# Permiso Security

> Permiso Security is a Palo Alto-based cybersecurity company that discovers, protects, and defends identities across cloud and on-prem environments. Founded by former FireEye/Mandiant executives, its identity security platform stitches human, non-human, and AI-agent identities into a single Universal Identity Graph, using 1,400+ detection rules and behavioral analytics to catch account takeovers, credential compromise, and insider threats. Permiso also runs the P0 Labs threat-research team, which has released ten open-source tools including CloudGrappler and YetiHunter.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Jason Martin (Co-Founder & Co-CEO), Paul Nguyen (Co-Founder & Co-CEO), Phani Modali (Co-Founder & SVP Engineering)
- **Team size:** ~50 employees
- **Products:** Permiso Platform (P0), Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR), AI Agent Identity Runtime Attribution
- **Notable:** Won Best Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Platform at the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards (The Hacker News), Named 'Most Promising Early-Stage Startup' at the 2025 SC Awards, P0 Labs has released ten open-source security tools, including CloudGrappler and YetiHunter

## Products & services

- **Permiso Platform (P0)** — Identity security platform that discovers, protects, and defends human, non-human, and AI identities across cloud and on-prem, built on a Universal Identity Graph and 1,400+ detection rules.
- **Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP)** — Correlates identity data across providers to give a single, unified view of every identity and its activity.
- **Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM)** — Surfaces stale, orphaned, and over-privileged identities to reduce identity attack surface.
- **Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR)** — Detects account takeover, credential compromise, and insider threats using behavioral analytics, then supports response.
- **AI Agent Identity Runtime Attribution** — Extends detect-and-respond to autonomous AI agents that authenticate, call tools, and access data at machine speed.
- **SandyClaw** — Dynamic analysis platform that executes AI agent skills in a sandbox and records every action at the LLM and OS level to deliver a verdict.
- **CloudGrappler** — Open-source tool that queries high-fidelity detections for known threat actors in AWS and Azure.
- **YetiHunter** — Open-source tool that detects indicators of compromise in Snowflake environments.

## Achievements

- Won Best Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Platform at the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards (The Hacker News)
- Named 'Most Promising Early-Stage Startup' at the 2025 SC Awards
- P0 Labs has released ten open-source security tools, including CloudGrappler and YetiHunter
- Developed 1,400+ identity threat detection rules from original threat research
- First to bring Identity Runtime Attribution to autonomous AI agents (2026), adopted by Autodesk
- Raised $18.5M Series A led by Altimeter Capital in 2024

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched Identity Runtime Attribution for AI agents, extending Discover, Protect, and Defend across the full agent lifecycle; Autodesk adopts it.
- **2026-01** — Named Best ITDR Platform at the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards by The Hacker News.
- **2025-05** — Won 'Most Promising Early-Stage Startup' at the 2025 SC Awards.
- **2024-11** — P0 Labs added three more open-source cybersecurity tools to its suite.
- **2024-04** — Raised $18.5M Series A led by Altimeter Capital with participation from Point72 Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://permiso.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/permiso-security
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/permisosecurity
- GitHub: https://github.com/Permiso-io-tools
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@permisosecurity

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Last updated: 2026-07-11