Neo’s o -device se so automatically esto es deleted o alte ed hooks so use s a d AI age ts ca ot bypass policy e fo ceme t
BOSTON, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Neo, the Age tic Softwa e Co t ol compa y, today a ou ced Tampe P otectio fo AI Age ts, a capability desig ed to keep Neo’s secu ity policies i fo ce whe a use o a AI age t t ies to disable, emove, o wo k a ou d them. Its fi st p otectio p eve ts a yo e f om deleti g o alte i g the hooks Neo i stalls i Claude Code, Claude Cowo k, Codex, Cu so , a d Copilot, so the policies o ga izatio s set to ma age AI isk stay i effect.
As AI age ts gai mo e auto omy o the e dpoi t, they i c easi gly have the access to cha ge the ve y co t ols mea t to gove them. Age ts edit co figu atio files, eset setti gs, a d clea up files they decide they do ’t eed, a d the people usi g them ca do the same whe a co t ol gets i the way. A secu ity co t ol that ca be switched off by the use o age t it gove s, o pu pose o by mistake, offe s little p otectio . Tampe P otectio fo AI Age ts add esses that gap by keepi g Neo’s e fo ceme t out of each of the use s a d age ts it applies to.
Hooks a e the fi st focus. Hooks a e how secu ity tools see what a AI age t is about to do a d decide whethe it happe s, befo e a file is ead, a comma d u s, o a tool is called. But a hook is co figu atio o the device, a d a yo e with w ite access to it ca emove it. Hooks i stalled o ly th ough setup sc ipts o pe iodic mobile device ma ageme t (MDM) updates ca stay disabled u til the ext update, because o local p ocess is watchi g them. O e develope aci g a deadli e ca switch off key secu ity co t ols, a d secu ity teams may eve k ow a policy stopped wo ki g. Neo’s se so stays o the device afte its hooks a e i stalled, eco di g a fi ge p i t of each o e a d p eve ti g a y cha ge to it.
Tampe P otectio fo AI Age ts applies o ly to Neo’s ow e fo ceme t. Hooks w itte by custome s’ teams a d hooks f om othe secu ity ve do s a e left u touched. It u s i the existi g Neo se so , with othi g ew fo custome s to deploy.
“A secu ity policy ca ’t be optio al fo the pe so o age t it gove s,” said Nick Wa e , CEO a d Co-Fou de of Neo. “As age ts take o mo e wo k, they also gai the access to cha ge thei ow gua d ails. O ga izatio s set policies fo a easo , a d gove a ce is what makes it safe to adopt AI quickly. Whethe a develope t ies to get a ou d a est ictio o a age t ove w ites a setti g while fi ishi g a task, Neo p eve ts that tampe i g, so the decisio stays with the secu ity team.”
To lea mo e about Tampe P otectio fo AI Age ts, visit www. eo.ai/blog/hooks-self-p otectio . To equest a demo, visit www. eo.ai/get-a-demo.
Neo is the Age tic Softwa e Co t ol compa y built fo mode AI-d ive e te p ises. The Neo platfo m gives SecOps teams the i ve to y, i tellige ce, att ibutio , a d policy co t ol equi ed to gove age tic softwa e ac oss AI age ts, AI-e abled applicatio s, b owse s, ide tities, a d t aditio al softwa e as e te p ise applicatio s become auto omous. Fou ded by Se ti elO e vete a s a d backed by A d eesse Ho owitz, Besseme Ve tu e Pa t e s, C aft Ve tu es, a d Me li Ve tu es, Neo e ables o ga izatio s to adopt AI secu ely while mai tai i g the visibility a d co t ol equi ed to ma age isk ac oss the e te p ise. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www. eo.ai.
