Knostic

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Knostic is an AI security platform that provides enterprise-grade governance, visibility, and real-time protection for AI tools. It helps secure AI agents, coding assistants, and associated supply chain risks.

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What is Knostic?

Knostic is an AI security platform designed to help enterprises confidently adopt AI by providing comprehensive governance, visibility, and real-time protection. It secures AI agents, coding assistants, and associated supply chain risks, including MCP servers, skills, IDE extensions, and rules. Knostic detects shadow AI, blocks data exfiltration, and prevents destructive commands. The platform offers solutions for securing coding agents and citizen coders, protecting against secret leaks and PII exposure with OpenClaw, and managing the security posture of AI-generated code. Knostic also provides LLM-powered vulnerability discovery for CI/CD pipelines through OpenAnt, available as open source and a managed service, minimizing false positives and negatives with semantic code understanding.

Best used for

Ideal for security teams and developers who need to secure AI coding assistants, detect unsanctioned AI tool usage, and prevent data exfiltration. Especially valuable for enterprises looking to enforce policy and gain visibility across their AI-empowered IDEs and agentic workflows without disrupting productivity.

Common actions

secure AI agents

detect shadow AI

prevent data exfiltration

scan for vulnerabilities

manage AI risk

"AI Agents"

Capabilities

Key features

AI agent security
Shadow AI detection
Data exfiltration prevention
Destructive command blocking
LLM vulnerability scanning
AI-generated code security
Supply chain risk management

Target Audience

developerproduct managerstartup founderciso

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Pricing & Plans

Likely Not Free

Not publicly disclosed. Check knostic.ai for current pricing.

FAQs

What types of AI tools does Knostic secure?

Knostic secures a wide range of AI tools including AI agents, coding assistants, and associated supply chain risks like MCP servers, skills, IDE extensions, and rules. It also provides security for applications built by citizen coders and AI-generated code.

How does Knostic help with Shadow AI?

Knostic provides spotlight visibility into unsanctioned AI tool usage, helping organizations detect and manage 'Shadow AI'. This allows enterprises to enforce policies and ensure compliance even with unapproved AI applications being used by employees.

What is OpenAnt and how does it contribute to security?

OpenAnt is Knostic’s LLM-based vulnerability discovery product that helps defenders proactively find verified security flaws in CI/CD pipelines. It uses semantic code understanding and a two-stage verification process to minimize false positives and negatives, and is available as open source.

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