CrowdStrike Adds Real-Time Identity Control With SGNL Deal

$740M SGNL Acquisition Boosts Dynamic Identity Enforcement for Humans and AI Agents Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 9, 2026

CrowdStrike plans to purchase a continuous identity startup led by a former Google product manager to provide dynamic, real-time and artificial intelligence-driven access orchestration.

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The Austin, Texas-based platform security goliath said Silicon Valley-based SGNL's take on continuous, real-time access control is essential in an era increasingly defined by AI agents and machine identities, said Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard. SGNL's capabilities in granting and revoking access to AI agents and machine identities based on real-time intelligence were unmatched in the market, he said.

"This whole notion of continuous and real-time access is new," Bernard told Information Security Media Group. "You didn't see other people doing what SGNL was doing. Being able to grant ...