Introducing Astrix’s Agent Control Plane (ACP): Securing AI Agents from Day Zero

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The First Control Plane Built for AI Agent Security

Astrix has launched its AI Agent Control Plane (ACP), the industry’s first solution to deploy secure-by-design AI agents across the enterprise.

With ACP, every AI agent receives short-lived, precisely scoped credentials and just-in-time access aligned to least privilege principles. The result: reduced compliance risk, eliminated access chaos, and full visibility into agent actions.

“Agentic threats are no longer theoretical. Recent studies show 80% of companies have already experienced unintended AI agent actions — from unauthorized system access to data leaks,” said Alon Jackson, Astrix co-founder and CEO. “Our mission has always been to help organizations adopt the latest technology responsibly. With ACP, we are giving enterprises the missing piece of the agent security puzzle.”

From Shadow Agents to Secure-by-Design Deployment

Enterprises already rely on Astrix to:

• Discover shadow AI agents hidden across environments
• Inventory machine identities (NHIs) tied to those agents
• Enforce guardrails that prevent out-of-scope or risky actions

Now, with ACP, customers can extend that protection to deployment — ensuring that every new AI agent comes online with Zero Trust access policies and full audit trails.

Deep NHI Expertise, Applied to Agent Security

AI agents don’t operate in a vacuum. They rely on non-human identities (NHIs) — service accounts, API keys, and machine credentials — that define what they can do.

“As OWASP stated: ‘NHIs play a key role in agentic AI security.’ To secure agents, you must secure their NHIs. There’s no way around it,” said Idan Gour, Astrix co-founder and CTO. “Since 2021, Astrix has pioneered NHI security. With ACP, we extend that expertise into the age of agentic AI.”

Backed by years of research and real-world deployments, Astrix combines NHI security leadership with AI agent monitoring to give enterprises a unified security framework no other vendor can match.

ACP at a Glance: Secure-by-Design Deployment

Astrix’s AI Agent Control Plane delivers three core benefits:

• Fast, predictable audits → Every action is logged, owned, and easy to validate
• Secure access for AI agents → Just-in-time, least-privilege credentials from day one
• Developer productivity → Policy-driven, pre-approved access to cut delays

How it Works

1. Pre-define policies → Admins create granular permission profiles for each AI agent use case
2. Deploy agents → Developers launch agents with the right pre-approved profiles
3. Centralized control → ACP enforces policies, monitors behavior, and adapts in real time

The Full Framework: Discover – Secure – Deploy

With ACP, Astrix now delivers the industry’s first end-to-end AI agent security solution:

• Discover → Inventory every AI agent and its machine credentials (API keys, secrets, service accounts)
• Secure → Remediate excessive privileges, abnormal activity, and misconfigurations
• Deploy → Launch new agents safely with Zero Trust guardrails and just-in-time access

Why It Matters

AI agents and NHIs are the fastest-growing blind spot in enterprise security, already outnumbering employees 100:1. Yet traditional IAM doesn’t cover them.

With Astrix ACP, enterprises can:

• Gain visibility into every AI agent and its NHIs
• Prevent uncontrolled access before it happens
• Deploy agentic AI responsibly — with security built in from day one

With ACP, Astrix empowers enterprises to scale AI agents fast, without scaling risk.