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Funded MCP security platforms, incumbent acquirers, and open-source tools. Full feature matrix for teams evaluating AI agent runtime security.
Feature Matrix
Twelve capabilities that matter for runtime AI agent security. Green checks mean native support, dashes mean not available.
| Capability | Oktsec | Runlayer | Lasso | Operant | Enkrypt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | $11M (Khosla) | $28M | Funded | Funded | |
| Dual-channel (MCP + CLI) | ✓ | — MCP only | — MCP only | — MCP only | — MCP only |
| Deterministic rules | 188 | — ML-based | — LLM-based | — | — |
| Works without LLM | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Runtime interception (block) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — Scan only |
| Tamper-evident audit trail | SHA-256 + Ed25519 | — | — | — | — |
| Per-tool financial controls | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Open source | ✓ Apache 2.0 | — | — | — | — |
| Self-hosted / on-premise | ✓ | — Cloud SaaS | — Cloud SaaS | — Cloud SaaS | — Cloud SaaS |
| Agent topology graph | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| LLM threat intel (optional) | ✓ Async, budget controls | ✓ Inline | ✓ Inline | Varies | Varies |
| One-command setup | 30 seconds | — Enterprise onboarding | — Enterprise onboarding | — Enterprise onboarding | — Enterprise onboarding |
| OWASP Agentic coverage | 7/10 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of March 2026.
Why Observability Alone Falls Short
Monitoring dashboards and APMs tell you what happened after the fact. Oktsec intercepts before execution and decides whether the call should proceed at all.
| Dimension | Observability (Datadog, etc.) | Oktsec |
|---|---|---|
| When | Post-execution telemetry | Pre-execution interception |
| Action | Alert & notify | Block, quarantine, flag, or pass |
| Detection | Anomaly thresholds, metrics | 188 deterministic rules + NLP + taint tracking |
| Response | PagerDuty / manual triage | Automated verdict in ~1ms |
| Compliance | Log aggregation | SHA-256 hash chain, Ed25519 signatures, SARIF export |
| Monitoring | Traces, spans, metrics | Full tool call capture + agent topology graph |
| AI-specific | Generic (not built for agents) | MCP-native, prompt injection detection, tool-call inspection |
/etc/passwd and blocks it before execution.
Scenario
A real attack pattern: an AI agent reads your .env file, then tries to send the contents out through an MCP tool call. Here is what happens with and without Oktsec in the loop.
.env via CLI tool
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY via MCP tool call
.env via CLI tool
Market
Major platform vendors are acquiring AI security startups at record pace.
| Acquirer | Target | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| CrowdStrike | SGNL | $740M |
| Palo Alto Networks | Koi Security | ~$400M |
| Check Point | Lakera | ~$300M |
| SentinelOne | Prompt Security | n/d |
| Proofpoint | Acuvity | n/d |
| Snyk | Invariant Labs | n/d |