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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso - source says for about $200M
Okta agreed to acquire Permiso Security in a deal reportedly worth just under $200 million, adding technology that detects suspicious behavior involving employees, service accounts, applications, and AI agents after they have authenticated. The acquisition pushes Okta deeper into identity threat detection and response and the security operations center, with capabilities for identifying excessive privileges, compromised identities, and anomalous agent activity across cloud and SaaS environments.
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