AppViewX Adds AI Agent Discovery, Runtime Controls and Quantum-Resilient Identities

Summary

AppViewX expanded its Agent Identity Security platform with discovery and governance for sanctioned and shadow AI agents, MCP access controls, runtime termination, compliance features, and quantum-resilient agent identities.

Key points

The platform discovers sanctioned and shadow agents, including browser-based and short-lived script-based agents, and tracks their models, tools, credentials, identities, and skills in an AI Bill of Materials.
A new MCP Gateway discovers and assesses MCP servers, provides just-in-time access, and supports sensitive-data redaction.
An Agent Kill Switch can terminate agents and active sessions through event-driven workflows, runtime policies, or on-demand actions.
Expanded controls track AI token usage and costs, set spending thresholds, and assess alignment with named security and regulatory frameworks.
AppViewX says its PKI and certificate lifecycle management platform can issue cryptographically verifiable, quantum-resilient agent identities with audit trails.

Article Details

Event Type: AppViewX expanded its Agent Identity Security solution with AI-agent discovery, governance, runtime enforcement, and quantum-resilient agent identities.
Impact: The announced capabilities are intended to help enterprises inventory sanctioned and shadow AI agents, govern agent and MCP-server access, terminate agents and active sessions at runtime, monitor usage and compliance, and maintain audit trails. The article reports no specific security incident or realized harm.

People

Sadeq ZabihiSenior Director of Platform and Services at Docusign; discussed using AppViewX’s solution to govern and monitor agents.Venkat ChivukulaVice President, Enterprise Applications and AI at ZoomInfo; commented on the need to govern AI agents’ access.

Vendors

AppViewXAppViewX has expanded Agent Identity Security to help enterprises discover, govern, and control sanctioned and shadow AI agents, including MCP servers, at runtime while maintaining audit-ready logs.

Products

Agent Identity SecurityAppViewX has expanded Agent Identity Security to help enterprises discover, govern, and control sanctioned and shadow AI agents, including MCP servers, at runtime while maintaining audit-ready logs.Agent Kill SwitchThe Agent Kill Switch can terminate sanctioned or shadow agents and their active sessions at runtime.AI Bill of MaterialsDiscover every agent, including Shadow AI, with an expanded AI Bill of Materials: AppViewX discovers sanctioned and unsanctioned agents across the enterprise, with new capabilities to discover browser-based and Guardian Agentsolutions that rely on a single detection method, AppViewX combines its own new lightweight endpoint Guardian Agent with API integrations across EDR, SaaS, and cloud platforms, giving security teams confidence that no MCP GatewayA new MCP Gateway helps govern MCP servers with just-in-time access and data redaction.Microsoft PurviewSensitive data is redacted using built-in controls or by integrating with existing data security tools such as Microsoft Purview.