Privileged access management firm Delinea Inc. today unveiled Iris AI, a new artificial intelligence engine built natively into the Delinea Platform.

It includes real-time, evidence-based access decisions, intelligent auditing and adaptive controls to help organizations boost productivity, strengthen identity security and reduce complexity. The new offering has been designed to assist organizations that are facing mounting pressure to secure every human and machine identity across increasingly complex hybrid environments.

Delinea argues that traditional tools are failing to keep pace with today’s sophisticated threats and compliance demands. Iris AI addresses these challenges by putting information technology and security teams firmly in control, enabling them to create a resilient identity security architecture that authorizes access in real time based on user risk, identifies anomalies and delivers evidence-based risk remediation. The service also adjusts access dynamically as context changes and provides audit trails for proof of compliance.

“In today’s fast-paced, hybrid cloud environments, teams are constantly spinning up new apps, tools, and services, often without security oversight,” said Jackie McGuire, security practice lead and principal analyst at SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE Research. “With Iris AI, there’s real value in transforming shadow IT into a security onboarding pipeline, giving teams visibility and control across every identity, no matter where it lives or how it’s managed.”

Iris AI is powering new capabilities designed to enhance visibility, control and response across identity security workflows. One feature, Delinea Authorization, builds context in real time by evaluating factors such as user behavior, business justification, device, location and policy alignment. Doing so allows the system to intelligently triage risk for every access request without slowing productivity.

Another key capability, Delinea Auditing, analyzes recorded sessions to detect risky behaviors, including elevated privilege use, failed authorizations, deletions, file transfers and unusual usage of secrets. It highlights suspicious activity and elevated commands within seconds, offering an evidence-based summary and visual heatmap for each session.

“The recent rapid expansion of the identity attack surface is unlike anything we’ve ever seen, making security near impossible as it continues to evolve significantly,” said Phil Calvin, chief product officer at Delinea. “Iris AI was purpose-built to change that. We’re raising the standard for identity security with an AI engine that IT and security teams have been asking for, one that’s practical, intuitive and trustworthy.”

Iris AI is being demonstrated at the annual Black Hat USA 2025 conference.

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