Akto Joins Cloud Security Alliance as AI Corporate Member

Akto, the leader in Agentic AI Security and MCP Security, today announced it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading not-for-profit organization committed to AI, cloud, and Zero Trust cybersecurity education, as an AI Corporate Member. The membership signals Akto’s commitment to shaping the security standards that will govern how enterprises deploy AI agents, at a moment when autonomous systems are connecting to sensitive enterprise data, executing real-world actions, and operating well beyond the oversight guardrails that traditional AppSec was built to enforce.

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Akto CEO and Co-Founder Ankita Gupta will join CSA’s AI Safety Ambassador Program council, bringing Akto’s practitioner-level expertise in Agentic AI and MCP Security directly into the working groups shaping the practices, frameworks, and benchmarks that will determine whether enterprise AI adoption is safe or reckless.

Enterprise adoption of AI agents has outpaced the security controls designed to govern them. According to Akto’s State of Agentic AI Security Report, 79% of organizations deploying AI agents today lack visibility into what those agents are accessing, what actions they are taking, and whether those actions stay within policy bounds. At the same time, the rapid adoption of Model Context Protocol (MCP), which connects AI models to enterprise tools, databases, and APIs, has dramatically expanded the attack surface, creating a new class of supply chain and privilege escalation risk that most enterprise security stacks were not designed to catch.

“Agentic AI is not a future risk; it is a present one. Enterprises today are deploying autonomous agents, often with no runtime visibility and no controls in place,” said Ankita Gupta, CEO and Co-Founder of Akto. “Joining the CSA as an AI Corporate Member enables us to further our commitment to helping enterprises build concrete, implementable controls for their agentic AI deployments, before their first incident, not after.”

“The security risks surrounding agentic AI are real and growing, and enterprises need clear, actionable guidance to stay ahead of them. We’re excited to welcome Akto to the Cloud Security Alliance. Their expertise in runtime agent behavior, MCP security, and AI red teaming will be a valuable addition as we work together to advance practical solutions for securing enterprise AI deployments,” said Jim Reavis, CEO, Cloud Security Alliance.

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Through the AI Safety Ambassador Program, Akto will contribute to AI security benchmarks, MCP security guidance for enterprises, and agentic AI red teaming standards for pre-deployment testing of autonomous systems.

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