Runtime application protection platform company Operant AI Inc. today announced the launch of Agent Protector, a real-time agentic security solution that allows for the safe deployment of artificial intelligence agents at scale.

The new solution has been designed to address the issue whereby, as organizations rapidly adopt AI agents across cloud platforms, development environments and enterprise workflows, critical security gaps can and do appear. Agent Protector addresses security issues by providing comprehensive visibility, real-time protection and governance for both managed and unmanaged agents.

Under the hood, Agent Protector combines shadow agent discovery, secure development enclaves, cloud-native observability, inline behavioral threat detection and zero-trust enforcement in a unified solution designed specifically for agentic security.

“AI agents are proliferating across enterprises faster than security teams can track them,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Vrajesh Bhavsar. “From cloud-based agents to software-as-a-solution environments and custom implementations, organizations are facing an explosion of autonomous systems with access to sensitive data and critical tools. Agent Protector gives security teams real-time visibility and inline control they need to safely enable AI innovation.”

Core capabilities of Agent Protector include real-time rogue agent intent detection with inline protection that identifies and blocks sophisticated threat patterns in real-time through agent supply chain risk analysis, trust scoring, and reputation assessment. The product detects and prevents anomalous behavior with tool sequence tracking, identifies and blocks inline privilege escalation attempts and recognizes persistence and data exfiltration signals before they execute.

Support for discovery of shadow agents and identities sees Agent Protector discover the complete agentic landscape across an organization, including unmanaged agents running in cloud and SaaS environments, development tools and previously invisible Model Context Protocol servers, tools and dependencies.

The offering also includes support for secure enclaves for private in-house agents, with organizations that build custom agents able to leverage Agent Protector’s low-code security framework, which integrates with leading agent platforms including LangGraph, CrewAI, n8n and ChatGPT Agents SDK.

Other features include cloud-native agent observability and monitoring. Agent Protector delivers real-time visibility into agent operations across cloud and hybrid environments, complete tracing from prompts, tools, memory stores and zero-trust enforcement that includes real-time least-permissioned access controls tailored to each agent and identity.

“Agentic AI is forcing financial services to redraw trust boundaries — perimeter-first security breaks down when autonomous agents can traverse apps, APIs and data stores without a human in the loop,” said Suhel Khan, industry veteran and head of cybersecurity at Chargebee Inc.. “Operant’s real-time protection across the full agent toolchain — from MCP clients and endpoints to live, interactive agentic applications — lets technology leaders move fast without compromising customer privacy, making it a foundational control rather than an afterthought.”

Operant AI is a venture capital-backed startup that has raised $13.5 million over two rounds, including a round of $10 million in September 2024. Investors in the company include SineWave Ventures, Felicis Ventures Management Co., Alumni Ventures Group, Calm Ventures, Gaingels and Massive Inc.

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