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Britive vs Permiso

Britive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans. Permiso's Universal Identity Graph connects every identity to the credentials it owns, the machines it creates, the agents it runs and every action it takes in real time. CISO Tribune files both under 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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  • Britive
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Britive vs Permiso: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BritiveBritive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans.britive.comPermisoPermiso's Universal Identity Graph connects every identity to the credentials it owns, the machines it creates, the agents it runs and every action it takes in real time.permiso.io
What it sells
  • Britive ARC[2][4]Authorizes every AI agent action at runtime and removes the privilege when the task ends.
  • Permiso Discover[3]Provides an inventory of human, non-human and AI identities wherever they live.
  • Permiso Protect[3]Evaluates the risk posture of identities based on usage patterns, exposure and entitlements.
  • Universal Identity Graph[3][11]Connects every identity to the credentials it owns, the machines it creates and the agents it runs.
  • Identity Threat Detection and Response[7]Detects threats to human and non-human identities across environments.
  • Identity Runtime Attribution[3]Ties agent runs, events and tool calls to the identity behind them.
  • SandyClaw[11]Runs agent skills in a controlled sandbox.
Categories
Headquarters
Glendale, United States[3]Not stated on its pages
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Okta since 2026[2][5]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • 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]
  • July 30, 2026Okta said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, a startup whose software detects attackers abusing identities across cloud, SaaS and AI agent environments.[14]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen October 23, 2026[5]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
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.Its platform is described for identities across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments. Permiso presents its tools to security teams. Its watchlist capability is aimed at threats from employees, contractors and other trusted individuals.
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November 2, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Britive and Permiso are both filed under Non-human identity security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Britive's primary category is Privileged access management; Permiso's is Identity threat detection and response.
  • Britive is also filed under Cloud identity entitlements (CIEM). Permiso is also filed under Cloud detection and response.
  • Britive lists Britive ARC. Permiso lists Permiso Discover, Permiso Protect, Universal Identity Graph, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Identity Runtime Attribution and 1 more.
  • Britive is headquartered in Glendale, United States.
  • Permiso is owned by Okta, since 2026.

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.

What it sells: Permiso

What Permiso Discover does[3]
Permiso Discover gives enterprises an inventory of human, non-human and AI identities wherever they live. Permiso inventories identities and assesses exposure risk in identity providers, cloud service providers and SaaS applications.
What Permiso Protect does[3]
Permiso Protect continuously evaluates the risk posture of identities based on usage patterns, exposure and entitlements. Permiso Protect surfaces and quantifies high-risk identities, stale access and toxic combinations across human, vendor, AI and non-human accounts.
What Universal Identity Graph does[3][11]
The Universal Identity Graph connects every identity to the credentials it owns, the machines it creates, the agents it runs and every action it takes in real time. Permiso states that the chain stays unbroken from a human SSO login to a Lambda function to an MCP tool call. Permiso's Universal Identity Graph inventories identities in all cloud environments and assesses exposure risk.
What Identity Threat Detection and Response does[7]
Permiso provides identity threat detection and response for human and non-human identities across environments. The detection engine has 1500+ detection rules engineered by the P0 Labs team. Permiso detects access and behavioral anomalies in environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, Slack and Salesforce.
What Identity Runtime Attribution does[3]
Permiso launched AI agent runtime security, bringing Identity Runtime Attribution to every agent in production. Permiso ties every run, event and tool call to the identity behind it in real time. Every agent action is tied to a specific human, non-human or AI identity in real time and is preserved as a complete audit trail.
What SandyClaw does[11]
SandyClaw runs every skill in a controlled sandbox before it touches the environment. SandyClaw records every action, every tool call and every downstream request.

Questions about Britive and Permiso

What do Britive and Permiso sell?
Britive sells Britive ARC. Permiso sells Permiso Discover, Permiso Protect, Universal Identity Graph, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Identity Runtime Attribution and 1 more.
Are Britive and Permiso in the same category?
They share Non-human identity security. Britive's primary category is Privileged access management and Permiso's is Identity threat detection and response.
Where are Britive and Permiso headquartered?
Britive is headquartered in Glendale, United States.
Who owns Britive and Permiso?
Permiso is owned by Okta, since 2026.
Who are Britive and Permiso sold to?
From its own pages, Britive sells mainly to enterprises that need privileged access control for AI agents, non-human identities, and human users. Its platform is described for identities across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments.
What have Britive and Permiso announced recently?
August 24, 2026: Britive introduced Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control), a new approach to securing AI agents as they take action inside enterprise systems. July 30, 2026: Okta said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, a startup whose software detects attackers abusing identities across cloud, SaaS and AI agent environments.

About Britive

Britive sells a runtime privileged access platform that authorizes and enforces task-scoped access for AI agents, non-human identities and humans.

Britive says it continuously authorizes and enforces task-scoped access at runtime across cloud, hybrid, on-prem, infrastructure, applications, and data at enterprise scale.[1]

Britive ARC (Agentic Runtime Control) is described as the runtime access model for the AI workforce, built to give agents the access they need to do real work without standing privilege. Every action is evaluated at runtime, and control continues beyond the tool call into sessions and individual commands. Proof is captured as access happens: the prompt, the stated intent, the identities, the decision, and the outcome.

For cloud privileged access, Britive creates privileged access at the moment it is needed and removes it when the task ends, automatically, across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. For non-human identities, service accounts, workloads, pipelines, and CI/CD jobs lose their permanent credentials and keep their jobs, and access arrives the moment a job runs.

Britive describes one control plane that finds every identity and every privilege it holds, decides authorization centrally, enforces it natively at the resource, and keeps the proof. Britive says access requests are assessed against policy using the identity, the device, the task, and other context, and that authorization is continuously re-evaluated as conditions change. Britive states there is no proxy in the data path.

Britive lists the environments it covers as AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes, SaaS applications, databases, servers, and on-prem infrastructure. Britive has built-in approval workflows, with approval alerts integrated with Teams, Slack, and email.[7]

Britive says deployments can be completed in weeks instead of years. Britive says there are no vault servers, no DR duplicates, and no rotation infrastructure to host, patch, or license.

Britive's co-founders are Art Poghosyan, Alex Gudanis, and Sameer Hiremath. Britive describes itself as a cloud-native platform offering a centralized point of visibility and access management across cloud platforms and applications.[9][10]

Britive on the record

Sources

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

Permiso full record

  1. [1]permiso.ioPermiso · permiso.io · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Okta signs definitive agreement to acquire permiso securityOkta · okta.com · published August 26, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Detect and protect against human and non-human identity threats in real-timePermiso · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Identity Security Posture Management + Identity Threat Detection & ResponsePermiso · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Coverage across cloud environments to better secure the attack surfacePermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Human and Non-Human Identity Inventory, Risk Posture and GovernancePermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) for Human and Non-Human IdentitiesPermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]How Permiso Detects Compromised Credentials In Your EnvironmentPermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]What Are Non-Human Identities? Complete Guide to NHI Security for 2025Permiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Non-Human Identity (NHI) Threat Detection and ResponsePermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Secure Every AI Agent, Skill, and Action | PermisoPermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Security - At Permiso, we don't take security lightlyPermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Learn about how we make cloud zeros into cloud heroes | PermisoPermiso · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Okta to acquire Permiso Security in reported $200M identity security deal - SiliconANGLESiliconANGLE · published July 30, 2026 · Tier B

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