Akeyless
Overview
Product details compiled from public sources, each with a citation.
- Vendor
- Akeyless1
- Description
- Identity security platform for machines and AI agents that issues just-in-time, vaultless secrets and certificates so agents authenticate without hardcoded credentials and act under runtime control.1
- Deployment
- SaaS1
- Status
- Active1
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, FIPS 140-3, PCI DSS3 (company-level, see Methodology)
Matrix Coverage
Where this product defends, by asset class and NIST CSF function. The Coverage column shows whether each asset is Primary, Secondary, or Adjacent to what the product does. The table omits empty rows and columns.
| Asset class | Identify | Protect | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agent Identities | Primary | 2 |
Framework Relevance
These frameworks include controls relevant to the asset classes Akeyless defends. This is an editorial inference from the AI Defense Matrix asset-level crossmap, not a statement that Akeyless implements these controls or is certified against them.
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| Framework | Asset class | Relevant controls |
|---|---|---|
| NIST IR 8596 | AI Agent Identities | Agents as autonomous principals; Keys; Integrations and permissions |
| CSA AI Controls Matrix | AI Agent Identities | IAM; Governance, Risk and Compliance |
| ISO 42001 | AI Agent Identities | A.9 Use of AI systems; A.3 Internal organization; A.5 Assessing impacts of AI systems |
| Google SAIF | AI Agent Identities | Focus on Agents (explicit SAIF section); identity, authorization, and delegation controls |
| SANS Critical AI Security Guidelines | AI Agent Identities | Secure Agentic Systems and AI Autonomy Controls (defined function scope; API and function-call gating; escalation and fallback); Limit Model Behavior (least-privilege focused functionality; human oversight; override capabilities) |
| MITRE ATLAS | AI Agent Identities | AML.T0053 AI Agent Tool Invocation; credential and delegation-chain abuse |
| OWASP AI Exchange | AI Agent Identities | Runtime threats: unauthorized agent actions, capability abuse, delegation chain exploitation |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 | AI Agent Identities | LLM06 Excessive Agency; LLM05 Improper Output Handling; unauthorized actions by AI agents |
| OWASP Agentic Security Top 10 | AI Agent Identities | ASI03 Identity and Privilege Abuse; ASI10 Rogue Agents; ASI09 Human-Agent Trust Exploitation; ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation (when tied to agent permissions) |
Provenance
Last sourced 2026-06-09.
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Sources
- Akeyless identity security
- Akeyless secure enterprise AI
- “Akeyless provides unified secrets and machine identity management, tokenization, and PAM capabilities needed to secure enterprise AI.”
- Akeyless Trust Center
- “SOC 2 Type II”
Changelog
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Enriched from the Akeyless documentation.
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