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| Product | Cisco AI Defense by Cisco View product | Protect AI Platform by Protect AI 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. | Protect AI Platform helps teams with AI-SBOM generation. Explore features like AI-SBOM generation, cloud or hybrid deployment and the closest AI Security competitors. |
| Product type | AI Security & Guardrails Platform | AI Security, Model Vulnerability & Machine Learning Supply Chain |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AI | Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Defense, Enterprise IT, Retail |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloud | SaaSCloudHybrid |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integration | Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid Containerized Agent (Customer VPC) |
| Data residency | Region-specific cloud hosting | United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure |
| 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 | Machine Learning ModelsGenerative AI PipelinesLLMsAI Pipelines |
| Compliance | NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act alignment, ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001NIST AI RMFEU AI ActOWASP LLM Top 10 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure AccessLangChainHugging FaceAWS BedrockAzure OpenAIGitHub Actions | Hugging FacePyTorchTensorFlowAWS SageMakerAzure MLMLflowGitHub |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterprise AI | Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareDefenseEnterprise ITRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Protect AI |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 2-10 |
| Founded | 1984 | 2022 |
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.Protect AI Platform
Protect AI Platform helps teams with AI-SBOM generation. Explore features like AI-SBOM generation, cloud or hybrid deployment and the closest AI Security competitors.Product type
Cisco AI Defense
AI Security & Guardrails PlatformProtect AI Platform
AI Security, Model Vulnerability & Machine Learning Supply ChainBest for
Cisco AI Defense
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AIProtect AI Platform
Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Defense, Enterprise IT, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Cisco AI Defense
Contact VendorProtect AI Platform
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco AI Defense
Free trial: yesProtect AI Platform
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Deployment details
Cisco AI Defense
Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integrationProtect AI Platform
Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid Containerized Agent (Customer VPC)Data residency
Cisco AI Defense
Region-specific cloud hostingProtect AI Platform
United States; European Union; AWS Cloud InfrastructureKey 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
Protect AI Platform
- Automated ML model scanning
- AI-SBOM generation
- Real-time prompt injection defense (Guardian)
- ML supply chain vulnerability tracking
- Model artifact verification
- Machine learning model vulnerability scanning
- Prompt injection defense
- AI supply chain risk mitigation
Platform & access
API access
Cisco AI Defense
API access: yesProtect AI Platform
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco AI Defense
SSO: yesProtect AI Platform
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco AI Defense
RBAC: yesProtect AI Platform
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco AI Defense
Multi-tenant: yesProtect AI Platform
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco AI Defense
Mobile app: noProtect AI Platform
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Compliance
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Industries
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Regions
Cisco AI Defense
Protect AI Platform
Vendor
Company
Cisco AI Defense
CiscoProtect AI Platform
Protect AIHeadquarters
Cisco AI Defense
San Jose, California, USAProtect AI Platform
Seattle, Washington, USACompany size
Cisco AI Defense
80,000+Protect AI Platform
2-10Founded
Cisco AI Defense
1984Protect AI Platform
2022