ai agent security and monitoring tools
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Products in this niche protect and oversee autonomous AI agents by providing runtime guardrails, credential firewalls, and detailed audit logs of agent actions. They are primarily used by DevSecOps teams and software engineering leaders deploying agentic workflows into production environments. Unlike standard LLM observability tools that monitor cost or text quality, these solutions focus specifically on execution permissions, access control, and mitigating security vulnerabilities during autonomous tool use.
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Pulled from real Hacker News comment threads on this niche's launches.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIWebSignals | PH | 2 | 2026-10-01 |
| Kredisco | PH | 2 | 2026-09-20 |
| BlindDrop | PH | 2 | 2026-09-18 |
| Agent Billy | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Pryxor | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Obol — AI Agent Control Plane | PH | 1 | 2026-09-08 |
| PROMETHEUS: Safe AI Dev & Scan Security | PH | 1 | 2026-10-03 |
| Guardial | PH | 1 | 2026-09-19 |
| Veklom | PH | 1 | 2026-10-10 |
| AI Control Tower | PH | 1 | 2026-09-22 |
| Kotwal | PH | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| Tanod | PH | 1 | 2026-10-09 |
| Ovalix | Enterprise AI Security | PH | 1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Infinitemind AI | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| Salt Code | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| DBShifts | PH | 1 | 2026-10-03 |
| Sether | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| SolSecureAI | PH | 1 | 2026-10-11 |
| ProbeLab | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Alovia Ai | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| Open Agent Safety Platform | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| Foo Guard | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| SafePrompt | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| GUARDIAN | PH | 1 | 2026-09-24 |
| Vestige Operator and Managed Continuity | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| ai-crawler-honeypot | PH | 1 | 2026-10-13 |
| Drosera | PH | 1 | 2026-09-22 |
| EQMO. | PH | 1 | 2026-09-20 |
| HORS | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| BDB × GPT-6 Astra | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| Veridex by AlfaNest Labs | PH | 1 | 2026-09-27 |
| F.O.R.G.E. by Armory Forge Systems | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| AnterisLab Guard | PH | 1 | 2026-10-13 |
| TURABON | PH | 1 | 2026-09-17 |
| Kaktoos | PH | 1 | 2026-09-17 |
| ÆthelHook | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| Aletheia Protocol | PH | 1 | 2026-09-12 |
| RIL Warden | PH | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| Preflight: MCP server security check | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| MCPBouncer | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| AgentExploitDB | PH | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| Descles agent control plane | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| Tokenectomy Razor | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| Novus Aegis AI | PH | 1 | 2026-10-04 |
| Datoka Agent | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| NEXO Privilege Gate | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| AI ROI & AI Governance Platform | PH | 1 | 2026-09-11 |
| Talyx | PH | 1 | 2026-09-19 |
| Sentnl | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| Kanopy Security | Shadow AI Security Pl. | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |