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What is Akto?
Akto is a comprehensive security platform designed specifically for protecting AI agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, and associated tools in enterprise environments. The platform transforms AI security chaos into controlled protection by automatically discovering and cataloging all AI assets across infrastructure, cloud deployments, and employee devices.
The solution provides continuous red teaming with the industry's largest probe library containing over 1,000 security tests, enabling organizations to identify vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Akto enforces security guardrails at scale and offers runtime protection to detect and block threats in real-time, ensuring that AI deployments remain secure throughout their lifecycle.
Features
- Agentic AI Discovery: Automatically discovers and catalogs MCPs, AI agents, tools, and resources across infrastructure, cloud, and employee laptops
- Automated Agentic Red Teaming: Performs continuous security testing with the largest probe library containing 1000+ security tests
- Agentic Security Posture Management: Provides comprehensive visibility and management of AI agent security posture
- MCP and AI Agents Guardrails: Enforces security policies and guardrails for MCP servers, LLMs, tools, and AI agents
- Agentic Runtime Protection: Detects and blocks threats in real-time during AI agent execution
- Sensitive Data Exposure Detection: Identifies and prevents sensitive data exposure through MCPs and AI agents
Use Cases
- Securing AI agents and MCP servers in enterprise environments
- Continuous security testing and red teaming for AI deployments
- Protecting against tool poisoning and unauthorized tool execution
- Preventing prompt injection attacks through tool outputs
- Enforcing authorization controls for AI agent backend actions
- Detecting and blocking runtime threats to AI workflows
- Managing security posture for agentic AI infrastructure
- Preventing sensitive data exposure through AI agent interactions
FAQs
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What types of AI assets does Akto discover and protect?
Akto automatically discovers and catalogs MCP servers, AI agents, RAG databases, LLMs, and associated tools across enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, and employee devices. -
How does Akto's red teaming capability work?
Akto performs automated agentic red teaming using the industry's largest probe library with over 1,000 security tests to simulate attacks and identify vulnerabilities in AI agents and MCP workflows before attackers can exploit them. -
What security threats does Akto protect against?
Akto protects against various AI security threats including tool poisoning, line jumping attacks, tool shadowing, prompt injection via tool outputs, broken authorization, and rug pull attacks across input, execution, and output layers. -
Does Akto provide real-time protection for AI agents?
Yes, Akto offers agentic runtime protection that detects and blocks threats in real-time during AI agent execution, providing continuous security monitoring and threat prevention.
