As a leader in identity governance solutions, Astrix helps organizations succeed. They’re changing the way organizations manage non-human identities (NHIs) and AI agents. Our Field CTO Jonathan Sander is at the forefront of improving what we offer our company. We’ve designed an incredibly powerful system that addresses the nasty gaps in conventional identity and access management (IAM) solutions. These tools were mostly designed for human users, making them ill-equipped to handle the new layers of complexity that AI technologies have added.
This urgency for a new approach has come due to the growing use of AI agents to support or even execute business processes. Astrix’s platform automates the discovery and mapping of all AI agents, external or homegrown. This provides organizations with a holistic, real-time view of their identity attack surface. With this capability in place, security teams can more easily uncover rogue third-party connections, over-entitled tokens, and overall policy violations.
Transformative Business Wins
Organizations taking advantage of Astrix’s platform have realized tremendous value within a matter of months from implementation. Jonathan Sander, formerly of the application logic as guardrails. This is particularly the case the more one works with AI agents empowered by large language models (LLMs). He cautions that we’ve gotten into a pernicious practice embedded in our culture. Instead, we frequently rely on application logic to be our guardrails. That doesn’t work when your AI agent is powered by LLMs that don’t stop and think when they’re about to do something wrong. They just do it.
In solving these customer woes, Astrix delivers three game-changing victories for customers on day one of implementing their platform. These are clear benefits such as a significant decrease in risk, removal of blind spots, and greater command of NHIs. By unifying all key controls in a single intuitive interface, the platform empowers organizations to secure their innovations without creating a barrier to productivity.
Brandon Wagner, Head of Information Security at Mercury, reflected positively on the high level of visibility achieved using Astrix. He noted that with Astrix, “visibility into over 900 non-human identities” was a win. This automation simplified ownership tracking and audit prep became a walk in the park. This improved visibility makes compliance easier and overall security standing stronger.
Simplified Compliance Frameworks
Astrix’s platform already improves security for thousands of organizations. It’s the first step in complying with major regulatory frameworks, including NIST, PCI and SOX. With Astrix, every AI agent, NHI, and secret has a single source of truth. This simplification gives security teams the ability to minimize their compliance reporting overhead. This point was underscored by Albert Attias, Senior Director at Workday, in a highlight presentation. He continued, “Astrix provided us with complete transparency into high-risk NHIs and empowered us to take action without impeding business operations.”
The ability to stamp events at creation gives security teams immediate evidence of ownership. This is an essential feature for any organization that wants to quickly generate board-ready reports. Carl Siva, CISO at Boomi, remarked on the efficiency of Astrix’s platform: “The time to value was much faster than other tools. What could have taken hours or days was compressed significantly with Astrix.”
Comprehensive Mapping and Contextual Insights
So, Astrix’s true genius is in its mapping of every AI agent. The novel value of giving this additional context of related NHIs, allowable permissions, owners, and environments accessed is provided. This detailed mapping will prove invaluable especially in today’s intricate digital ecosystem where NHIs are found throughout enterprise systems. The platform helps organizations gain the fullest picture of their identity landscape.