# What is Akto?

[**API Security**](#api-security) • [**DAST**](https://docs.akto.io/dast/akto-dast) • [**Akto Atlas**](https://ai-security-docs.akto.io/akto-atlas-agentic-ai-security-for-employee-endpoints/overview) • [**Akto Argus**](https://ai-security-docs.akto.io/akto-argus-agentic-ai-security-for-homegrown-ai/overview) • [**Join Discord Community**](https://discord.com/invite/Wpc6xVME4s)

Akto is a **unified Agentic AI, MCP, and API security platform** built to secure autonomous AI workflows and modern APIs in production.

Akto has **two major security pillars**:

* [Agentic AI Security](#agentic-ai-security)
* [API Security](#api-security)

## 🤖 Agentic AI Security

Akto also secures **Agentic AI systems**, where AI agents interact with tools, APIs, users, and internal systems.

Agentic AI Security in Akto has **two distinct products**:

### Akto Atlas

**Agentic AI Security for Employee Endpoints**

* Secures AI agents used by employees
* Protects internal tools, SaaS actions, and AI-driven workflows
* Prevents data leakage, prompt abuse, and unsafe agent actions

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📘 Start here: [Akto Altas](https://ai-security-docs.akto.io/akto-atlas-agentic-ai-security-for-employee-endpoints/overview)
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### Akto Argus

**Agentic AI Security for Homegrown AI**

* Secures internally built AI agents and LLM workflows
* Monitors agent decisions, tool usage, and execution paths
* Detects:
  * Prompt injection
  * Privilege misuse
  * Unsafe autonomous actions

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📘 Start here: [Akto Argus](https://ai-security-docs.akto.io/akto-argus-agentic-ai-security-for-homegrown-ai/overview)
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## 🔐 API Security

Akto’s API Security platform helps teams **discover, test, and monitor APIs continuously** using real traffic and dynamic analysis.

It consists of **two tightly integrated components**:

### API Security

**Discovery & Runtime**

* Automatically discover APIs from live traffic
* Maintain a continuously updated API inventory
* Detect:
  * Shadow and undocumented APIs
  * Sensitive data exposure
  * Authorization and authentication issues at runtime
* Observe how APIs are *actually used* in production

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📘 Start here: [Getting Started with API Security](https://docs.akto.io/readme-1)
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### DAST

**Dynamic API Security Testing**

* Context-aware testing using observed API behavior
* Covers OWASP API Top 10 + business logic vulnerabilities
* Supports:
  * Manual test runs
  * Scheduled scans
  * CI/CD execution
* Extremely low false positives

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📘 Start here: [Getting Started with DAST](https://docs.akto.io/dast/akto-dast)
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### Scope of This Documentation

This documentation site **only covers:** API Security & DAST

For Agentic AI Security, refer to the [**AI Security documentation portal**](https://ai-security-docs.akto.io/)
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