Zenity Expands Into Public Sector to Secure AI Agent Adoption

Zenity, an end-to-end security and governance platform for AI agents, recently announced that it will be expanding into the public sector to secure AI agent adoption across government agencies.

Zenity targets growth through partner program and government deployment

New strategic partnerships with government resellers support the move through the Zenity Partner Program and additional deployment options for government agencies.

Zenity cites the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that federal AI use cases more than doubled from 571 in 2023 to 1,110 in 2024, highlighting the need for secure, reliable, and redundant solutions that can govern AI agents.

As part of its move to expand into the public sector, Zenity has hired Seth Nylund as its general manager of the public sector business. Nylund has over two decades of leadership experience in defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies.

“AI agents are becoming integral to government operations, but their adoption must be governed with transparency, control, and resilience,” said Nylund. “Zenity is uniquely positioned to help agencies secure these systems while meeting mission-critical compliance and operational goals.”

Public sector organizations adopting Zenity’s platform will be able to:

• Discover and monitor AI agents across cloud, SaaS, and endpoint environments.
• Enforce secure-by-design policies aligned with NIST, OWASP, and MITRE standards.
• Detects anomalies and prevents unauthorized access or data leakage.
• Maintain audit-ready visibility and governance across AI-driven workflows.

“Across the public sector, we’re seeing a surge in demand for end-to-end security and defense-in-depth strategies to support the safe adoption of AI agents,” said Ben Kliger, CEO and co-founder of Zenity. “Agencies need proactive governance, runtime enforcement, and resilient architectures to ensure AI is deployed securely and aligned with mission-critical objectives. We are proud to support their initiatives to responsibly roll out AI agents across their organizations.”

Zenity’s continued expansion

Recently, Zenity also expanded its integration with Microsoft to deliver native, inline attack prevention for Microsoft Copilot Studio agents.

The integration enables Zenity to operate within each agent built in Copilot Studio, allowing organizations to deploy agentic AI at scale with greater control and security.

“This integration marks a major step forward in enabling secure and scalable AI innovation for enterprises,” said Shay Gadidi, vice president of product management at Zenity. “By combining Microsoft Copilot Studio’s flexibility with Zenity’s security-first approach now incorporated into inline behaviors and actions of agents, businesses can confidently deploy AI agents without sacrificing control.”

By operating within each agent built in Copilot Studio, Zenity will provide inline controls for tool invocations– like MCP servers, CRM systems, business applications, and email– to prevent data exfiltration, direct and indirect prompt injections, and improper handling of secrets.

As the adoption and deployment of agentic AI become more prevalent in both the public and private sectors, there are several key considerations for achieving long-term success. Read more about how MSPs should balance opportunities and risks as they adopt agentic AI.