Proofpoint Acquires Acuvity to Enhance AI-Powered Security for Dynamic Workflows

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Proofpoint Acquires Acuvity to Bolster Security Platform

In a move to bolster its security platform, Proofpoint has acquired Acuvity, a company specializing in AI-native visibility, governance, and runtime protection for AI and agent-driven workflows.

New Risks Introduced by AI-Powered Tools

While these technologies bring unprecedented productivity and innovation, they also introduce new risks, such as shadow AI, sensitive data exposure, intellectual property loss, regulatory violations, and emerging AI-specific attacks.

To address these risks, Proofpoint’s expanded platform will deliver comprehensive visibility, governance, and control across the agentic workspace, where humans and AI agents collaborate to execute business-critical workflows.

“As AI agents become integral to the enterprise, accessing data, executing tasks, and making decisions alongside humans, securing this new model of work requires real-time understanding of human intent, agentic behavior, and risk,” said Ryan Kalember, Chief Strategy Officer at Proofpoint.

Comprehensive Visibility and Enforcement

The combined platform will provide new control points and detection models purpose-built for the AI era, delivering comprehensive visibility and enforcement across the full range of AI usage in the enterprise.

This includes endpoints, web browsers, and emerging AI infrastructure such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and locally installed AI tools like OpenClaw and Ollama.

Strengthening Proofpoint’s Leadership

With Acuvity’s AI security capabilities, Proofpoint becomes the first unified platform to comprehensively secure every dimension of the agentic workspace.

The acquisition strengthens Proofpoint’s leadership in the market by delivering an integrated portfolio spanning collaboration security, data security and governance, and AI security.

“AI is fundamentally transforming the way work gets done, and enterprises are struggling to keep pace with the complexity of securing it,” said Satyam Sinha, CEO of Acuvity.

“In an AI-accelerated world, intelligence is no longer confined to applications or infrastructure; it lives in interactions, decisions, and autonomous agents acting on our behalf.

Securing that future requires a new approach – one that governs how AI thinks, acts, and learns in real-time.”

Securing AI and Agent-Driven Workflows

The acquisition highlights the growing importance of securing AI and agent-driven workflows as organizations increasingly rely on these technologies to drive innovation and productivity.