Cisco AI Defense
Security guardrails and validation for enterprise AI.
About
Cisco AI Defense secures enterprise AI deployments end to end. It discovers shadow AI usage on the network, detects and blocks malicious LLM prompts and outputs, and algorithmically validates models before they reach production, auto-generating appropriate security guardrails for each fine-tuned system.
Built on Cisco's acquisition of Robust Intelligence (completed 2024), AI Defense launched in early 2025 and now anchors Cisco's AI security portfolio alongside Foundation AI's open-source security models and AI supply-chain risk controls, with integrations into ServiceNow SecOps and Splunk.
What it can do
- Shadow AI discovery
- Prompt and output guardrails
- Automated model security validation
- AI supply-chain risk controls
Setup
Available through Cisco Security; contact Cisco sales for enterprise deployment.
Prerequisites
Cisco security infrastructure or enterprise network.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 105; Trending score 84/100 from researcher assessment.
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