Cloud privilege access management company Sonrai Security Inc. today announced the launch of WALLy, an artificial intelligence security agent designed to solve one of the most persistent problems in the cloud: excessive privileged access.

Sonrai pitches WALLy as the first AI agent designed to fix privilege risk, not just identify it. The agent automatically removes unnecessary privileges, enforces just-in-time access and blocks risky privileges across humans, machines, AI agents and third parties.

“The hardest part of cloud security isn’t spotting risk, it’s fixing it without breaking things,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Brendan Hannigan. “With natural language queries and real-time privilege intelligence, teams ask a simple question, get a clear answer and safely approve the fix. It’s a new way to enforce privilege security in the cloud.”

With WALLy, Sonrai customers can remove ransomware privilege risk in production environments, quarantine all unused identities in staging, eliminate unused privileges for every AI agent across all accounts, and summarize everything that had previously been done in production. It’s purpose-built for cloud identity and access management and cloud privileged access management. The agent distinguishes critical privilege risk from expected use, stages every remediation for human review, and provides plain-English summaries of proposed changes.

The new agent works directly with Sonrai’s Cloud Permissions Firewall, using native IAM controls — Amazon Web Services Inc.’s SCPs, Google Cloud Platform and Azure org policies and more — to enforce decisions safely and transparently. WALLy also integrates with approved enterprise AI ecosystems and security workflows to ensure that every action aligns with established compliance and governance frameworks.

It’s now in beta test and will be generally available in the fourth quarter for all Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall customers.

Sonrai Security is a venture capital-backed startup that has raised $88.5 million over three rounds, including a round of $50 million in October 2021. Investors in the company include Menlo Ventures LP, Polaris Partners, Ten Eleven Ventures and New Brunswick Innovation Foundation Inc.

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