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Cisco DefenseClaw

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Overview

Product details compiled from public sources, each with a citation.

Vendor
Cisco2agent · Details at Cyber Company Profiles
Description
Open-source security for AI coding agents that scans skills and MCP servers before use, inspects runtime traffic, blocks risky tool calls by policy, and keeps an audit trail.2agent
Deployment
Self-hosted2agent
Status
Active2agent

Matrix Coverage

Where this product defends, by asset class and NIST CSF function. The Coverage column shows whether each asset is Primary, Secondary, or Adjacent to what the product does. The table omits empty rows and columns.

Asset class IdentifyProtectDetect Coverage
AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Primary 1

Framework Relevance

These frameworks include controls relevant to the asset classes Cisco DefenseClaw defends. This is an editorial inference from the AI Defense Matrix asset-level crossmap, not a statement that Cisco implements these controls or is certified against them.

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Framework Asset class Relevant controls
NIST IR 8596 AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Agents as deployed artifacts (orchestration view; see AI Agent Identities row for the principal view); system prompts and templates
CSA AI Controls Matrix AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Application and Interface Security; Supply Chain Management
ISO 42001 AI Coding and Orchestration Tools A.6 AI system life cycle; A.5 Assessing impacts of AI systems
Google SAIF AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Secure the AI supply chain; application and pipeline security; agent orchestration controls
SANS Critical AI Security Guidelines AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Secure Agentic Systems and AI Autonomy Controls (defined function scope; execution isolation; API and function-call gating); Limit Model Behavior (focused functionality; access controls outside the model)
MITRE ATLAS AI Coding and Orchestration Tools AML.T0051 LLM Prompt Injection; AML.T0054 LLM Jailbreak; AML.T0016 Obtain Capabilities (malicious plugins)
OWASP AI Exchange AI Coding and Orchestration Tools Development-time threats: agent framework supply chain; runtime threats: plugin abuse, prompt injection via tools
OWASP LLM Top 10 AI Coding and Orchestration Tools LLM01 Prompt Injection; LLM05 Improper Output Handling; LLM07 System Prompt Leakage; LLM10 Unbounded Consumption
OWASP Agentic Security Top 10 AI Coding and Orchestration Tools ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack; ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation; ASI05 Unexpected Code Execution (RCE); ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication; ASI08 Cascading Failures; ASI10 Rogue Agents

Provenance

Last sourced 2026-10-05.

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Sources

  1. DefenseClaw documentation site
    Vendor source accessed 2026-10-05
    • “Scan skills and MCP servers, block risky tool calls and keep an audit trail for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor and 8 more”
  2. cisco-ai-defense/defenseclaw
    Vendor source accessed 2026-10-05
    • “Security governance for AI coding agents and agentic runtimes.”

Changelog

  1. Updated the description and refreshed source quotes.

  2. Refreshed source links and quotes against the current vendor pages.

  3. Added to the catalog from the DefenseClaw repository; open source under Apache-2.0, distinct from the commercial Cisco AI Defense platform.

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