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Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Descope Enhances Agentic Identity Hub To Provide Policy-Based Security Guardrails for AI Agents
The industry-first Agentic Identity Control Plane delivers scope-based access control, monitoring, and identity management across the AI agent lifecycle LOS ALTOS, Calif., Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descope, the drag & drop external IAM platform, today announced the launch of Agentic Identity Control Plane, an industry-first solution that enables security teams to institute policy-based governance, auditing, and identity management for their AI agent and Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystems. The Agentic Identity Control Plane builds on top of the existing Descope Agentic Identity Hub to mark a huge step forward in Descope's vision of becoming the identity provider for AI agents. As AI agents, LLMs, and MCP servers continue gaining rapid adoption, security leaders grow increasingly concerned about unauthorized AI agent adoption, which can lead to an increased attack surface, risk compliance issues, and pave the way for rogue AI agents gaining escalated privileges. A survey of 400+ CIAM decision-makers commissioned by Descope found that 57% of respondents feel worried about AI agents accessing unauthorized data or sharing data with unauthorized users. Identity management is critical to the secure adoption of agentic AI, as evidenced by the fact that 5 of the OWASP Top 10 Threats for GenAI have authentication and authorization related mitigations. The Descope no / low code external IAM platform helps organizations easily create, modify, and manage identity journeys for their consumers, business customers, partners, AI agents, and MCP servers using visual workflows. Hundreds of customers including GoFundMe, Databricks, Navan, and use Descope to enhance customer experience, help prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. In April 2025, Descope announced Agentic Identity Hub, a suite of capabilities that solves authentication and authorization challenges for developers building AI-compatible APIs, remote MCP servers, and AI agents. Today's release further enhances Descope's agentic identity offering and provides enterprise security teams with critical oversight into identity management and governance for both internal and external-facing AI capabilities announced today enable: Scope-based access control through a policy engine to tightly control how AI agents and MCP clients / servers access corporate resources. Security teams can restrict AI agent access to specific scopes within specific third-party tools, as well as enact policies based on user roles and hierarchies. Enterprise-grade monitoring and auditing capabilities to help security teams gain visibility over their AI agent risk surface, spot access control errors and misconfigurations, and identify potential rogue AI agents before they do damage. End-to-end identity lifecycle management for AI agents, including dynamic and static AI agent registration, configurable user consent flows, granular authorization scopes, token management and storage, and visibility into how AI agent identities and human identities are linked. 'No CISO wants to block the adoption of agentic AI and MCP at their company, but they are taking on an increased risk responsibility with every new AI agent or MCP server created within their organization or connecting with their products,' said Slavik Markovich, Co-founder and CEO of Descope. 'The Agentic Identity Control Plane delivers easy to use and comprehensive policy control and monitoring tools that security teams need for secure, scalable AI adoption.' To cultivate further adoption of secure agentic identity infrastructure within AI systems, Descope is hosting its inaugural Global MCP Hackathon from August 12 to September 8. Interested AI developers and tech leaders can RSVP for the hackathon opening night event here. Resources Blog: Descope for AI: Descope AI demo microsite: Global MCP Hackathon: About Descope Descope is a drag & drop platform to help organizations manage all their external identity journeys. Our no / low code solution helps organizations create, modify, and secure authentication and authorization journeys for end users, business customers, partner applications, AI agents, and MCP servers. Hundreds of businesses use Descope to improve customer experience, prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. Media Contact Erica Anderson Offleash for Descope descope@ A photo accompanying this announcement is available at in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Descope Named to Redpoint's InfraRed 100
InfraRed Report Shows Cloud Infrastructure Powers Virtually All Software LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descope, the drag & drop external IAM platform, proudly announces its recognition on the Redpoint InfraRed 100 for the second time. This prestigious list highlights the 100 up-and-coming private companies in Cloud Infrastructure, showcasing the future leaders set to revolutionize the market. Redpoint Ventures, a top-tier venture capital firm with a diverse portfolio including companies such as Snowflake, Twilio, Looker, Nextdoor, Ramp, Stripe, Nubank, HashiCorp, Netflix, Hims, and more, launched this list in 2023 to showcase the exceptional builders in the industry who are creating industry-transforming companies. Descope was also named to this inaugural InfraRed 100 list. To commemorate this achievement, the Descope team will join Redpoint at Nasdaq with other InfraRed 100 leaders to discuss the evolving landscape of cloud infrastructure. 'Being included in the InfraRed 100 list again is a great honor, especially alongside such a distinguished group of cloud infrastructure companies. We founded Descope on our belief in a passwordless future and our belief that cloud infrastructure will drive the future of tech and be a foundation for many years to come. We extend our gratitude to Redpoint for this recognition and congratulate all the companies on the list!' said Slavik Markovich, Co-Founder and CEO of Descope. Descope launched from stealth in February 2023 with $53M in seed funding and a developer-oriented authentication platform. The product has since grown to a complete external IAM platform while retaining its developer focus. Descope helps hundreds of organizations like GoFundMe, Databricks, GoodRx, Navan, and create secure and frictionless identity journeys for their end users, business customers, partners, APIs, and AI agents. The company was also recently named to the Rising in Cyber list for the second year in a row, and was also recognized as a SINET16 Innovator in 2024. For the complete list of companies included on this year's InfraRed 100 list and to read the full InfraRed industry report, click here. About Descope Descope is a drag & drop platform to help organizations manage all their external identities. Our no / low code external IAM solution helps organizations create, modify, and secure authentication and authorization journeys for end users, business customers, partner applications, and APIs / AI agents. Hundreds of businesses use Descope to improve customer experience, prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. About Redpoint VenturesRedpoint has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones since 1999. We invest in startups across the seed, early and growth phases, and we're proud to have backed over 615 companies—including Snowflake, Looker, Kustomer, Twilio, 2U, DraftKings, Duo Security, HashiCorp, Stripe, Guild, HomeAway, Heroku, Netflix, and Sonos—with 183 IPOs and M+A exits. Redpoint manages $8.0 billion across multiple funds. For more information visit: Media Contact Erica AndersonOffleash for Descopedescope@ in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Descope Named to Redpoint's InfraRed 100
InfraRed Report Shows Cloud Infrastructure Powers Virtually All Software LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descope, the drag & drop external IAM platform, proudly announces its recognition on the Redpoint InfraRed 100 for the second time. This prestigious list highlights the 100 up-and-coming private companies in Cloud Infrastructure, showcasing the future leaders set to revolutionize the market. Redpoint Ventures, a top-tier venture capital firm with a diverse portfolio including companies such as Snowflake, Twilio, Looker, Nextdoor, Ramp, Stripe, Nubank, HashiCorp, Netflix, Hims, and more, launched this list in 2023 to showcase the exceptional builders in the industry who are creating industry-transforming companies. Descope was also named to this inaugural InfraRed 100 list. To commemorate this achievement, the Descope team will join Redpoint at Nasdaq with other InfraRed 100 leaders to discuss the evolving landscape of cloud infrastructure. 'Being included in the InfraRed 100 list again is a great honor, especially alongside such a distinguished group of cloud infrastructure companies. We founded Descope on our belief in a passwordless future and our belief that cloud infrastructure will drive the future of tech and be a foundation for many years to come. We extend our gratitude to Redpoint for this recognition and congratulate all the companies on the list!' said Slavik Markovich, Co-Founder and CEO of Descope. Descope launched from stealth in February 2023 with $53M in seed funding and a developer-oriented authentication platform. The product has since grown to a complete external IAM platform while retaining its developer focus. Descope helps hundreds of organizations like GoFundMe, Databricks, GoodRx, Navan, and create secure and frictionless identity journeys for their end users, business customers, partners, APIs, and AI agents. The company was also recently named to the Rising in Cyber list for the second year in a row, and was also recognized as a SINET16 Innovator in 2024. For the complete list of companies included on this year's InfraRed 100 list and to read the full InfraRed industry report, click here. About Descope Descope is a drag & drop platform to help organizations manage all their external identities. Our no / low code external IAM solution helps organizations create, modify, and secure authentication and authorization journeys for end users, business customers, partner applications, and APIs / AI agents. Hundreds of businesses use Descope to improve customer experience, prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. About Redpoint VenturesRedpoint has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones since 1999. We invest in startups across the seed, early and growth phases, and we're proud to have backed over 615 companies—including Snowflake, Looker, Kustomer, Twilio, 2U, DraftKings, Duo Security, HashiCorp, Stripe, Guild, HomeAway, Heroku, Netflix, and Sonos—with 183 IPOs and M+A exits. Redpoint manages $8.0 billion across multiple funds. For more information visit: Media Contact Erica AndersonOffleash for Descopedescope@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Descope Named to Rising in Cyber 2025 List of Top Cybersecurity Startups
Selected by CISOs and leading investors, the list recognizes the 30 startups shaping the future of security LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descope, the drag & drop external IAM platform, today announced its inclusion in Rising in Cyber 2025, an independent list launched by Notable Capital to spotlight the 30 most promising cybersecurity startups shaping the future of security. Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber 2025 honorees were selected through a multi-stage process grounded in real-world validation. Leading cybersecurity venture firms submitted nominations, and nearly 150 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and senior security executives voted on the final list, highlighting the companies solving the most urgent challenges facing today's security teams. Descope was selected for its no / low code external IAM capabilities that provide security teams the confidence to add the right user journey security controls at the right time without impacting the user experience. Additionally, the Descope Agentic Identity Hub provides key tools and infrastructure to help organizations securely adopt agentic AI systems with robust authentication and access control baked-in. The company joins a cohort that has collectively raised over $7.8 billion according to Pitchbook as of May 2025, and is defining the next era of cybersecurity across key areas like identity, application security, agentic AI, and security operations. 'The demand for cybersecurity innovation has never been greater. As the underlying technologies evolve and agentic AI reshapes everything from threat detection to team workflows, we're witnessing a shift from reactive defense to proactive, intelligence-driven operations,' said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner at Notable Capital. 'What makes this list special is that it reflects real-world validation—honorees were chosen by CISOs who face these challenges every day. Congratulations to this year's Rising in Cyber companies for building the solutions that modern security leaders truly want and need.' In celebration, honorees will be recognized today at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) alongside top security leaders and investors. 'We're honored to be named to Rising in Cyber 2025 alongside other innovative security startups,' said Slavik Markovich, Co-Founder and CEO of Descope. 'Developers building authentication in-house are burdened with lots of security responsibilities that they shouldn't be responsible for. We're proud to help hundreds of organizations 'descope' authentication and access control from their daily work without having to worry about account takeover, session management, and agentic identity infrastructure.' Descope launched from stealth in February 2023 with $53M in seed funding and a developer-oriented auth platform. The product has since grown to a complete external IAM platform while retaining its developer focus. Descope helps hundreds of organizations like GoFundMe, Databricks, GoodRx, Navan, and You,com create secure and frictionless identity journeys for their end users, business customers, partners, APIs, and AI agents. To learn more about Rising in Cyber 2025, visit About Descope Descope is a drag & drop platform to help organizations manage all their external identities. Our no / low code external IAM solution helps organizations create, modify, and secure authentication and authorization journeys for end users, business customers, partner applications, and APIs / AI agents. Hundreds of businesses use Descope to improve customer experience, prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. About Rising in Cyber Rising in Cyber is an annual list recognizing the most innovative startups in cybersecurity as determined by nearly 150 leading CISOs and cybersecurity executives. Nomination criteria included private, venture-backed companies with a primary product focus on cybersecurity and the U.S. as a primary market. For more information about the honorees, participating investors, and methodology, visit About Notable Capital Notable Capital is a global venture capital firm based in the U.S. focused on early-to-growth-stage companies in cloud infrastructure and business and consumer applications. The firm invests primarily in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Latin America. Notable Capital portfolio companies include Affirm, Airbnb, Anthropic, Brightwheel, Drata, Handshake, HashiCorp, Ibotta, Monte Carlo, Neon, Orca Security, Quince, Slack, Stori, Vercel, and more. Notable Capital is a longtime investor in the global cybersecurity sector. Its investments include Bitsight, Descope, Drata, Gem Security (Acquired by Wiz), HashiCorp ($HCP, Acquired by IBM), Nozomi Networks, Orca Security, Torq, and Vdoo (Acq by JFrog), and more. More information can be found at and @notablecap. Media Contacts Erica Anderson Offleash for Descope descope@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Associated Press
04-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Descope Named to Rising in Cyber 2025 List of Top Cybersecurity Startups
LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descope, the drag & drop external IAM platform, today announced its inclusion in Rising in Cyber 2025, an independent list launched by Notable Capital to spotlight the 30 most promising cybersecurity startups shaping the future of security. Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber 2025 honorees were selected through a multi-stage process grounded in real-world validation. Leading cybersecurity venture firms submitted nominations, and nearly 150 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and senior security executives voted on the final list, highlighting the companies solving the most urgent challenges facing today's security teams. Descope was selected for its no / low code external IAM capabilities that provide security teams the confidence to add the right user journey security controls at the right time without impacting the user experience. Additionally, the Descope Agentic Identity Hub provides key tools and infrastructure to help organizations securely adopt agentic AI systems with robust authentication and access control baked-in. The company joins a cohort that has collectively raised over $7.8 billion according to Pitchbook as of May 2025, and is defining the next era of cybersecurity across key areas like identity, application security, agentic AI, and security operations. 'The demand for cybersecurity innovation has never been greater. As the underlying technologies evolve and agentic AI reshapes everything from threat detection to team workflows, we're witnessing a shift from reactive defense to proactive, intelligence-driven operations,' said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner at Notable Capital. 'What makes this list special is that it reflects real-world validation—honorees were chosen by CISOs who face these challenges every day. Congratulations to this year's Rising in Cyber companies for building the solutions that modern security leaders truly want and need.' In celebration, honorees will be recognized today at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) alongside top security leaders and investors. 'We're honored to be named to Rising in Cyber 2025 alongside other innovative security startups,' said Slavik Markovich, Co-Founder and CEO of Descope. 'Developers building authentication in-house are burdened with lots of security responsibilities that they shouldn't be responsible for. We're proud to help hundreds of organizations 'descope' authentication and access control from their daily work without having to worry about account takeover, session management, and agentic identity infrastructure.' Descope launched from stealth in February 2023 with $53M in seed funding and a developer-oriented auth platform. The product has since grown to a complete external IAM platform while retaining its developer focus. Descope helps hundreds of organizations like GoFundMe, Databricks, GoodRx, Navan, and You,com create secure and frictionless identity journeys for their end users, business customers, partners, APIs, and AI agents. To learn more about Rising in Cyber 2025, visit About Descope Descope is a drag & drop platform to help organizations manage all their external identities. Our no / low code external IAM solution helps organizations create, modify, and secure authentication and authorization journeys for end users, business customers, partner applications, and APIs / AI agents. Hundreds of businesses use Descope to improve customer experience, prevent account takeover, and get a 360 view of their customer and machine identities. About Rising in Cyber Rising in Cyber is an annual list recognizing the most innovative startups in cybersecurity as determined by nearly 150 leading CISOs and cybersecurity executives. Nomination criteria included private, venture-backed companies with a primary product focus on cybersecurity and the U.S. as a primary market. For more information about the honorees, participating investors, and methodology, visit About Notable Capital Notable Capital is a global venture capital firm based in the U.S. focused on early-to-growth-stage companies in cloud infrastructure and business and consumer applications. The firm invests primarily in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Latin America. Notable Capital portfolio companies include Affirm, Airbnb, Anthropic, Brightwheel, Drata, Handshake, HashiCorp, Ibotta, Monte Carlo, Neon, Orca Security, Quince, Slack, Stori, Vercel, and more. Notable Capital is a longtime investor in the global cybersecurity sector. Its investments include Bitsight, Descope, Drata, Gem Security (Acquired by Wiz), HashiCorp ($HCP, Acquired by IBM), Nozomi Networks, Orca Security, Torq, and Vdoo (Acq by JFrog), and more. More information can be found at and @notablecap. Media Contacts Erica Anderson Offleash for Descope [email protected]
