BETHESDA, MD, UNITED STATES, October 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — AuthMind, the leader in identity observability-driven agentic AI threat protection, today announced that it received a Pioneering award in the Agentic AI Runtime Security category of the 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards. Organized by Cyber Defense Magazine, the program announced winners in the magazine’s 14th annual Black Unicorn Report.

The Top InfoSec Innovator Awards recognize startups and established companies alike that are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Entries are judged on their unique value rather than financial metrics. The award comes as AI agents move from experiment to everyday enterprise infrastructure. In the same report, the Cyber Defense Magazine publisher Gary S. Miliefsky named “agentic AI becomes a new attack surface” and “identity becomes the new perimeter” among the ten themes he expects to define cybersecurity in 2027.

Securing AI agents at runtime, not just at deployment

The AuthMind AI Identity Observability and Protection Platform secures AI agents where the risk actually lives, at runtime. Rather than relying on static policies set when an agent is deployed, AuthMind continuously observes what every agent does and who is responsible for it. The platform delivers runtime protection across the full agent lifecycle:

— Agent discovery: AuthMind discovers every AI agent operating in the enterprise, sanctioned or not. That includes shadow and rogue agents created through personal accounts and consumer AI tools that never pass through IT and identity tools.

— Agent-to-human mapping: Every agent is mapped back to the human who created or operates it, so security teams know who is accountable when an agent acts.

— Agent access and activity: AuthMind’s patented Identity Access Flow Graph traces each agent’s real access path at runtime. This includes the APIs, secrets, roles and data it touches across cloud, SaaS and on-premises environments.

— Agent remediation and kill switch: When an agent goes off course, AuthMind can trigger automated responses such as blocking access, rotating credentials or revoking tokens without waiting on manual triage.

“AI agents are now some of the most active identities in the enterprise,” said Shlomi Yanai, CEO at AuthMind. “They make decisions, call APIs, and touch sensitive data, often with little or no human oversight. Traditional identity tools tell you what an agent is allowed to do. They can’t tell you what it is actually doing. This Pioneering award recognizes our work on that gap. We’re giving security teams real-time visibility into what every AI agent is doing and which human is behind it so that they can catch AI-specific identity risks before those risks become breaches. We’re honored to be recognized as an innovation leader that’s helping drive where identity security has to go.”

A second Cyber Defense Magazine recognition this year

The Top InfoSec Innovator honor follows AuthMind’s earlier 2026 recognition in Cyber Defense Magazine’s Global InfoSec Awards. There, the company was named Most Innovative in Agentic AI Identity Protection. Together, the two awards reflect growing industry recognition that securing autonomous AI starts with understanding identity access and behavior at runtime.

Top InfoSec Innovator winners are showcased through virtual and live events, press coverage and social media campaigns, and at conferences including CyberDefenseCon 2026. The full list of 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator winners is available at https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosec-innovators-for-2026/.

About AuthMind
AuthMind empowers organizations to secure agentic AI, non-human (NHI) and human identities by continuously observing every access and understanding every activity across every environment. Unlike traditional identity tools, AuthMind’s patented observability provides real-time visibility into identity behavior, eliminating blind spots and shadow IT while transforming identity security from a static policy-based approach to a dynamic AI-based solution. Founded in 2020, the Maryland-based company also has R&D operations in Pune, India. Visit www.authmind.com.

Selena Proctor
AuthMind
selena.proctor@authmind.com

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