Opal Security, founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, builds an identity governance control plane designed for what it describes as the AI era. The company's platform manages access across employees, contractors, service accounts and AI agents, combining intelligent automation, risk-based policy enforcement and streamlined workflows to apply least privilege at scale. Technical work spans identity and access management, identity governance, policy automation and access management for machine identities and autonomous agents.
The company serves customers ranging from hypergrowth startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, operating across the cybersecurity, identity and access management, and enterprise software sectors. Its stated aim is to give security and engineering teams clarity and control over complex access environments without impeding development velocity.
Opal Security was founded by Umaimah Khan to address problems in identity access management. Howard Ting joined as CEO in December 2025, bringing two decades of security leadership. The company is backed by Greylock, Battery Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO Investments.
