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Opal Security launches Opal Zero to govern enterprise AI-agent access

September 17, 2026 at 17:57 EDT

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Opal Security launched Opal Zero on September 17, aiming to give enterprises a just-in-time permission system for AI agents rather than leaving them with standing credentials. The product inventories agents, maps them to human owners, lets agents submit access requests, evaluates those requests against policy and context, and writes scoped, time-bound decisions into existing MCP gateways.

Sep. 17, 2026 | Opal Security

A permission gate for AI agents

Opal Zero inventories enterprise agents, ties them to owners, evaluates access requests in real time and enforces scoped, expiring permissions through existing MCP gateways.

>96%

NHIs with no recorded purpose

10%

NHI access reviewed in the past year

$30K

12-month launch offer

75:1

High NHI-to-human ratio cited in enterprise environments

The visibility gap

96%+

No recorded purpose

10%

Access reviewed

Opal is targeting a gap where agent and machine identities often exist without purpose, ownership or recent review.

How the access decision moves

Agent asks

Files its own request

→

Paladin checks

Policy, owner and purpose

→

Human review

For risky actions

→

Gateway enforces

Scoped, time-bound access

What buyers like

Named owners, standard reviews and just-in-time access promise more agent adoption without permanent credentials.

What still matters

The system still depends on clear policies, clean ownership data, gateway coverage and human escalation for critical actions.

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