Opal Security, founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, provides an identity governance control plane designed to help enterprises manage access across employees, contractors, service accounts, and AI agents. The company's platform combines intelligent automation, risk-based policy enforcement, and workflow automation to implement least privilege at scale without impeding innovation.
The platform addresses what the company describes as fundamental access sprawl challenges in modern organisations. It serves both hypergrowth startups and Fortune 500 enterprises, with backing from Greylock, Battery Ventures, and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. Howard Ting joined as CEO in December 2025, bringing two decades of security leadership experience.
Opal's technical focus encompasses identity and access management, identity governance, access governance, and AI agent access control. The platform's core function is to streamline how organisations grant, manage, and revoke access permissions across complex, distributed systems whilst maintaining security posture and operational efficiency.
