Okta Bets $200M That AI Agents Need Their Own Identity Threat Detection

Okta is acquiring Permiso Security for approximately $200 million to add identity threat detection and response (ITDR) for non-human and AI agent identities, addressing security gaps in multi-cloud environments as AI agent identities rapidly grow. This acquisition positions Okta as the first major identity provider to offer unified ITDR across human, machine, and AI agent identities within a single platform.

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