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Cisco AI Defense alternatives

Vendors in the directory with the most taxonomy overlap with Cisco AI Defense — shared frameworks, capabilities, industries, and integrations.

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Last checked October 15, 2026

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At-a-glance

AlternativeShared frameworksShared capabilitiesPricing
Prisma AIRSNIST AI Risk Management FrameworkAI Discovery, Shadow AI Detection, LLM Red Teaming +7usage basedCompare
Noma SecurityNIST AI Risk Management FrameworkAI Discovery, Shadow AI Detection, AI Bill of Materials +6contact onlyCompare
F5 AI GuardrailsNIST AI Risk Management FrameworkAI Guardrails, Prompt Injection Defense, Data Leakage Prevention +3contact onlyCompare
Prompt Security—Shadow AI Detection, AI Discovery, Data Leakage Prevention +5contact onlyCompare
WitnessAINIST AI Risk Management FrameworkShadow AI Detection, AI Discovery, Data Leakage Prevention +3tieredCompare
CalypsoAI—AI Guardrails, Prompt Injection Defense, Data Leakage Prevention +4contact onlyCompare

How each alternative compares

#1

Prisma AIRS

Palo Alto Networks' AI security platform, built with Protect AI: model scanning, AI red teaming, posture management, runtime and agent security

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Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that Prisma AIRS doesn't

  • Model Validation
  • AI Bill of Materials
#2

Noma Security

AI agent security platform covering discovery and posture (AI-SPM), agent access control, runtime detection and response, and red teaming

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Capabilities Noma Security has that Cisco AI Defense doesn't

  • Policy Enforcement
  • Behavioral Monitoring
  • Human-in-the-Loop
  • Audit Logging
  • Compliance Reporting

Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that Noma Security doesn't

  • Model Validation
  • AI Guardrails
  • Risk Scoring
#3

F5 AI Guardrails

F5's runtime guardrails and AI Red Team testing for AI models, apps and agents, built from CalypsoAI and deployable on premises or air-gapped

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Capabilities F5 AI Guardrails has that Cisco AI Defense doesn't

  • LLM Guardrails & Content Filtering
  • Policy Enforcement
  • Audit Logging
  • Human-in-the-Loop

Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that F5 AI Guardrails doesn't

  • AI Discovery
  • Shadow AI Detection
  • Model Validation
  • AI Supply Chain Risk
  • AI Bill of Materials
#4

Prompt Security

SentinelOne's AI security product for employee AI use, homegrown AI apps, coding assistants and agents; acquired by SentinelOne in September 2025

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Capabilities Prompt Security has that Cisco AI Defense doesn't

  • LLM Guardrails & Content Filtering
  • Policy Enforcement
  • Audit Logging

Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that Prompt Security doesn't

  • Agentic Red Teaming
  • Model Validation
  • AI Supply Chain Risk
  • AI Bill of Materials
#5

WitnessAI

Network-level visibility, policy control and runtime protection for employee AI use and AI agents, with list prices on AWS Marketplace

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Capabilities WitnessAI has that Cisco AI Defense doesn't

  • Policy Enforcement
  • LLM Guardrails
  • LLM Guardrails & Content Filtering
  • Audit Logging

Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that WitnessAI doesn't

  • Agentic Red Teaming
  • Model Validation
  • AI Guardrails
  • AI Supply Chain Risk
  • AI Bill of Materials
#6

CalypsoAI

AI security company acquired by F5 in September 2025; its guardrails and red-teaming technology is now sold as F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Team

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Capabilities CalypsoAI has that Cisco AI Defense doesn't

  • Policy Enforcement
  • Audit Logging

Capabilities Cisco AI Defense has that CalypsoAI doesn't

  • AI Discovery
  • Shadow AI Detection
  • Model Validation
  • AI Supply Chain Risk
  • AI Bill of Materials

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