Overview

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

Vendor
Confident AI2
Description
AI quality and LLM evaluation platform from the creators of DeepEval, with the DeepTeam framework adding red teaming and production input and output guardrails.2
Deployment
SaaS, Self-hosted2
Status
Active2

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 ProtectDetect Coverage Source
AI Orchestration Tools Protect: Not covered Detect: Covered Secondary 1
AI Model Protect: Not covered Detect: Covered Primary 1
Runtime AI Data Protect: Covered Detect: Covered Primary 3

Framework Relevance

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

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Framework Asset class Relevant controls
NIST IR 8596 AI Orchestration Tools Agents as deployed artifacts (orchestration view; see AI Agent Identities row for the principal view); system prompts and templates
AI Model Models; Algorithms (model configuration)
Runtime AI Data Prompts (runtime); inference data
CSA AI Controls Matrix AI Orchestration Tools Application and Interface Security; Supply Chain Management
AI Model Model Security; Governance, Risk and Compliance
Runtime AI Data Data Security and Privacy Lifecycle Management; Application and Interface Security
ISO 42001 AI Orchestration Tools A.6 AI system life cycle; A.5 Assessing impacts of AI systems
AI Model A.6 AI system life cycle; A.10 Third-party and customer relationships; A.5 Assessing impacts of AI systems
Runtime AI Data A.7 Data for AI systems; A.8 Information for interested parties
Google SAIF AI Orchestration Tools Secure the AI supply chain; application and pipeline security; agent orchestration controls
AI Model Protect the AI model; ensure model integrity, provenance, and weight security
Runtime AI Data Expand AI red-teaming; runtime input and output safety; prompt defense
SANS Critical AI Security Guidelines AI 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)
AI Model Conventional Security Controls (protect model parameters with least privilege, encryption at rest, runtime obfuscation, and trusted execution environments); Data/Model Engineering Controls (adversarial training; alignment and fine-tuning); AI Supply Chain Management (public-model caution; transfer-attack exposure)
Runtime AI Data Model I/O Handling (sanitize, validate, and filter inputs and outputs; segregate user and system prompts; multilayered prompt-injection defense); Conventional Security Controls (protect augmentation and RAG data with vector-store access controls and validation); Data Minimization and Obfuscation (limit sensitive prompt content; context-window management); Limit Model Behavior (AI guardrails)
MITRE ATLAS AI Orchestration Tools AML.T0051 LLM Prompt Injection; AML.T0054 LLM Jailbreak; AML.T0016 Obtain Capabilities (malicious plugins)
AI Model AML.T0043 Craft Adversarial Data; AML.T0024 Exfiltration via AI Inference API (subtechniques: AML.T0024.001 Invert AI Model and AML.T0024.002 Extract AI Model); AML.T0018 Manipulate AI Model (integrity and backdoor)
Runtime AI Data AML.T0051 LLM Prompt Injection; AML.T0054 LLM Jailbreak; AML.T0056 Extract LLM System Prompt
OWASP AI Exchange AI Orchestration Tools Development-time threats: agent framework supply chain; runtime threats: plugin abuse, prompt injection via tools
AI Model Development-time and runtime model threats: model inversion, extraction, evasion, poisoning
Runtime AI Data Input threats: prompt injection, adversarial inputs, evasion; runtime threats: RAG poisoning, memory tampering
OWASP LLM Top 10 AI Orchestration Tools LLM01 Prompt Injection; LLM05 Improper Output Handling; LLM07 System Prompt Leakage; LLM10 Unbounded Consumption
AI Model LLM03 Supply Chain; LLM04 Data and Model Poisoning; LLM09 Misinformation
Runtime AI Data LLM01 Prompt Injection; LLM02 Sensitive Information Disclosure; LLM08 Vector and Embedding Weaknesses; LLM05 Improper Output Handling
OWASP Agentic Security Top 10 AI 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
AI Model ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (model provenance, weights, and dynamic loading)
Runtime AI Data ASI06 Memory & Context Poisoning; ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack (via prompt injection in runtime inputs)

Provenance

Last sourced 2026-06-10.

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Sources

  1. DeepTeam repository on GitHub
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-10
  2. Confident AI homepage
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-10
  3. DeepTeam guardrails introduction
    Vendor source accessed 2026-06-10

Changelog

  1. Added to the catalog from the Confident AI and DeepTeam documentation.

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Product Strategy and Positioning

You can use the following frameworks to understand the product’s strategy and its competitive positioning. Performing this analysis is outside the scope of the AI Defense Matrix Catalog, but the following guidance can help you with such an assessment.

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Product Strategy

Lenny Zeltser’s Guide to Creating Cybersecurity Products can help you understand key aspects of the product strategy. You can use your AI tool to gather the data and apply this framework.

Market segment
Who the product is built for: industry, size, and the persona who evaluates it.
Go-to-market motion
How it reaches buyers: top-down sales, bottom-up adoption, or open source.
Pricing model
How value is captured: per-seat, consumption, or outcome-based.
Delivery and operations
How it is deployed, configured, and maintained, including infrastructure-as-code and API coverage.
Customer trust
Certifications, transparency, and supply-chain security a buyer expects from the vendor.
Ecosystem position
A point solution, a platform others build on, or a component of a larger platform.

Strategy Defensibility

Ben Vierck’s rubric can help you assess the defensibility of the SaaS product’s strategy against competitive and other market forces. You can use it with your AI tool for a methodical analysis.

Value delivery
How much of the value is hard to replicate versus standard software a competitor could rebuild.
Switching cost
How costly it is to leave once deployed: integrations, data, workflow, and platform ties.
Compliance moat
Whether certifications or regulatory alignment are a durable advantage or table stakes for this buyer.
Problem complexity
How hard, adversarial, and fast-moving the underlying problem is to solve well.
Buyer profile
Who holds the budget, and how durable that demand is across the market.
Layer
Where the product operates: application, model, infrastructure, platform, or identity control plane.
Proprietary data, content, or IP
Whether it accumulates data, content, or IP that others would find difficult to replicate.