Cequence Security Introduces Cequence Platform 9.0
Cequence Security released Cequence Platform 9.0, a new version of its API security platform designed to let teams, AI assistants, and agents query and act on API security data. The change centers on connecting platform capabilities to agent workflows and supporting compliance reporting.
Cequence Platform 9.0 includes a built-in AI Assistant and an open Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. The platform also includes a compliance-ready risk rules library mapped to 25 global regulatory frameworks, along with a re-architected API security engine built for large enterprise API estates while maintaining page-load performance.
The AI Assistant supports plain-language questions and returns ranked findings backed by evidence drawn from live platform data. The platform provides an open MCP server for MCP-capable agents, SOAR platforms, and automation workflows to interact with platform capabilities through an open API contract. Human approval is required before any proposed write takes effect, and answers include reasoning and underlying tool calls when the assistant has the needed tools.
Cequence Platform 9.0 ships with 250+ pre-built risk rules mapped to frameworks including OWASP API Security Top 10 (all versions), PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, DORA, NIS2, LGPD, SAMA, and MAS TRM, plus additional regional frameworks across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. It also includes one-click audit-ready reports built from live data, an observe mode for testing proposed rules, and a test panel that validates rules against sample request and response data. Shreyans Mehta, CTO and Co-Founder at Cequence, said: “Most security chatbots are only as useful as the person asking the questions, which means they fall flat in the hands of anyone who is not already an expert. We built the Platform 9.0 agent differently. It runs a full agentic loop, planning which tools answer the question, calling them, and synthesizing ranked, evidence-backed recommendations while showing you exactly how it got there. When it does not have the tool to do something, it tells you instead of guessing. That governance-first design is not an afterthought. It is the same conviction behind the Cequence AI Gateway, and it is what makes this safe to put in front of any practitioner from the start.” Ameya Talwalkar, CEO and Co-Founder at Cequence, said: “Most vendors looked at the agentic era and added a chatbot. We looked at it and rebuilt the architecture. Cequence Platform 9.0 exposes the entire Cequence platform through an open MCP architecture so any agent can operate it directly, whether through our built-in AI Assistant, or a customer’s own agent. That is what AI-native actually means: the UI becomes optional. We are building for the way the agentic enterprise already works, while making sure a human approves every change along the way.” The re-architected API security engine supports up to a 50x increase in API endpoints with sub-five-second page load times across views.
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