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Mitiga vs Permiso

Mitiga sells Agentic Runtime Security for cloud, SaaS, identity, and AI. 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 Cloud detection and response and Identity threat detection and response. 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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  • Mitiga
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Mitiga vs Permiso: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
MitigaMitiga sells Agentic Runtime Security for cloud, SaaS, identity, and AI.mitiga.ioPermisoPermiso'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
  • AI Agent Security[6]Discovery, governance, and runtime detection and response for AI agents.
  • Cloud Security Data Lake[9]Keeps cloud, SaaS, identity, AI, and third-party telemetry in one model.
  • Helios AIDR[7]Behavioral detection, agentic AI triage, and reversible containment.
  • Managed Threat Hunting[10]Threat hunting sold within Mitiga's cloud managed services.
  • Managed IR[10]Managed incident response for cloud and SaaS incidents.
  • 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
New York, United States[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
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Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Okta since 2026[2][5]
Named customers
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Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • 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]
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Who it fits
Not written yetIts 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.
Last verified
September 27, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Mitiga and Permiso are both filed under Cloud detection and response and Identity threat detection and response.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Mitiga's primary category is Cloud detection and response; Permiso's is Identity threat detection and response.
  • Mitiga is also filed under SaaS security posture. Permiso is also filed under Non-human identity security.
  • Mitiga lists AI Agent Security, Cloud Security Data Lake, Helios AIDR, Managed Threat Hunting and Managed IR. Permiso lists Permiso Discover, Permiso Protect, Universal Identity Graph, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Identity Runtime Attribution and 1 more.
  • Mitiga is headquartered in New York, United States.
  • Permiso is owned by Okta, since 2026.

What it sells: Mitiga

What AI Agent Security does[6]
AI Agent Security is discovery, governance, runtime detection and response, and Zero-Impact Breach Prevention for AI agents. AI Agent Security finds every agent acting across cloud, SaaS, and identity. For containment, Mitiga revokes the token, quarantines the identity, and reverses the change.
What Cloud Security Data Lake does[9]
Mitiga's Cloud Security Data Lake keeps cloud, SaaS, identity, AI, and third-party telemetry in one normalized, enriched, investigation-ready model. Mitiga stores raw data at full fidelity and normalizes schemas. Mitiga exposes the Cloud Security Data Lake through an open, documented schema, MCP and API access, bring-your-own-bucket deployment, and export paths into the SIEM.
What Helios AIDR does[7]
Mitiga, with Helios AIDR, delivers behavioral detection that catches attacks in runtime, agentic AI triage that collapses noise into a prioritized attack story, and reversible containment. Mitiga extends IOA-based behavioral detection to chatbots, copilots, and autonomous agents.

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 Mitiga and Permiso

What do Mitiga and Permiso sell?
Mitiga sells AI Agent Security, Cloud Security Data Lake, Helios AIDR, Managed Threat Hunting and Managed IR. Permiso sells Permiso Discover, Permiso Protect, Universal Identity Graph, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Identity Runtime Attribution and 1 more.
Are Mitiga and Permiso in the same category?
They share Cloud detection and response and Identity threat detection and response. Mitiga's primary category is Cloud detection and response and Permiso's is Identity threat detection and response.
Where are Mitiga and Permiso headquartered?
Mitiga is headquartered in New York, United States.
Who owns Mitiga and Permiso?
Permiso is owned by Okta, since 2026.
Who are Mitiga and Permiso sold to?
Its platform is described for identities across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments.
What have Mitiga and Permiso announced recently?
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 Mitiga

Mitiga sells Agentic Runtime Security for cloud, SaaS, identity, and AI. Mitiga was founded by cloud incident responders. Mitiga uses automation, AI-driven detection, and a forensic data lake holding over 1,000 days of activity.[5]

Mitiga offers AI Agent Security, which is discovery, governance, runtime detection and response, and Zero-Impact Breach Prevention for AI agents. Mitiga inventories agents, whether sanctioned, third-party, or shadow, with their connectors and identities. For containment, Mitiga revokes the token, quarantines the identity, and reverses the change.[6][10]

Mitiga describes three kinds of agents. Vendor agents include Salesforce Agentforce, ChatGPT, Anthropic, and vendor-built automations. Mitiga learns what normal looks like for every agent and flags the moment an agent does something new or outside its guardrails. Mitiga pushes recommended containment, such as suspend, revoke, and rotate, straight into a customer's SOAR.[6]

Mitiga, with Helios AIDR, delivers behavioral detection that catches attacks in runtime, agentic AI triage that collapses noise into a prioritized attack story, and reversible containment. Mitiga extends IOA-based behavioral detection to chatbots, copilots, and autonomous agents. For identities, Mitiga runs continuous behavioral baselining across users, service accounts, OAuth apps, API tokens, and federated access. Mitiga provides continuous visibility into sanctioned, unsanctioned, shadow SaaS, and embedded AI. For SaaS, Mitiga anticipates, disrupts, and blocks active attacks driven by compromised identities, OAuth abuse, connected apps, and API misuse. Mitiga names Salesforce, Workday, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Office365, and Google Workspace among the SaaS applications its runtime security for SaaS covers. For cloud infrastructure, Mitiga extends protection into AWS, Azure, GCP, and workloads while cross correlating with identity and SaaS activities.[6][7][8]

Mitiga's Cloud Security Data Lake keeps cloud, SaaS, identity, AI, and third-party telemetry in one normalized, enriched, investigation-ready model. The Cloud Security Data Lake spans cloud, identity, productivity, SaaS apps, SaaS infrastructure, AI infrastructure, AI SaaS, and third-party services. Mitiga stores raw data at full fidelity, normalizes schemas, and builds aggregation and context layers that resolve entities and preserve continuity. Mitiga exposes the Cloud Security Data Lake through an open, documented schema, MCP and API access, bring-your-own-bucket deployment, and export paths into the SIEM. Customers can query the lake in place, programmatically or in natural language. The Mitiga platform stores and normalizes 1,000 days of forensic data, correlating identities to entities in advance.[9][10]

Mitiga's cloud managed services provide 24/7 M-CDR, managed threat hunting, and managed incident response. Mitiga integrates with on-prem systems for unified visibility and response, while optimized for SaaS and Cloud. In one case study, Mitiga activated its IR2 platform and expert team to accelerate the investigation of a global financial services enterprise facing an Okta breach.[10][11]

Mitiga holds this data outside the source, exportable for legal hold, regulators, or insurers. Mitiga delivers one cross-platform attack timeline, scope and impact, documented root cause, and regulator- and board-ready reporting.[1][5][6][8][10][12]

Mitiga on the record

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Mitiga full record

  1. [1]mitiga.ioMitiga · mitiga.io · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Mitiga announces 25 million series a funding to radically change cybersecurity incident readiness and response to the cloud 301317913Mitiga via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published June 23, 2021 · Tier A
  3. [3]Mitiga | Agentic Runtime Security delivers Zero-Impact Breach PreventionMitiga · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]About Mitiga | Award-Winning Cloud & SaaS Security CompanyMitiga · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Regulatory & ComplianceMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Agent Security | Runtime Detection & Response | MitigaMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Agentic Runtime Security for the Modern Infrastructure | MitigaMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]How Mitiga compares to leading SSPM solutionsMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cloud Security Data Lake for Cloud, SaaS, Identity and AI | MitigaMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Cloud Security Managed Services | MitigaMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Mitiga Delivers Emergency Incident Response, Rapid Extortionware ResolutionMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Mitiga Strengthens IR Capabilities for a Cloud-Native CompanyMitiga · undated page, accessed November 10, 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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