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Mirantis Agent Platform Brings Governance to Production AI Agents

Mirantis Agent Platform Brings Governance to Production AI Agents

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Mirantis has announced general availability of its Agent Platform, a self-hosted Kubernetes environment for running AI agents in production with policy-based controls, configurable spend caps, and human-approved remediation. The launch addresses a documented governance gap: nearly half of organizations have experienced unauthorized agent actions yet lack automated containment. ECI Research data shows most enterprises currently restrict AI agents to approved use cases or pilot projects, signaling strong demand for governed execution infrastructure.

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AI Agent Identity Governance: The Security Gap CISOs Aren't Seeing

AI Agent Identity Governance: The Security Gap CISOs Aren’t Seeing

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Frontegg’s survey of 300 CISOs reveals a dangerous confidence gap in AI agent governance: security leaders believe they know what’s running in their environments, but the incident data says otherwise. The problem is credential architecture and split ownership, not just tooling. This ECI Research note examines what the findings mean for security strategy and vendor positioning.

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IBM Brings AI Agent Governance to Enterprise With Vault and Orchestrate

IBM Brings AI Agent Governance to Enterprise With Vault and Orchestrate

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IBM announced new AI agent governance capabilities at TechXchange 2026, extending HashiCorp Vault to issue short-lived credentials and enforce least-privilege access for AI agents. IBM watsonx Orchestrate adds cross-platform agent discovery across Amazon Bedrock, Microsoft Foundry, and Google Gemini. The announcement addresses a critical gap between rapid agent deployment and the governance infrastructure enterprises need to run agents safely at scale.

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Kiro Local Sandboxing: OS-Level AI Agent Security

Kiro Local Sandboxing: OS-Level AI Agent Security

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Amazon’s Kiro IDE and CLI now offer local sandboxing, applying OS-level restrictions to AI agent commands without requiring cloud infrastructure. The feature unifies with Kiro’s existing permissions model and targets regulated environments where cloud sandboxing isn’t viable. ECI Research data shows compliance friction is the top blocker for AI adoption in government tech, making this a strategically timed release.

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Autoheal Raises $7.9M to Govern Self-Improving AI Agents

Autoheal Raises $7.9M to Govern Self-Improving AI Agents

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Autoheal has raised $7.9 million to build a self-improving software factory that continuously scores and repairs AI agents across enterprise SDLC workflows. Backed by deployments at Nomura Bank and AvidXchange, the platform addresses the governance gap that emerges after organizations deploy their first generation of production agents. ECI Research data shows most enterprises still restrict AI agents to approved use cases, making governance-first infrastructure the prerequisite for broader adoption.

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Komodor Agentic Operations Platform: Analyst Take | ECI Research

Komodor Agentic Operations Platform: Analyst Take | ECI Research

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Komodor has launched the Komodor Agentic Operations Platform, combining pre-built autonomous workflows with a shared governance backbone for custom agents. ECI Research examines why the bottleneck has shifted from code generation to operational resilience, and what that means for platform engineering buyers. The governance model is the product’s most defensible feature.

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Lens Agents Brings AI Agent Governance to Enterprise at Scale

Lens Agents Brings AI Agent Governance to Enterprise at Scale

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Lens by Mirantis has launched Lens Agents, a governed platform for running AI agents across enterprise environments with unified identity, policy controls, and real-time cost enforcement. The announcement extends Lens’s Kubernetes IDE footprint into the enterprise AI operations control plane market. ECI Research analysts assess the competitive positioning, governance gap, and what the platform means for ITDMs and developers.

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