In a blog post, Okta cited data which shows that about 58% of executives have dealt with an AI-related security incident in the past year. Okta said Permiso will bring its large research base to the deal, drawing on thousands of identity-related detection signals across dozens of partner integrations to flag issues like excessive permissions, unused access, and unusual behaviour from AI agents.

The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environments.

Okta is acquiring AI security startup Permiso for $200M to secure non-human identities, a growing threat vector with major implications for