Astrix Security
Vendor: Cisco
In short: Astrix Security, now part of Cisco, finds agents four ways: AI platform integrations, NHI fingerprinting, endpoint and browser sensors, and a bring-your-own option. It maps owners, issues short-lived just-in-time credentials and applies allow, flag or block policies. Discovery breadth is its strongest documented trait.
When does Astrix Security fit?
- You do not know how many agents exist or who owns them.
- You need to find local agents and MCP servers on laptops.
When is it less suited?
- You need a named-person approval step before an action; not found in the material reviewed.
Astrix grew from non-human identity security. Its discovery reaches Copilot, Bedrock, Vertex, OpenAI and Agentforce, plus local agents and MCP servers on endpoints.
What does Astrix Security document?
- Cisco completed the acquisition on 29 June 2026. Cisco and Astrix Security, read 2026-11-03
- Four discovery methods: AI platform integrations including Copilot, Bedrock, Vertex, OpenAI and Agentforce; NHI fingerprinting; EDR and browser sensors; bring your own service. Astrix at RSAC 2026, read 2026-11-03
- Short-lived just-in-time credentials, allow, flag and block policies, and owner mapping. Astrix at RSAC 2026, read 2026-11-03
What does it cost?
Not published in the material reviewed. No source: not found in public material.