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Enkrypt AI vs Symmetry Systems

Enkrypt AI sells an AI security platform with products for red teaming agents, enforcing runtime guardrails, turning policy into controls, auditing AI data, and scanning and gating MCP tool traffic. Symmetry Systems sells a Data + AI Security Platform that discovers, classifies, protects, and monitors sensitive data. CISO Tribune files both under AI governance. 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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  • Enkrypt AI
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Enkrypt AI vs Symmetry Systems: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Enkrypt AIEnkrypt AI sells an AI security platform with products for red teaming agents, enforcing runtime guardrails, turning policy into controls, auditing AI data, and scanning and gating MCP tool traffic.enkryptai.comSymmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems sells a Data + AI Security Platform that discovers, classifies, protects, and monitors sensitive data.symmetry-systems.com
What it sells
  • AI Data Risk Audit[1][6]Produces a sign-off packet for Security and Legal on the data an AI system uses.
  • MCP Gateway[1][4][8]Open-source control plane that sits inline between agents and MCP servers.
  • DataGuard[1][8]A data security product from Symmetry Systems.
  • DataEnforce[1][4]Remediates misconfigurations, revokes excess permissions, and enforces policy.
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Headquarters
Brighton, United StatesNot stated on its pages
Founded
2022[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Privately held[1][7]Owned by Zscaler
Named customers
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Recent news
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Who it fits
From its own pages, Enkrypt AI sells mainly to teams shipping customer-facing chat or voice agents in regulated industries such as Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, and Government. Its pricing describes plans for startups launching AI, small teams, growing companies with multiple agents, and large enterprises in regulated industries needing VPC or on-prem deployment. Enkrypt AI states that its release packet is meant to give Security, Legal, and Product what they need to approve an agent. Teams adopting MCP are named as a stated audience for its MCP products.From its own pages, Symmetry Systems sells to federal agencies and contractors that need data discovery, classification, monitoring and reporting across cloud and on-premises environments. Symmetry Systems describes an air-gapped DSPM for defense, federal and healthcare environments. Symmetry Systems runs a partner program for managed security services providers. Symmetry Systems offers separate instances per region, and a deployment where classification compute runs inside the customer's VPC or on-prem network. Symmetry Systems offers a managed service for data security.
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November 9, 2026October 23, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems are both filed under AI governance.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Enkrypt AI's primary category is AI model and agent security; Symmetry Systems's is Data security posture management.
  • Enkrypt AI is also filed under AI firewalls and guardrails. Symmetry Systems is also filed under Non-human identity security and Workforce AI usage security.
  • Enkrypt AI lists AI Data Risk Audit and MCP Gateway. Symmetry Systems lists DataGuard and DataEnforce.
  • Enkrypt AI is headquartered in Brighton, United States.
  • Enkrypt AI was founded in 2022.
  • Enkrypt AI is privately held. Symmetry Systems is owned by Zscaler.

What it sells: Enkrypt AI

What AI Data Risk Audit does[1][6]
Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit evaluates the datasets a customer brings for a specific AI system and intended use. Intended uses include TRAIN, RAG, and EVAL. Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit works across text, audio and images, in multiple languages. It is re-run when datasets or connectors change.
What MCP Gateway does[1][4][8]
MCP Gateway approves, modifies, or blocks tool calls. MCP Gateway runs as a sidecar or gateway in the tool path. Enkrypt AI adds enterprise capabilities such as centralized policy management, tenant-aware enforcement, reporting, and support.

What it sells: Symmetry Systems

What DataEnforce does[1][4]
DataEnforce automatically remediates misconfigurations, revokes excess permissions, and enforces policy. DataEnforce does this without requiring a separate DLP or PAM tool.

Questions about Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems

What do Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems sell?
Enkrypt AI sells AI Data Risk Audit and MCP Gateway. Symmetry Systems sells DataGuard and DataEnforce.
Are Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems in the same category?
They share AI governance. Enkrypt AI's primary category is AI model and agent security and Symmetry Systems's is Data security posture management.
Where are Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems headquartered?
Enkrypt AI is headquartered in Brighton, United States.
When were Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems founded?
Enkrypt AI was founded in 2022.
Who owns Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems?
Enkrypt AI is privately held. Symmetry Systems is owned by Zscaler.
Who are Enkrypt AI and Symmetry Systems sold to?
From its own pages, Enkrypt AI sells mainly to teams shipping customer-facing chat or voice agents in regulated industries such as Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, and Government. From its own pages, Symmetry Systems sells to federal agencies and contractors that need data discovery, classification, monitoring and reporting across cloud and on-premises environments.

About Enkrypt AI

Enkrypt AI sells an AI security platform with products for red teaming agents, enforcing runtime guardrails, turning policy into controls, auditing AI data, and scanning and gating MCP tool traffic. Enkrypt AI describes the platform as purpose-built to cover every threat, regulation, and modality.

Enkrypt AI Red Teaming finds failure modes across text, audio, and vision, including agents, tools, RAG, and MCP. Enkrypt AI Red Teaming turns findings into prioritized fixes and evidence-ready reports for security, risk, and compliance. Enkrypt AI Red Teaming adds closure evidence and regression tests to a CI gate. Findings can be promoted into Guardrails policies and monitored in production.[3]

Enkrypt AI Guardrails is the runtime layer that approves, modifies, or blocks risky behavior across agents, tools, RAG, and MCP. Every enforcement decision is logged, and Enkrypt AI says each decision includes a policy id, policy version, and reason code. Enkrypt AI Guardrails takes SSO and IAM claims for role-aware and tenant-aware policies, including Okta, Azure AD, and custom JWT claims. Enkrypt AI Guardrails can apply guardrails inline in the MCP Gateway, not just in the model prompt. Enkrypt AI Guardrails is API-first and works with an existing model stack.[4]

Enkrypt AI Policy Engine converts natural-language AI governance policy and regulatory text, including PDFs, into controls. Enkrypt AI Policy Engine enforces those controls across the platform with traceability that can be audited. Controls are reviewed and approved, then published to dev, stage, and prod environments. Policies are versioned, with diff review, staged rollouts, and rollback. Enkrypt AI Policy Engine combines internal governance requirements with external standards into a single control model. OWASP, NIST, and EU AI Act are included as defaults.[5]

Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit produces a sign-off packet for Security and Legal covering what data an AI system uses, what risk it carries, and what is approved for AI. Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit evaluates the datasets a customer brings for a specific AI system and intended use. Intended uses include TRAIN, RAG, and EVAL. Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit can block a dataset for TRAIN and approve it for RAG with conditions. Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit works across text, audio and images, in multiple languages. Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit connects to Jira and ServiceNow for remediation and approvals, and is re-run when datasets or connectors change.[6]

Enkrypt AI MCP Scanner discovers tools, analyzes capabilities and permissions, and surfaces high-risk exposure. MCP Scanner covers configuration, permissions, tool schemas, endpoints, and common vulnerability patterns on MCP servers and tool surfaces. MCP Scanner scans internal MCP servers during development and before rollout, not just public MCPs. MCP Scanner scores severity on exploitability and impact, and on exposure. MCP Gateway is open source and sits inline between agents and MCP servers to approve, modify, or block tool calls. Enkrypt AI adds enterprise capabilities to MCP Gateway such as centralized policy management, tenant-aware enforcement, reporting, and support. MCP Gateway runs as a sidecar or gateway in the tool path, in Kubernetes, edge, or service mesh patterns. MCP Scanner findings inform an approved registry and policy defaults, and MCP Gateway enforces those decisions at runtime.[8]

Enkrypt AI says its customer-facing agents offering targets teams shipping customer-facing chat or voice agents in regulated industries such as Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, and Government. Enkrypt AI produces an Agent Release Packet, a single, forwardable document that gives every stakeholder the evidence they need to approve an agent. Enkrypt AI says teams that used to spend 4 to 6 months in review loops ship in 30 days. Enkrypt AI describes a large insurance services provider that used Enkrypt AI to secure its customer-facing AI-powered Chatbot app. Enkrypt AI describes a financial organization that scaled its tax preparation services through an AI-enabled tax chatbot. Enkrypt AI describes a medical device company that wanted to deploy an AI app for personalized medicine adherence. NetApp partnered with Enkrypt AI to ensure data readiness for Gen AI and to remove data risks on its platform.[9][10]

Enkrypt AI lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 among its security and compliance credentials. Its address is 1660 Soldiers Field Rd. Brighton, MA 02135.[11]

Enkrypt AI on the record

Sources

Enkrypt AI full record

  1. [1]Enkrypt AI | World's Most Comprehensive AI Security PlatformEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]MultimodalaisecurityEnkrypt AI · enkryptai.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Enkrypt AI Agent Red TeamingEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Enkrypt AI Agent Guardrails | Secure AI Agents EffortlesslyEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Enkrypt AI Agent Policy Engine | Secure & Control AI Agents EffortlesslyEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Enkrypt AI Data Risk Audit | Secure Your AI Data NowEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Enkrypt AI MCP Scanner: Advanced AI Threat Detection & SecurityEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Enkrypt AI MCP Gateway | Inline Policy Control for MCP Tool TrafficEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Secure Customer-Facing Agents | Enkrypt AI Compliance & ReleaseEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Industry | Enkrypt AIEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Pricing | Enkrypt AIEnkrypt AI · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A

Symmetry Systems full record

  1. [1]symmetry-systems.comSymmetry Systems · symmetry-systems.com · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Symmetry systems launches symmetry aiguardSymmetry Systems · symmetry-systems.com · published February 25, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Data-Centric Security Roadmap Template for Modern CISO'sSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Symmetry Systems - The Data+AI Security Company.Symmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Data Security Posture Management Solution - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Zero Trust and Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Security Compliance Statement - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Data Security Posture Management as a Service - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Symmetry for Managed Security Services Providers - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]How DataGuard helps with FedRAMP compliance - Symmetry SystemsSymmetry Systems · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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