Runtime Execution Control
ARIA Competitive Landscape
Every major identity vendor is adding agent capabilities. The difference: they manage agent identity. ARIA governs what agents actually do — with structured approval, credential isolation, and cryptographic proof.
When your agent needs to delete 10,000 accounts, who approves — with structured evidence and bounded reasoning? Who proves what was approved with cryptographic non-replayable execution? Who ensures it executes exactly once?
That is what ARIA does. Deploy agents your way: govern the ones you bring, or run on ours.
How ARIA delivers runtime execution control
Four architectural mechanisms that work together
Structured approval before action
The PDP's three-outcome model: Allow, Deny, or Escalate via Structured Safety Case. Bounded AI reasoning, SHA-256 evidence digests, single-use execution token with exactly-once semantics. Patents pending.
Authorization before credential retrieval
Credentials never leave the trust boundary until policy authorizes the action. Three-zone isolation is architectural, not policy — no code path returns credentials to the agent runtime.
Policy-scoped discovery
Agents only see tools they are authorized to use. Filtering at delegation, PDP batch, and Orchestration Service layers — fail-closed. Most agent platforms return the full tool catalog at discovery time.
Cryptographic proof chain
Beyond audit logs: cryptographic evidence of what was approved, what credentials were used, what executed, and what the result was. Per-parameter provenance trail.
Enterprise identity vendors
Adding agent capabilities to existing identity platforms
Okta for AI Agents
GA April 2025Agent directory, Agent Gateway with virtual MCP server, discovery, kill switch.
Gateway-level control, not execution-level. No structured approval protocol before agent action. No credential isolation architecture. No cryptographic proof chain.
CyberArk / Palo Alto
GADiscovery, privilege controls, lifecycle management, real-time threat detection.
PAM heritage — retrofitting vault architecture for agent workloads. No MCP-native execution governance. No approval-gated workflow protocol. No semantic operation binding.
SailPoint
GADiscovery connectors (Bedrock, Vertex, Agentforce), MCP server for access requests.
Discovery and governance focus, not runtime execution control. No structured approval before action. No credential isolation. No proof chain.
ServiceNow + Veza
Acquisition closed March 2026AI Control Tower, Access Graph for identity mapping, agent identity control plane.
Workflow-first approach, not identity-first. No runtime authorization enforcement at the execution layer. No MCP-native execution governance. No proof chain.
Microsoft Entra Agent ID
PreviewAgent identities, conditional access, governance, network controls.
Designed for Microsoft 365/Copilot ecosystem. Organizations with multi-cloud or non-Microsoft agent stacks need cross-platform execution governance.
MCP-native authorization vendors
Building MCP-specific authorization and gateway products
Permit.io
MCP GatewayManaged MCP security gateway with auth, consent, audit.
Discovery is not policy-scoped. OPA flat policies, not graph-native ReBAC. No identity lifecycle management. No exactly-once approved execution.
Kong
API InfrastructureAPI infrastructure extending to MCP governance.
Gateway-centric ACLs, not fine-grained ABAC/ReBAC. No approval protocol. No proof chain. No identity governance layer.
Obot.ai
MCP HostingMCP hosting + gateway + registry + chat client.
Role-based only. No policy engine. No identity governance. Infrastructure play, not authorization.
Cerbos
AuthZ EngineOpen-source AuthZEN-compliant authorization engine.
PDP only — no PEP, no gateway, no lifecycle. YAML policies, not graph-native. A component, not a platform.
Two ways to deploy ARIA
Govern the agents you bring
Keep your current agent stack (Dify, Langflow, n8n, custom MCP clients, copilots). ARIA provides runtime authorization, policy-scoped tool access, user/agent delegation, zero-exposure credential handling, approval-before-act, and proof chain.
Run on a governed agentic platform
Adopt the full platform: governed identity workflows (Operate), autonomous monitoring (Sentinel), visual workflow design (Design), and conversational desktop automation across browser, desktop, and phone — all with server-side authorization and proof.
Standards and compliance
ARIA controls map to OWASP LLM Top-10, MITRE ATLAS, and EU AI Act requirements including transparency (Art. 53), traceability, log retention (Annex IV), human oversight (Art. 14), and risk management (Art. 9). U.S. patent applications pending. See Standards & Compliance for the full mapping.
Put AI agents into production safely
See how ARIA delivers runtime execution control.
Competitor descriptions are based on publicly available product documentation as of March 2026. Capabilities may have changed since this page was last updated. We encourage buyers to verify current product capabilities directly with each vendor.