AI Defense Matrix Catalog

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Overview

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

Vendor
Descope3
Description
Identity platform for AI agents and MCP servers that authenticates agents with scoped OAuth tokens, brokers their credentials to external tools, and governs and audits what each agent may do.3
Deployment
SaaS3
Status
Active3
Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP High, CSA STAR Level 22 (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 IdentifyProtect Coverage
AI Agent Identities Primary 1

Framework Relevance

These frameworks include controls relevant to the asset classes Descope defends. This is an editorial inference from the AI Defense Matrix asset-level crossmap, not a statement that Descope 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

  1. Descope Agentic Identity Hub documentation
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-09
    • “It covers every agent that calls your APIs, every tool your agents use, and every credential those tools need.”
  2. Descope Security and Compliance
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-13
    • “Yes, Descope is FedRAMP High Authorized.”
  3. Descope Agentic Identity Hub
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-09

Changelog

  1. Refined matrix coverage.

  2. Enriched from the Descope Agentic Identity Hub documentation.

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