Opal Security provides an identity governance control plane that manages access for employees, contractors, service accounts, and AI agents across organizations. The platform combines intelligent automation with risk-based policy enforcement to implement least privilege at scale, addressing access sprawl in modern enterprises without impeding engineering velocity.
Founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, Opal serves hypergrowth startups and Fortune 500 companies. The company is backed by Greylock, Battery Ventures, and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. Howard Ting, who brings two decades of security leadership experience, joined as CEO in December 2025.
The platform consolidates identity and access management workflows for security and engineering teams, enabling organizations to enforce granular access controls across diverse identity types. Opal's approach targets the operational friction that arises when managing access at enterprise scale, particularly as organizations adopt AI agents and expand their infrastructure.