Cequence AI Gateway

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Overview

Product details compiled from public sources, each with a citation.

Vendor
Cequence Security1
Description
Agentic-AI security layer that authenticates AI agents, exposes enterprise APIs as MCP tools, and enforces authorization and monitoring policy inline on every agent tool call.1
Deployment
Hybrid1
Status
Active1

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 ProtectDetect Coverage Source
AI Gateways and Routers Primary 1
AI Agent Identities Detect: Not covered Secondary 1

Framework Relevance

These frameworks include controls relevant to the asset classes Cequence AI Gateway defends. This is an editorial inference from the AI Defense Matrix asset-level crossmap, not a statement that Cequence Security implements these controls or is certified against them.

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Framework Asset class Relevant controls
NIST IR 8596 AI Gateways and Routers AI data flows; APIs; inference endpoints (traffic side); model registries and dataset sources
AI Agent Identities Agents as autonomous principals; Keys; Integrations and permissions
CSA AI Controls Matrix AI Gateways and Routers Infrastructure Security; Interoperability and Portability
AI Agent Identities IAM; Governance, Risk and Compliance
ISO 42001 AI Gateways and Routers A.8 Information for interested parties; A.9 Use of AI systems; A.10 Third-party and customer relationships
AI Agent Identities A.9 Use of AI systems; A.3 Internal organization; A.5 Assessing impacts of AI systems
Google SAIF AI Gateways and Routers Harden and monitor infrastructure; network-level access and egress controls
AI Agent Identities Focus on Agents (explicit SAIF section); identity, authorization, and delegation controls
SANS Critical AI Security Guidelines AI Gateways and Routers Conventional Security Controls (authenticate and control access to inference APIs; API key management); Model I/O Handling (rate limiting; egress output filtering); Monitoring (interaction and API-usage logging)
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 Gateways and Routers AML.T0057 LLM Data Leakage; AML.T0024 Exfiltration via AI Inference API (network-side observation)
AI Agent Identities AML.T0053 AI Agent Tool Invocation; credential and delegation-chain abuse
OWASP AI Exchange AI Gateways and Routers Runtime threats: data leakage via AI egress; network-level access control gaps
AI Agent Identities Runtime threats: unauthorized agent actions, capability abuse, delegation chain exploitation
OWASP LLM Top 10 AI Gateways and Routers LLM10 Unbounded Consumption (cost and rate control); shadow AI egress and output handling
AI Agent Identities LLM06 Excessive Agency; LLM05 Improper Output Handling; unauthorized actions by AI agents
OWASP Agentic Security Top 10 AI Gateways and Routers ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication; ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation (egress and tool-invocation scope); ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (MCP and tool-registry trust)
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 2026-07-03.

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Sources

  1. Cequence AI Gateway
    Vendor source accessed 2026-07-03
    • “The gateway enforces policy inline in the request path, for the full session, on every tool call.”
    • “Built-in token lifecycle management provides appropriate identity-based access to systems and data while preventing unauthorized AI agent access.”

Changelog

  1. Added to the catalog from the Cequence AI Gateway documentation.

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