Hawcx
Choose Hawcx when
Agents must hold no standing credentials, each tool call has to carry cryptographic proof of the person who delegated it, and a captured call should never run twice.
Hawcx vs 
Silverfort for AI agent authentication
Both link AI agents to the people behind them and check each tool call before it runs. Hawcx also starts each agent at a person’s phishing-resistant sign-in, carries proof of who delegated every action, and gives every tool call a grant that works once.
Hawcx vs Silverfort, side by side
Nine capabilities: the six most vendors now cover, and the three that carry a person’s authority to each action.
| Capability | Hawcx | |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| DiscoveryFinds the agents already running across your tools. | Partial | Full |
| Zero standing credentialsAgents hold no long-lived secrets; access is issued when it’s needed. | Full | Not covered |
| Agent authenticationEach agent proves its own identity. | Full | Full |
| Authorization policyRules decide what each agent may do. | Full | Full |
| Runtime enforcementEvery call is checked before it runs. | Full | Full |
| Governance and auditA record of every agent, its owner and its actions. | Full | Partial |
| From the person to the action | ||
| Phishing-resistant human root of trustThe agent’s authority starts with a person’s phishing-resistant sign-in. | Full | Partial |
| Proof of delegation on every actionEach action carries proof that a specific person delegated it. | Full | Not covered |
| A single-use grant for every tool callA captured call can’t run twice. | Full | Not covered |
FullPartialNot coveredBased on public materials, September 2026.
Which one fits?
Choose Silverfort when
Your priority is finding every AI agent across clouds, identity providers and SaaS, mapping each to an owner, and enforcing runtime policy on the same platform that protects your human and service accounts.