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Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security and NewCore Compared
AembitAembit says it protects against NHI attacks and eliminates manual secrets management.aembit.ioAkeylessAkeyless provides a platform for securing secrets, machine identities and, more recently, AI agent identities, including secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, privileged access management, password management and multi-cloud key management services.akeyless.ioAstrix SecurityAstrix Security sells software that discovers, secures, and deploys AI agents, MCP servers, and other non-human identities, remediating excessive privileges and provisioning short-lived, scoped credentials.astrix.securityNewCoreNewCore sells an identity platform that discovers, secures and governs AI agents alongside human users, mapping agent ownership, enforcing task-scoped access and checking every agent action against policy.newcore.io
What it sells
  • IAM for Agentic AI[5]Secure access for agentic AI and MCP.
  • Secrets Management[1]Platform for managing and securing application and infrastructure secrets, moving away from static credentials.
  • Certificate Lifecycle Management[1]Automates issuance and renewal of digital certificates.
  • Modern PAM[1]Privileged access management that removes standing privileges in favor of just-in-time access.
  • Password Manager[1]Tool for storing, managing and sharing passwords securely.
  • Multi-Cloud KMS[1]Key management service for handling quantum-resilient encryption keys across multiple clouds.
  • SecretlessAI™Approach that keeps secrets out of AI agents to reduce their exposure.
  • AI Agent DiscoveryMaintains a real-time inventory of AI agents, MCP servers, and non-human identities, with context on risk and business usage.
  • Secure AI AgentsIdentifies and remediates AI agents and non-human identities that have excessive privileges, vulnerable configurations, or abnormal activity.
  • Agent Control Plane[4]Provisions AI agents with short-lived credentials and precisely scoped, just-in-time access at creation.
  • Discover[1]Maps people and AI agents into one identity graph across identity vendors, showing every agent, its owner and what it can reach.
  • Secure[1]Issues short-lived, task-scoped access for agents bounded by the permissions of the person the agent acts for, removing standing credentials.
  • Govern[1]Checks every agent action against a policy engine that can allow, ask or deny, letting access be revoked from one place with ownership recorded.
  • Identity Foundation[1]Combines human and agent identity management under shared policies, including phishing-resistant sign-in and a Secure Split Key capability.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pagesNew York City, United States[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages2021[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Privately held[5]Privately held[3]Owned by Cisco since 2026[3][6]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
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Recent news
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • G2: listed, seen October 31, 2026[3]
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  • G2: listed, seen October 23, 2026[6]
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Who it fits
From its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations that need to control access by AI agents and other non-human workloads. It describes access attempts from workforce or personal agents. Its use cases cover agentic AI, MCP servers, CI/CD pipelines and permissions between distributed workloads. The homepage lists an investment firm, a retailer and a defense firm, and a case study covers an investment firm. The site also has a Deployment Options page and a way to request a tenant.Not written yetNot written yetNot written yet
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September 27, 2026October 7, 2026November 2, 2026October 29, 2026

About Aembit

Aembit says it protects against NHI attacks and eliminates manual secrets management. Its pages describe non-human identities as complex, distributed, and growing fast. On its homepage, every agent access request is enforced through a verified identity, short-lived authorization, and a fully attributed compliance log.[4]

The site offers a way to get an Aembit tenant. The platform menu lists IAM for Agentic AI, which is described as secure access for agentic AI and MCP. It also lists IAM for Workloads, described as a way to discover and explore Non-Human IAM. Apps and Workloads is described as supporting all authentication types. The use cases include Secure CI/CD, described as delivering software with short-lived tokens, and Secure Non-Human Identities, described as enforcing permissions between distributed workloads.[6]

The terms of service name Aembit, Inc The about page defines the word ambit as the sphere or area of control, influence, or activity; the scope or extent of something. The site also includes a case study headed A $300B Investment Firm Secures Claude Access with Aembit.[8][9][10]

Credential providers are described as systems that provide access credentials such as OAuth tokens, API keys, or username and password pairs.[1][2][3][7]

Aembit on the record

Sources

Aembit full record

  1. [1]aembit.ioAembit · aembit.io · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Aembit launches with 16 6m to secure workload accessAembit · aembit.io · published March 20, 2023 · Tier A
  3. [3]Aembit raises 25 million in series a funding for non human identity and access managementAembit · aembit.io · published September 12, 2024 · Tier A
  4. [4]Why Aembit | AembitAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Aembit | Identity Control Plane for AI AgentsAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Product diagram interactive | AembitAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Trust and Credential Providers | AembitAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Terms of Service - AembitAembit · published July 14, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]About Our Mission and Team - AembitAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Case Studies - AembitAembit · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A

Akeyless full record

  1. [1]akeyless.ioAkeyless · akeyless.io · undated page, accessed October 7, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Press releaseAkeyless · akeyless.io · published September 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Akeyless Identity Security Platform Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 31, 2026 · Tier C

Astrix Security full record

  1. [1]astrix.securityAstrix Security · astrix.security · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Astrix security establishes north american headquarters as demand for third party connectivity grows in 2023 301719691Astrix Security via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published January 12, 2023 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cisco announces intent to acquire astrix securityCisco · blogs.cisco.com · published May 4, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Identity Security for AI Agents & NHIs | Astrix SecurityAstrix Security · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Secure AI Agents & NHIs with One Platform | AstrixAstrix Security · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Astrix AI Agent Security Platform Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C

NewCore full record

  1. [1]newcore.ioNewCore · newcore.io · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A

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