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Agent identity and credentials · #7 by signal score

Permiso Security

Identity threat detection and response across human, machine, and AI agent identities, attributing each agent run, tool call, and data access to an identity. Acquired by Okta in 2026.

Acquired by Okta, announced 2026-07-30, closed 2026-08-26.

37Signal score / 100
Capital
7.4/35
Product
10/25
Standards
0/20(not yet assessed)
Momentum
20/20

Identity primitives

Agent as a first-class identityNot checked
On-behalf-of token exchangeNot checked
Cross App Access (ID-JAG)Not checked
Asynchronous human approval (CIBA)Not checked
MCP authorization conformanceNot checked
Fine-grained authorizationNot checked
Short-lived, secretless credentialsNot checked
Token vaultNot checked
Kill switchNot checked
Per-action audit chainNo public claim found

Company

HQ: US
Founded: 2020
Funding: $29M disclosed, latest Series A

Also on The Identity Map.

Sources

  1. Permiso brings identity runtime attribution to AI agents (vendor, accessed 2026-09-23)
  2. Permiso raises $18.5M to enhance cloud identity protection (trade-press, accessed 2026-09-23)
  3. Okta buys AI security startup Permiso, source says for about $200M (trade-press, accessed 2026-09-23)
  4. Okta acquires Permiso Security (press-release, accessed 2026-09-23)

Last verified 2026-09-23.