Okta agrees to acquire Permiso and push identity security into the SOC

The FireEye veterans behind Permiso give Okta runtime detection across human, machine and AI-agent identities.

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Permiso gives Okta post-login threat detection, extending its reach from access management into security operations as AI agents and machine accounts multiply.

Illustration of Okta and Permiso connecting human, machine, and AI-agent identity symbols into a secure SOC dashboard for real-time detection.

Okta said on July 30th that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, the cloud identity threat-detection provider founded by former FireEye executives Paul Nguyen and Jason Martin. Financial terms were not disclosed.…

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