Compliance automation platform that extended into ISO 42001 and EU AI Act governance
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Drata
Security compliance automation vendor with ISO 42001 and real-time AI agent governance
What Drata does
Drata is a compliance automation platform that grew out of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 continuous monitoring and has moved aggressively into AI governance. It is itself ISO/IEC 42001 certified and offers an ISO 42001 framework that leverages cross-mapped controls from standards like ISO 27001, linking AI risks to owners and using AI to explain control issues while keeping teams audit-ready. Drata's most distinctive AI offering is AI Agent Governance, a runtime-oriented product aimed at the emerging problem of autonomous and 'shadow' AI agents. Its Drata Sensor discovers and registers every agent with its identity, permissions, and scope; Mission Control lets teams write policies as intent and enforce them inline, blocking violations before execution; a Trust Ladder graduates policies from training to active enforcement; and a tamper-evident Chain of Custody logs agent decisions. This governance layer maps to 30+ frameworks including ISO 42001, EU AI Act, GDPR, and the emerging AIUC-1 standard. Drata suits security and GRC teams that want prevention-focused, real-time control over AI systems rather than point-in-time documentation alone.
Key capabilities
- ISO 42001 framework with cross-mapped controls
- Drata Sensor for AI agent discovery and registration
- Mission Control policy-as-intent enforcement
- Inline pre-execution violation blocking
- Trust Ladder staged policy rollout
- Drift detection for scope violations
- Tamper-evident Chain of Custody logging
- AI risk and ownership mapping
Best for
Security and GRC teams that want real-time, prevention-focused governance over autonomous AI agents in addition to ISO 42001 certification
Limitations
AI Agent Governance is a newer, runtime-focused product whose value depends on how many autonomous agents an organization actually runs; EU AI Act support is delivered via framework mapping rather than a fully guided high-risk-system workflow. Named AI-governance customer references are limited publicly, and pricing is quote-based.
Framework coverage
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