Updated March 27, 2026
Robust Intelligence, acquired by Cisco in late 2024, provides AI validation and protection. Now integrated into Cisco's security portfolio, the platform offers automated red-teaming, continuous model validation, and runtime firewall protection for LLM applications. It detects adversarial attacks, data poisoning, hallucinations, and prompt injections across the AI lifecycle.
Runtime guardrails API that validates AI agent actions against policies before execution, blocking incorrect actions with structured feedback.
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What each tool does well, and the limitations to keep in mind.
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