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BeyondTrust vs Britive

BeyondTrust sells privileged access management and identity security solutions, and says it discovers, onboards, secures, and right-sizes privileges across an enterprise. Britive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans. CISO Tribune files both under Privileged access management and Non-human identity security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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BeyondTrust vs Britive: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BeyondTrustBeyondTrust sells privileged access management and identity security solutions, and says it discovers, onboards, secures, and right-sizes privileges across an enterprise.beyondtrust.comBritiveBritive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans.britive.com
What it sells
  • Password Safe[6][9]Enterprise password management for privileged credentials and secrets.
  • Endpoint Privilege Management[6][10]Enforces least privilege dynamically to prevent malware, ransomware, and identity-based attacks.
  • Privileged Remote Access[7][11][13][18][20]Provides just-in-time access to cloud, on-premises, and OT environments.
  • AI Agent Security[6][16][21]Extends privileged-action enforcement to AI agents at runtime.
  • Entitle[6][7]Automates cloud permissions management.
  • Britive ARC[2][4]Authorizes every AI agent action at runtime and removes the privilege when the task ends.
Categories
Headquarters
Johns Creek, United States[3]Glendale, United States[3]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Owned by Francisco Partners since 2018[2][14][15]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • October 21, 2026BeyondTrust announced general availability of AI Agent Security on its Pathfinder Platform, together with new Phantom Labs research on AI agent activity.[21]
  • July 9, 2026BeyondTrust announced NHI Governance, a new solution on its Pathfinder platform for governing non-human identities across cloud, SaaS, endpoint and on-premises environments.[4]
  • August 24, 2026Britive introduced Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control), a new approach to securing AI agents as they take action inside enterprise systems.[2]
  • June 25, 2026Britive announced it has joined the Torq AMP alliance program, building on an existing multi-year technology partnership with Torq.[12]
  • April 23, 2026Britive announced support for the OpenID Shared Signals Framework, including the CAEP and RISC protocols.[11]
  • February 27, 2026Britive announced that its unified PAM platform is now integrated with the Extended Plan in AWS Security Hub.[13]
  • February 5, 2026Britive announced a strategic integration with Cisco Duo.[14]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen October 23, 2026[5]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, BeyondTrust sells mainly to organizations that need to secure privileged access for human, machine, and AI agent identities. BeyondTrust also addresses vendors, outsourcers, and managed service providers that need access tools for customer systems. BeyondTrust also offers OT security solutions for industrial networks and critical infrastructure. Password Safe secures credentials across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.From its own pages, Britive sells mainly to enterprises that need privileged access control for AI agents, non-human identities, and human users. It addresses organisations running AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes, SaaS applications, databases, and servers. Its pages also describe resources on premises and in private networks, so hybrid environments are in scope. Britive publishes a guide aimed at financial services institutions.
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November 2, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Privileged access management is the primary category of both BeyondTrust and Britive; both are also filed under Non-human identity security.
  • Both are headquartered in the United States.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Britive is also filed under Cloud identity entitlements (CIEM).
  • BeyondTrust lists Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management, Privileged Remote Access, AI Agent Security and Entitle. Britive lists Britive ARC.
  • BeyondTrust is headquartered in Johns Creek, United States. Britive is headquartered in Glendale, United States.
  • BeyondTrust is owned by Francisco Partners, since 2018.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files both BeyondTrust and Britive under Privileged access management as the primary category, and both also appear under Non-human identity security. CISO Tribune also files Britive under Cloud identity entitlements (CIEM). BeyondTrust is headquartered in Johns Creek, United States, and Britive is headquartered in Glendale, United States. BeyondTrust is owned by Francisco Partners, since 2018.

BeyondTrust sells several named products: Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management, Privileged Remote Access, AI Agent Security, and Entitle. BeyondTrust says its Pathfinder Platform unifies PAM, ITDR, Secrets Management, CIEM, and Secure Remote Access. Britive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans. Its Britive ARC product evaluates every AI agent action at runtime and removes the privilege when the task ends. The two overlap on AI agent access: BeyondTrust AI Agent Security applies policies for AI agents at the endpoint before the action completes. Britive states there is no proxy in the data path. BeyondTrust also lists endpoint privilege and password vaulting products, including Password Safe, which rotates privileged passwords by policy.

BeyondTrust names ivision, DXC Technology, Texas A&M University, and Keller Group as customers. On October 21, 2026, BeyondTrust announced general availability of AI Agent Security on its Pathfinder Platform. On August 24, 2026, Britive introduced Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control). BeyondTrust announced NHI Governance on July 9, 2026, and Britive announced a Cisco Duo integration on February 5, 2026.

What it sells: BeyondTrust

What Password Safe does[6][9]
Password Safe onboards and manages the privileged credentials and secrets that employees depend on. It stores privileged credentials, including DevOps secrets and SSH keys, and rotates privileged passwords by policy. Password Safe also monitors, audits, and manages privileged sessions.
What Endpoint Privilege Management does[6][10]
Endpoint Privilege Management removes local admin rights and controls root access across Windows and Mac desktops and Linux and Windows Servers. It is described as reducing the cyberattack surface and protecting against malware, ransomware, insider threats and identity-based attacks.
What Privileged Remote Access does[7][11][13][18][20]
Privileged Remote Access gives IT teams automated, rule-based access provisioning without VPN setups. It connects employees, contractors, and vendors to critical systems from anywhere while enforcing least privilege access.
What AI Agent Security does[6][16][21]
AI Agent Security provides vendor-agnostic governance across Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, internal models, and other agentic tools. Policies for AI agents are applied at the endpoint, before the action completes.
What Entitle does[6][7]
Entitle automates cloud permissions management with just-in-time access controls. It offers self-service access requests, permission bundling, and 100+ integrations.

What it sells: Britive

What Britive ARC does[2][4]
Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control) is the runtime access model for the AI workforce. Every agent becomes an identity with a human owner, policies, and a lifecycle. Every action is evaluated at runtime, and control continues into sessions and individual commands.

Questions about BeyondTrust and Britive

What do BeyondTrust and Britive sell?
BeyondTrust sells Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management, Privileged Remote Access, AI Agent Security and Entitle. Britive sells Britive ARC.
Are BeyondTrust and Britive in the same category?
Yes. Privileged access management is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are BeyondTrust and Britive headquartered?
BeyondTrust is headquartered in Johns Creek, United States. Britive is headquartered in Glendale, United States.
Who owns BeyondTrust and Britive?
BeyondTrust is owned by Francisco Partners, since 2018.
Who are BeyondTrust and Britive sold to?
From its own pages, BeyondTrust sells mainly to organizations that need to secure privileged access for human, machine, and AI agent identities. From its own pages, Britive sells mainly to enterprises that need privileged access control for AI agents, non-human identities, and human users.
What have BeyondTrust and Britive announced recently?
October 21, 2026: BeyondTrust announced general availability of AI Agent Security on its Pathfinder Platform, together with new Phantom Labs research on AI agent activity. August 24, 2026: Britive introduced Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control), a new approach to securing AI agents as they take action inside enterprise systems.

About BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust sells privileged access management and identity security solutions, and says it discovers, onboards, secures, and right-sizes privileges across an enterprise. BeyondTrust Identity Security and Privileged Access Management solutions are deployed for security, service desk, compliance, and industry-specific use cases. BeyondTrust says it has 20 years of privilege-centric identity security for thousands of customers.[5][8][16]

BeyondTrust says the BeyondTrust Pathfinder Platform unifies PAM, ITDR, Secrets Management, CIEM, and Secure Remote Access so that identities can be seen, understood, and controlled as a single, connected system. The apps named under the platform are Identity Security Insights, AI Agent Security, Entitle, Secure Remote Access, Endpoint Privilege Management, Password Safe, and Workload Credentials. Identity Security Insights correlates data from BeyondTrust and third-party solutions to provide a single, unified view of all identities, accounts, elevated access, and Paths to Privilege. BeyondTrust says Pathfinder Intelligence is its AI assistant and identity expert, built into the platform. The BeyondTrust Pathfinder Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enables Pathfinder Intelligence and other AI agents to orchestrate privilege-safe actions.[6][7][10][17]

BeyondTrust says AI agents request access, execute actions, and escalate privileges at machine speed. BeyondTrust discovers agentic identities across AWS, Azure, Google, OpenAI, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, then enforces the same privilege controls that secure human administrators. AI Agent Security extends proven privileged-action enforcement to AI agents at runtime. Policies for AI agents are applied at the endpoint, before the action completes. AI Agent Security provides vendor-agnostic governance across Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, internal models, and other agentic tools. AI agent discovery covers shadow AI, sub-agents, skills, and MCP servers running across endpoints.[6][16][19]

Password Safe is the BeyondTrust enterprise password management product. Password Safe onboards and manages privileged credentials and secrets, including DevOps secrets and SSH keys, and rotates privileged passwords by policy. Password Safe manages service account passwords and credentials for cloud services, app to app access, RPA workflows, agentic AI, and other non-human accounts. Password Safe also monitors, audits, and manages privileged sessions. Endpoint Privilege Management enforces least privilege dynamically to prevent malware, ransomware, and identity-based attacks. Endpoint Privilege Management removes local admin rights and controls root access across Windows and Mac desktops and Linux and Windows Servers. Entitle automates cloud permissions management with just-in-time access controls.[7][9][10][20]

Privileged Remote Access gives IT teams automated, rule-based access provisioning without VPN setups. BeyondTrust says Privileged Remote Access connects employees, contractors, and vendors to critical systems from anywhere. Remote Support complements Privileged Remote Access with screen sharing, remote camera sharing, and more for vendors, all within the BeyondTrust Pathfinder Platform. BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access enables organizations to secure industrial networks, while allowing the use of local tools to maintain user workflows.[7][13][18]

BeyondTrust says its solutions help enable NIST's seven core tenets of zero trust by identifying and securing every privileged user, asset, and session across a digital estate. BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support are FedRAMP authorized. BeyondTrust has completed an IRAP assessment for four of its solutions against the Australian Government Information Security Manual's PROTECTED level controls. BeyondTrust supports SOX compliance with privilege-centric identity security solutions to control who accesses which resources, and for how long. BeyondTrust says it has provided solutions and guidance to help customers align with the NIST CSF 2.0 framework.[11][19]

ivision is named as a BeyondTrust customer. DXC Technology is a named customer. Texas A&M University is a named customer. Keller Group is a named customer.[1][5][6][7][8][10][12][13][18]

BeyondTrust on the record

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BeyondTrust full record

  1. [1]OverviewBeyondTrust · beyondtrust.com · published March 23, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Beyondtrust completes transaction with clearlake capital and francisco partnersBeyondTrust · beyondtrust.com · published August 17, 2021 · Tier A
  3. [3]Beyondtrust recognized in the atlanta business chronicles 2021 pacesetters awards for fastest growing companiesBeyondTrust · beyondtrust.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]BeyondTrust Extends Privileged Access Leadership with Release of NHI Governance for Every Non-Human and AI IdentityBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Identity Security and Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solutions | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Identity and Access SecurityBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Pathfinder Platform | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]SaaS | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Enterprise Password Management | Password Safe | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Endpoint Privilege Management | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Align with IT Compliance Mandates | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Industry Solutions | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Operational Technology (OT) Security Solutions | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]BeyondTrust Remote Support Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  15. [15]BeyondTrust Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  16. [16]AI Agent Security | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]AI Security Solutions for Agents and Workloads | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Third Party Remote Access | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Zero Trust Solutions | Privileged Access & Identity Security | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Privileged Remote Access | BeyondTrustBeyondTrust · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]BeyondTrust AI Agent Security Now Generally AvailableBeyondTrust · published October 21, 2026 · Tier A

Britive full record

  1. [1]britive.comBritive · britive.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Britive ARC™ Brings Zero Standing Access to the AI WorkforceBritive via PR Newswire · published August 24, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]ContactBritive · britive.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Runtime Privileged Access for AI Agents, NHIs, and Humans | BritiveBritive · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Britive Platform Pricing 2026G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  6. [6]Solution Brief: Access Broker | BritiveBritive · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Solution Brief: Access Approval Workflows | BritiveBritive · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]About Britive | A Leader in Cloud-Native Privileged Access ManagementBritive · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cloud PAM Careers | BritiveBritive · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Agentic AI Security Framework for Financial Services | BritiveBritive · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Britive is the First Complete PAM to Support Shared Signals FrameworkBritive · published April 23, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Britive Joins Torq AMP Alliance Program to Accelerate Agentic SecOpsPR Newswire · published June 25, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Britive Unified PAM Integrates with New Extended Plan for AWS Security HubBritive · published February 27, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Britive and Cisco Duo Partner to Deliver Continuous Zero TrustBritive · published February 5, 2026 · Tier A

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