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| Product | Cisco AI Defense by Cisco View product | Prisma AIRS View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Cisco AI Defense is an AI security & guardrails platform for LLM prompt injection protection and AI agent guardrails. See features and AI Security alternatives. | Prisma AIRS: real-time prompt injection prevention and model output data loss prevention. Built for model governance auditing. Compare Security Operations alternatives. |
| Product type | AI Security & Guardrails Platform | AI Runtime Security & Model Risk Defense Platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AI | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloud | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integration | Cloud; Container sidecar; API proxy; Inline API proxy; Container sidecar in Kubernetes; SaaS evaluation engine |
| Data residency | Region-specific cloud hosting | Customer-designated cloud hosting regions (US, EU) |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Multi-cloudenterprise AI infrastructureLLM APIs | Public and private cloud AI deploymentsKubernetesPython AI frameworks |
| Compliance | NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act alignment, ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type II | NIST AI Risk Management Framework, EU AI Act compliance support, ISO 27001, SOC 2 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure AccessLangChainHugging FaceAWS BedrockAzure OpenAIGitHub Actions | OpenAIAWS BedrockMicrosoft Azure AILangChainLlamaIndexHugging FaceCortex XSOAR |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterprise AI | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcare |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Palo Alto Networks |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Santa Clara, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 15,000+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 2005 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco AI Defense
Cisco AI Defense is an AI security & guardrails platform for LLM prompt injection protection and AI agent guardrails. See features and AI Security alternatives.Prisma AIRS
Prisma AIRS: real-time prompt injection prevention and model output data loss prevention. Built for model governance auditing. Compare Security Operations alternatives.Product type
Cisco AI Defense
AI Security & Guardrails PlatformPrisma AIRS
AI Runtime Security & Model Risk Defense PlatformBest for
Cisco AI Defense
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AIPrisma AIRS
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, HealthcarePricing
Pricing model
Cisco AI Defense
Contact VendorPrisma AIRS
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco AI Defense
Free trial: yesPrisma AIRS
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco AI Defense
SaaSCloud
Prisma AIRS
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
Cisco AI Defense
Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integrationPrisma AIRS
Cloud; Container sidecar; API proxy; Inline API proxy; Container sidecar in Kubernetes; SaaS evaluation engineData residency
Cisco AI Defense
Region-specific cloud hostingPrisma AIRS
Customer-designated cloud hosting regions (US, EU)Key features
What it offers
Cisco AI Defense
- Generative AI guardrails
- Prompt injection prevention
- Automated agentic red-teaming
- Shadow AI discovery
- LLM model vulnerability testing
- Sensitive data leakage filtering
- LLM prompt injection protection
- AI agent guardrails
Prisma AIRS
- Real-time prompt injection prevention
- Model output data loss prevention
- AI red teaming automation
- LLM agent communication monitoring
- Model vulnerability scanning
- Insecure API call blocking
- Unit 42 AI threat intelligence
- Generative AI application security
Platform & access
API access
Cisco AI Defense
API access: yesPrisma AIRS
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco AI Defense
SSO: yesPrisma AIRS
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco AI Defense
RBAC: yesPrisma AIRS
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco AI Defense
Multi-tenant: yesPrisma AIRS
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco AI Defense
Mobile app: noPrisma AIRS
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco AI Defense
Multi-cloudenterprise AI infrastructureLLM APIs
Prisma AIRS
Public and private cloud AI deploymentsKubernetesPython AI frameworks
Compliance
Cisco AI Defense
NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act alignment, ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type II
Prisma AIRS
NIST AI Risk Management Framework, EU AI Act compliance support, ISO 27001, SOC 2
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco AI Defense
Cisco Secure AccessLangChainHugging FaceAWS BedrockAzure OpenAIGitHub Actions
Prisma AIRS
OpenAIAWS BedrockMicrosoft Azure AILangChainLlamaIndexHugging FaceCortex XSOAR
Industries
Cisco AI Defense
Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterprise AI
Prisma AIRS
Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcare
Regions
Cisco AI Defense
Global
Prisma AIRS
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco AI Defense
CiscoPrisma AIRS
Palo Alto NetworksHeadquarters
Cisco AI Defense
San Jose, California, USAPrisma AIRS
Santa Clara, California, USACompany size
Cisco AI Defense
80,000+Prisma AIRS
15,000+Founded
Cisco AI Defense
1984Prisma AIRS
2005