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6 days ago
- Business
- TECHx
Cequence Unveils AI Gateway to Secure Agentic AI Use
Home » Emerging technologies » Artificial Intelligence » Cequence Unveils AI Gateway to Secure Agentic AI Use Cequence, a pioneer in application security, has announced the launch of the Cequence AI Gateway. The new solution is designed to help enterprises harness the productivity of agentic AI while maintaining control and security. According to Cequence, the AI Gateway bridges the gap between AI agents and enterprise applications. It enables instant connectivity with necessary guardrails, allowing organizations to scale AI use safely. Many enterprises have lacked tools to implement agentic AI securely and efficiently. Security leaders are concerned about risks, as the pace of AI integration often outstrips compliance frameworks like the EU AI Act and Anthropic's ASL. CIOs are also wary of high opportunity costs due to the need for developer upskilling. Cequence AI Gateway offers a solution by providing: Instant AI-agent connectivity to APIs and applications using standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Real-time policy enforcement to prevent abuse and protect data The company explained that the AI Gateway integrates with the Cequence Unified API Protection (UAP) platform. This ensures open access for AI agents while maintaining enterprise-grade security, governance, and visibility. Ameya Talwalkar, CEO and co-founder of Cequence, stated that enterprises are rapidly adopting agentic AI, often without adequate security. The AI Gateway, combined with UAP, enables secure and seamless integration. The AI Gateway simplifies API access by converting any API into an MCP-compatible endpoint. It requires no coding and removes the need to update solutions when new protocol versions are released. Additionally, it supports OAuth 2.0 IdP for identity-based access and includes real-time traffic monitoring and audit logging. Cequence emphasized the enterprise-readiness of its solution, noting its ability to integrate with existing infrastructure, support pre-production and production modes, and ensure continuous monitoring. The platform is already trusted by major organizations to protect over 10 billion API interactions daily. With the AI Gateway, Cequence aims to stop AI-driven attacks and support new AI-driven business models. Skyfire CEO Amir Sarhangi called the solution critical infrastructure for agentic AI, praising its ability to offer secure, scalable access to enterprise APIs. Early adopters have reported rapid implementation success. One enterprise customer shared that the solution enabled a stalled project to become operational within 48 hours, significantly improving customer interactions. Shreyans Mehta, CTO and co-founder of Cequence, said the launch is a natural evolution of their API protection strategy. He added that enabling agentic AI responsibly requires deep understanding of API security, which Cequence is uniquely positioned to deliver.
Techday NZ
29-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Skyfire & Cequence enable secure digital access for AI agents
Skyfire and Cequence Security have announced a partnership aimed at enabling secure, compliant access to digital services for autonomous AI agents. The partnership focuses on integrating Cequence Security's API security and bot management capabilities with Skyfire's payment and identity network, which has been developed specifically for the AI agent economy. Cequence Security reports that it currently secures over 8 billion API interactions daily and protects more than 3 billion user accounts across numerous Fortune 500 and global enterprises. Its existing systems distinguish between malicious and benign bots. With the addition of Skyfire's technology, Cequence's platforms can now identify Skyfire-verified AI agents as trusted automation. The growing role of AI agents as consumers of online services is presenting challenges for both access and security. Many digital platforms require credentials, identity verification, and payment authorisation, which tend to presume the presence of a human user. Without these, AI agents are often blocked from engaging with such services. Skyfire addresses this limitation by providing infrastructure that allows AI agents to present verified credentials and payment methods programmatically. This allows digital services—ranging from paywalled websites to private APIs—to be accessed autonomously and securely, using peer-to-peer connections similar to those used by human users. Cequence's support for the Skyfire identity and payment protocol enables security teams to recognise and authorise verified AI agents while continuing to block untrusted automation that may be associated with scraping, fraud or abuse. Amir Sarhangi, CEO and co-founder of Skyfire, commented, "AI agents aren't just scraping the surface of the web anymore. They're transacting, subscribing, booking, and buying. But they've been locked out by security measures that assume every brand engagement is coming from a user who has fingers and a keyboard. Through our partnership with Cequence, we're enabling an internet where agents are first-class participants in the digital economy, and where identity and security protocols work with them, not against them." Skyfire's protocol assigns AI agents programmable wallets, which can be funded through various sources, including payment cards, ACH, wire transfers, or USDC. These wallets are integrated with identity credentials and payment rules, making them suitable for enterprise use. Cequence Security's bot management platform evaluates a range of behavioural and contextual signals—including new Skyfire-issued identifiers—to enhance trust in automated interactions with business services. The organisations say that this combination addresses the challenge of AI agents accessing valuable digital content behind login walls, anti-bot systems, or compliance requirements that previously blocked non-human users. Securing APIs is evolving beyond simply blocking attacks; there is increased demand to distinguish and enable trusted forms of automation without compromising performance or customer experience. Cequence Security's platform is described as combining API visibility with native enforcement. This approach allows teams to detect abnormal behaviour, interpret intent, and enforce access controls without requiring modifications to their existing applications or deploying additional third-party tools. Where other security approaches may rely on JavaScript, SDKs, or basic risk scores, Cequence employs context-aware detection grounded in traffic patterns and adaptive machine learning to remain ahead of automated threats, while now also authorising verified AI agents. Ameya Talwalkar, CEO of Cequence, said, "Security should never be a barrier to business. Our mission has always been to protect the internet without slowing innovation, and that includes AI agents. With Skyfire, we now have a shared framework to verify and trust additional non-human users at the edge. This unlocks a new era where businesses can safely serve AI agents the same way they serve human users, securely, seamlessly, and at scale." Through this integration, both companies aim to support the emerging needs of the AI agent economy by providing secure, autonomous access to digital services while maintaining compliance and protection against fraud.
Techday NZ
28-04-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Skyfire & Cequence partner to enable secure AI agent access
Skyfire and Cequence Security have announced a partnership to provide secure and compliant access to digital services for autonomous AI agents. The collaboration will see Cequence Security support Skyfire's identity and payment protocol, making it possible for security teams to recognise and authorise verified AI agents while maintaining defences against scraping, fraud, and malicious automation. Cequence Security, which reports securing over 8 billion API interactions daily and protecting more than 3 billion user accounts worldwide, historically differentiated between beneficial and harmful bots. The addition of Skyfire integration means Cequence Security can now also identify trusted agents verified by Skyfire. This capability enables AI agents to access websites, APIs and applications securely, potentially creating new revenue streams for data service providers as AI agents become an increasingly significant category of internet consumers. Despite the growing prevalence of AI agents in online activities, most digital services remain structured for human interaction, involving steps such as signing up, verification, login and payment. These requirements have typically excluded agents from accessing services that require authentication or payment. Skyfire addresses this by facilitating agent-first infrastructure for identity and payments. According to the company, using Skyfire, AI agents can present verified credentials and payment methods programmatically, gaining access to digital services without requiring manual account creation or previously arranged contracts. Agents can connect to both public and private digital resources over secure connections in a manner comparable to human users. The partnership introduces native support for Skyfire's protocol in Cequence products, enabling security teams not only to block abusive bots but also to grant access to verified, authorised AI agents. Amir Sarhangi, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Skyfire, said, "AI agents aren't just scraping the surface of the web anymore. They're transacting, subscribing, booking, and buying. But they've been locked out by security measures that assume every brand engagement is coming from a user who has fingers and a keyboard. Through our partnership with Cequence, we're enabling an internet where agents are first-class participants in the digital economy, and where identity and security protocols work with them, not against them." Skyfire's technology assigns each AI agent a programmable wallet containing funding sources such as cards, ACH, wire, and USDC, along with identity credentials and enterprise-grade payment rules. Cequence's platform uses multi-dimensional machine learning to evaluate a range of signals, now including those from Skyfire-issued identifiers, to determine agent legitimacy and ensure that only monetisable agents interact with business services. This approach seeks to address a key challenge in the AI economy: the limited ability of agents to access digital content that lies behind authentication or payment barriers, due in large part to security protections designed for human users. The companies highlight that security in an API-driven world has evolved from simply stopping attackers to also recognising trusted, non-human automation. Cequence Security says its solution delivers both deep API visibility and native enforcement, allowing security teams to assess behaviour, identify intent, and make access decisions at the edge without modifying applications or relying on external tools. Cequence Security contends that while competing platforms may depend on JavaScript, SDKs, or generic assessments, its approach is rooted in context-aware detection based on traffic patterns and machine learning. The company says this helps security teams adapt to fast-changing automated threats and extend access to trusted AI agents without increasing vulnerability to abuse. Ameya Talwalkar, Chief Executive Officer of Cequence, said, "Security should never be a barrier to business. Our mission has always been to protect the internet without slowing innovation, and that includes AI agents. With Skyfire, we now have a shared framework to verify and trust additional non-human users at the edge. This unlocks a new era where businesses can safely serve AI agents the same way they serve human users, securely, seamlessly, and at scale."
Business Wire
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Skyfire and Cequence Partner to Enable Secure, Autonomous Access for AI Agents
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Skyfire, the world's only payment and identity network built for the AI Agent economy, and Cequence Security, a pioneer in API security and bot management, announced a partnership to enable secure, compliant access to digital services for autonomous AI agents. Cequence secures over 8 billion API interactions every day and protects more than 3 billion user accounts across some of the world's largest Fortune and Global 500 enterprises. Cequence's current capabilities include distinguishing 'bad' bots and 'good' bots. Through the SkyFire integration, Cequence can also identify trusted Skyfire-verified agents. This unlocks a new level of secure, programmable access to websites, APIs, and applications to the AI Agent economy, which enables new revenue streams for data service providers. AI agents are rapidly becoming the new consumers of the internet. But most digital services, from paywalled websites to gated APIs, are still built for human interaction: you sign up, verify, log in, and pay. These steps assume a human in the loop. Without an identity, and without credentials, AI agents get blocked. Skyfire solves that problem by providing agent-first infrastructure for identity and payments. With Skyfire, agents can programmatically present verified credentials and payment methods, enabling access to digital services without manual account creation or pre-negotiated contracts. From public web content to private APIs, any digital resource can now be accessed by agents over secure, peer-to-peer connections just like a human user would. Through this partnership, Cequence now natively supports Skyfire's identity and payment protocol allowing security teams to recognize and authorize verified AI agents while continuing to block scraping, fraud, and abuse through malicious automation. 'AI agents aren't just scraping the surface of the web anymore. They're transacting, subscribing, booking, and buying. But they've been locked out by security measures that assume every brand engagement is coming from a user who has fingers and a keyboard,' said Amir Sarhangi, CEO and co-founder of Skyfire. 'Through our partnership with Cequence, we're enabling an internet where agents are first-class participants in the digital economy, and where identity and security protocols work with them, not against them.' Skyfire's protocol assigns every AI agent a programmable wallet with funding sources (cards, ACH, wire, USDC), identity credentials, and enterprise-grade payment rules. Cequence's bot management and API security platform uses multi-dimensional machine learning to evaluate behavioral, contextual, and intent-based signals, now including Skyfire-issued identifiers, so businesses can trust that the agent interacting with their service is both legitimate and monetizable. The result: compliant autonomous access, without sacrificing security. This partnership addresses one of the most significant gaps in the emerging AI economy: the inability of agents to access, pay for, and interact with the majority of valuable digital content that sits behind login walls, anti-bot protections, or compliance layers. Securing APIs used to mean stopping attackers. Now it also means recognizing trusted automation – without compromising performance, uptime or customer experience. Cequence is the only platform that combines deep API visibility with native enforcement, giving security teams the ability to identify abnormal behavior, understand intent, and make enforcement decisions at the edge – without modifying apps or bolting on third-party tools. While others rely on Javascripts, SDKs, app instrumentation and generic risk scores, Cequence applies context-aware detection rooted in traffic patterns, usage flows, and machine learning that adapts with each interaction. It's how modern security teams stay ahead of fast-moving, increasingly automated threats, and now, how they extend access to verified AI agents without opening the door to abuse. 'Security should never be a barrier to business. Our mission has always been to protect the internet without slowing innovation, and that includes AI agents,' said Ameya Talwalkar, CEO of Cequence. 'With Skyfire, we now have a shared framework to verify and trust additional non-human users at the edge. This unlocks a new era where businesses can safely serve AI agents the same way they serve human users, securely, seamlessly, and at scale.' About Skyfire Skyfire is the financial stack for the AI economy. Built for autonomous transactions, Skyfire enables AI agents, LLMs, and enterprises to access and pay for digital services with verified identity, programmable payments, and no human setup required. From websites to APIs, Skyfire unlocks frictionless access and monetization for the next generation of internet users. Learn more at About Cequence Security Cequence is a pioneer in API security and bot management, protecting the applications and APIs that organizations depend on from attacks, business logic abuse, and fraud. Our unique Unified API Protection platform unites discovery, compliance, and protection capabilities, providing unmatched real-time security in the face of sophisticated threats. Demonstrating value in minutes rather than days or weeks, Cequence offers a flexible deployment model that requires no app instrumentation or modification. Cequence solutions scale to meet the needs of the largest and most demanding private and public sector organizations, protecting more than 8 billion daily API interactions and 3 billion user accounts. To learn more, visit
