Piiano
AI agent security platform providing runtime enforcement and governance for AI agents, MCP servers, and coding assistants.
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Piiano is an Israeli cybersecurity company founded in 2021 in Tel Aviv that has pivoted to address the emerging security challenges posed by AI agents and agentic workflows. The company's MCPTotal platform provides endpoint-level security for AI agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, coding assistants, and other agentic AI tools that interact with enterprise systems and data.
MCPTotal delivers a three-layer control stack: Shadow AI and Agent Discovery to inventory all installed agents, skills, plugins, and MCP servers; Runtime Enforcement to monitor and block malicious agent actions at execution time; and a Secure MCP Gateway to prevent prompt injection and data exfiltration through MCP traffic. The platform deploys as an OS-native security agent across Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Founded by Gil Dabah, a veteran security researcher and former Check Point executive, Piiano addresses the rapidly growing attack surface created by AI agents that can execute tools, access credentials, invoke MCP servers, and interact with internal systems and third-party APIs. As enterprises accelerate AI agent adoption, the gap between agent capabilities and security controls continues to widen.
Dual-Use Assessment
AI agent security is critical for defense and intelligence organizations adopting AI-powered tools and autonomous agents. The ability to discover, monitor, and enforce controls on AI agents accessing sensitive systems and classified data has direct military and intelligence applications. Securing MCP servers and AI coding assistants is relevant to defense software development environments.
Key Technologies
- AI agent and MCP server discovery and inventory
- Runtime enforcement for agentic AI actions
- MCP traffic interception and prompt injection prevention
- Endpoint-native security agent (cross-platform)
- Credential exposure detection in AI agent environments
Use Cases & Applications
- Enterprise AI agent governance and compliance
- Securing coding assistants and AI-powered development tools
- Preventing data exfiltration through AI agent workflows
- Defense organization AI agent security and access control
- MCP server security and prompt injection protection
Strategic Value to U.S.-Israel Alliance
As allied defense organizations adopt AI agents and autonomous systems, securing these agents becomes mission-critical. Piiano's technology can protect classified environments from AI agent-related data leaks, prompt injection attacks, and unauthorized system access.
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