Apono Cloud Privileged Access

Apono is a cloud-native privileged access management company acquired by 1Password, announced on 2026-06-15. It addresses standing privileges that humans, machines and AI agents hold in cloud and data environments, which expand the blast radius of a breach.

The platform grants just-in-time access and revokes it automatically. Modules include Infrastructure Guard for databases and Kubernetes, Privileged Cloud for cross-cloud access using provider-native policies, and Agent Privilege Guard for AI agents. Named customers include HPE, Intel, Workday and Swisscom.

• Just-in-time access: grants and auto-revokes access to cloud and data resources.
• Infrastructure Guard: controls access to databases, Kubernetes and compute.
• Privileged Cloud: manages cross-cloud permissions with native policy languages.
• Agent Privilege Guard: limits access held by AI agents and non-human identities.
• Dynamic guardrails: enforces policy at runtime.
• Unified audit: records access for compliance reporting.

A Vietnamese bank can give engineers temporary production database access with approval. A fintech can restrict cloud admin roles held by contractors. A SaaS firm can control which AI agents reach customer data stores.

Removes standing access by granting permissions only when needed. Supports more than 85 out-of-the-box integrations. Produces audit output that can support SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS programs. A free trial is offered.

Zero standing privilege and cloud entitlement control are becoming baseline requirements as AI agents obtain cloud credentials. Vietnamese enterprises on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud need just-in-time access to meet audit expectations in banking and fintech.

Acquired by 1Password, announced 2026-06-15 with terms undisclosed. Co-founder and CEO is Rom Carmel. Headquarters and founding year are not stated on the fetched pages. SOC 2 and GDPR badges are shown.