent, agent-to-tool, Model Context Protocol (MCP), connector, and tool-chain handoffs.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
An agent, tool, connector, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) handoff logs source identity, destination, and authorization decision.
Non-human identity and service-account security
Strong public supportInventory, least privilege, credential hygiene, monitoring, and lifecycle management for non-human identities, workloads, service accounts, application programming interface (API) keys, and machine credentials.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test service account, agent identity, or non-human identity appears in inventory with owner and privileges.
AI agent identity and permissions
Strong public supportRegister AI agents as accountable identities, bind them to owners and delegating users, authorize task- and tool-level access, issue short-lived credentials, review access, and revoke or suspend agent authority.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test agent is registered with a unique identity, accountable owner, purpose, and permitted resources.
AI coding-agent and workstation security
Limited public supportDiscover and govern AI coding agents, integrated development environment (IDE) assistants, command-line agents, skills, hooks, extensions, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, filesystem access, commands, network activity, secrets, and software-supply-chain actions on developer workstations and build environments.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test coding agent and its skills, hooks, extensions, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools appear in an attributable inventory.
AI cost and usage controls
No supporting claim foundVisibility, attribution, budgeting, rate limiting, anomaly detection, and optimization for AI usage and spend across models, agents, workflows, and owners.
Commercial MetadataNIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0ISO/IEC 42001OWASP Agentic AI Security Solutions Landscape
A controlled AI usage event is attributed to user, team, model, workflow, or owner with cost or token metrics.
Licensing model
No supporting claim foundPublicly discoverable commercial model such as per user, per seat, per app, per token, per integration, or enterprise platform license.
The vendor can map the sourced commercial model to per-user, per-seat, per-app, per-token, per-integration, or platform packaging.
Public sources
Vendor statements and quoted evidence
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CyberArk claims discovery of shadow AI agents across software as a service (SaaS), cloud, and developer environments.
discovers AI agents across SaaS, cloud, and developer environments
CyberArk claims agent discovery within software as a service (SaaS) environments with ownership, purpose, status, and permission context.
across SaaS, cloud, and developer environments
CyberArk claims enriched agent inventory containing ownership, purpose, status, and permissions.
ownership, purpose description, status, and permissions
CyberArk claims immediate suspension of agents that behave abnormally or exceed their role.
you can immediately suspend it
CyberArk claims task-specific least-privilege access to protect sensitive resources used by agents.
Permissions are granted to AI agents only for a specific task
CyberArk materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for browser session controls over AI upload, download, copy, paste, sharing, or form submission.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
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CyberArk claims an identity enforcement point between AI agents and the tools they use.
an enforcement point between AI agents and the tools they use
CyberArk claims agent lifecycle management, access governance, action audit, and compliance support.
Lifecycle Management and Compliance
CyberArk materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for adversarial AI testing, red teaming, evaluation, or regression release gates.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
CyberArk materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for model provenance, artifact scanning, signatures, unsafe serialization, or malicious model-package detection.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
CyberArk claims an AI Agent Gateway that grants task-specific privilege and automatically revokes it to maintain zero standing privilege.
revoked automatically
CyberArk claims audits showing the initiating user, acting agent identity, tools executed, and resources touched.
which AI agent identity acted, which tools ran, and which resource was touched
CyberArk claims monitoring and privilege controls for peer-to-peer interactions between AI agents.
peer-to-peer interactions between agents
CyberArk claims unified discovery, governance, and short-lived identity-based access for machine identities and modern workloads.
short-lived, identity-based access for modern workloads
CyberArk claims agent discovery, contextual identity, task-scoped just-in-time permissions, zero standing privilege, audit, lifecycle, and suspension.
zero standing privileges
CyberArk claims an Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives developers and AI agents integrated development environment (IDE) access to cloud infrastructure without embedded secrets.
right from your IDE, without embedded secrets
CyberArk materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for AI spend attribution, budgets, chargeback, rate limits, or token-cost anomaly detection.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
CyberArk materials reviewed did not provide a public licensing unit or price for Secure AI Agents or AI Agent Gateway.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
CyberArk positions Secure AI Agents within its identity platform and provides modules compatible with multiple AI frameworks and secret providers.
Works with multiple AI frameworks.