Runtime guardrails and AI firewalls · #13 by signal score
Aim Security
AI security for employee AI use, coding agents, and MCP: discovers agents, inspects prompts and tool calls, and blocks unsafe actions at runtime. Acquired by Cato Networks in 2025; now part of Cato's SASE platform.
Acquired by Cato Networks, announced 2025-09-03, closed 2025-09-03. Now sold as Cato AI Security.
17Signal score / 100
- Capital
- 7.2/35
- Product
- 10/25
- Standards
- 0/20(not yet assessed)
- Momentum
- 0/20
Identity primitives
| Agent as a first-class identity | Not checked |
| On-behalf-of token exchange | Not checked |
| Cross App Access (ID-JAG) | Not checked |
| Asynchronous human approval (CIBA) | Not checked |
| MCP authorization conformance | Not checked |
| Fine-grained authorization | Not checked |
| Short-lived, secretless credentials | Not checked |
| Token vault | Not checked |
| Kill switch | No public claim found |
| Per-action audit chain | No public claim found |
Company
HQ: IL
Funding: $28M disclosed
Product: Cato AI Security
Sources
- Cato Networks: agentic AI security (vendor, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Cato Networks acquires Aim Security to extend SASE leadership and secure enterprise AI transformation (press-release, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Cyber unicorn Cato acquires Aim Security for $350 million amid AI cyber arms race (trade-press, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Cato Networks acquires Aim Security to extend SASE leadership and secure enterprise AI transformation (press-release, accessed 2026-09-23)
Last verified 2026-09-23.