Recog itio follows a yea of ew eleases fo AI age t gove a ce, MCP secu ity, a d co sume ide tity
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Descope, a develope -f ie dly custome a d age tic ide tity platfo m, today a ou ced it has bee amed to the 2026–27 Fo tu e Cybe 60 list i the ea ly g owth catego y. This is the fou th co secutive yea Descope has bee i cluded. The full list ca be fou d at https://fo tu e.com/ a ki g/cybe /.
The 2026–27 Fo tu e Cybe 60 ecog izes 60 of the most impo ta t ve tu e-backed cybe secu ity compa ies, p ese ted by Lightspeed Ve tu e Pa t e s a d Amazo Web Se vices (AWS) i pa t e ship with Fo tu e. Now i its fou th yea , the list ho o s compa ies add essi g challe ges ac oss AI secu ity, ide tity a d access, data p otectio , cloud secu ity, a d secu ity ope atio s. It i cludes 20 compa ies i each of th ee catego ies (ea ly stage, ea ly g owth, a d g owth) a d ecog izes sta tups that have ot completed a IPO, acquisitio , o othe sig ifica t exit.
To develop this yea ’s list, Lightspeed evaluated mo e tha 300 cybe secu ity sta tups, co side i g a ual ecu i g eve ue, cu e t- a d p io -yea g owth, a d busi ess ope atio s. The selectio p ocess combi ed validatio of compa y- epo ted data with p op ieta y esea ch, co sultatio with Lightspeed’s CISO etwo k, a d a alysis of the cybe secu ity ma ket. The fi al list was eviewed a d validated by Fo tu e.
Ove the past yea , Descope:
- Released Age tic Ide tity Hub 2.5 a d Age tic Ide tity Hub 3.0, addi g g a ula access policies, huma -i -the-loop app ovals with CIBA, MCP gateway i teg atio s, a d gove a ce co t ols fo age t o boa di g a d ow e ship. The Age tic Ide tity Hub ow ha dles authe ticatio a d access co t ol fo mo e tha 1,000 MCP se ve s.
- Added C oss-App Access (XAA) suppo t so e te p ises ca gove AI age t access th ough the ide tity p ovide s they al eady use.
- Lau ched Family Accou ts, the fi st elease i its elatio al ide tity f amewo k, which lets co sume apps model gua dia , depe de t, a d household elatio ships.
- Expa ded data eside cy to seve egio s, addi g Si gapo e, B azil, a d the U ited Ki gdom.
- Was amed a supplie o the UK gove me t’s G-Cloud 15 f amewo k.
- Was amed a Sample Ve do fo CIAM fo AI Age ts a d Jou ey-Time O chest atio i the Ga t e ® Hype Cycle™ fo Digital Ide tity, 2026 a d the Ga t e ® Hype Cycle™ fo F aud a d Fi a cial C ime P eve tio , 2026.
- Was amed a Leade i the 2025 F ost Rada fo No -Huma Ide tity Solutio s, amed to Risi g i Cybe fo the thi d yea i a ow, a d wo “Multifacto Solutio of the Yea ” i the 2026 Cybe Secu ity B eakth ough Awa ds.
“Whe we fi st made this list, most of ou co ve satio s with ide tity teams we e about eplaci g passwo ds a d imp ovi g logi co ve sio ,” said Slavik Ma kovich, Co-Fou de a d CEO of Descope. “This yea , mo e of those teams asked how to let AI age ts act fo thei use s without givi g eve y age t a sha ed API key. We built Descope so custome s ca a swe both questio s o the same platfo m. Bei g amed to the Cybe 60 fo a fou th yea tells us that app oach is wo ki g fo them.”
Ove a thousa d o ga izatio s use Descope, i cludi g GoFu dMe, GoodRx, a d Datab icks.
Descope is a develope -f ie dly custome a d age tic ide tity platfo m. O ga izatio s use ou visual wo kflows, SDKs, APIs, a d MCP se ve to easily c eate a d customize ide tity jou eys fo thei custome s, pa t e s, a d AI age ts. 1000+ o ga izatio s use Descope to st eamli e custome a d age t o boa di g, p eve t accou t takeove , a d secu ely adopt AI age ts a d MCP se ve s with built-i ide tity co t ols. Lea mo e at www.descope.com.
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