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| Product | Cisco AI Defense by Cisco View product | Vertex AI Governance by Google Cloud 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. | Vertex AI Governance, from Google Cloud, provides model evaluation metrics. Common uses: AI risk management. Check deployment options and top AI Governance competitors. |
| Product type | AI Security & Guardrails Platform | AI Model Governance, Monitoring & Lineage Platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AI | Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Enterprise, Cross-industry, Enterprise Data Science, Regulated AI Industries |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloud | Cloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integration | Cloud; Google Cloud |
| Data residency | Region-specific cloud hosting | Customer-selected Google Cloud region |
| 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 | Vertex AICustom ML modelsFoundation modelsGenerative AI pipelines |
| Compliance | NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act alignment, ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type II | ISO/IEC 42001NIST AI RMFEU AI Act readinessSOC 2ISO 27001 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure AccessLangChainHugging FaceAWS BedrockAzure OpenAIGitHub Actions | Vertex AI Model RegistryBigQueryCloud IAMCloud KMSCloud Audit LogsSecurity Command Center |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterprise AI | Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyEnterpriseCross-industryEnterprise Data Science+1 more |
| Regions | Global | Google Cloud regions supporting Vertex AI |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Google Cloud |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Mountain View, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 2008 |
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.Vertex AI Governance
Vertex AI Governance, from Google Cloud, provides model evaluation metrics. Common uses: AI risk management. Check deployment options and top AI Governance competitors.Product type
Cisco AI Defense
AI Security & Guardrails PlatformVertex AI Governance
AI Model Governance, Monitoring & Lineage PlatformBest for
Cisco AI Defense
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise AIVertex AI Governance
Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Enterprise, Cross-industry, Enterprise Data Science, Regulated AI IndustriesPricing
Pricing model
Cisco AI Defense
Contact VendorVertex AI Governance
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco AI Defense
Free trial: yesVertex AI Governance
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Deployment details
Cisco AI Defense
Cloud; Multi-cloud; Cloud SaaS; API-driven runtime proxy; CI/CD pipeline integrationVertex AI Governance
Cloud; Google CloudData residency
Cisco AI Defense
Region-specific cloud hostingVertex AI Governance
Customer-selected Google Cloud regionKey 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
Vertex AI Governance
- Vertex AI ML Metadata tracking
- Model evaluation metrics
- Data and concept drift monitoring
- Explainable AI feature attribution
- Generative AI safety filters
- AI risk management
- Model lineage tracking
- Generative AI safety auditing
Platform & access
API access
Cisco AI Defense
API access: yesVertex AI Governance
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco AI Defense
SSO: yesVertex AI Governance
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco AI Defense
RBAC: yesVertex AI Governance
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco AI Defense
Multi-tenant: yesVertex AI Governance
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco AI Defense
Mobile app: noVertex AI Governance
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Compliance
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Industries
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Regions
Cisco AI Defense
Vertex AI Governance
Vendor
Company
Cisco AI Defense
CiscoVertex AI Governance
Google CloudHeadquarters
Cisco AI Defense
San Jose, California, USAVertex AI Governance
Mountain View, California, USACompany size
Cisco AI Defense
80,000+Vertex AI Governance
100,000+Founded
Cisco AI Defense
1984Vertex AI Governance
2008