Robust Intelligence
Overview
Product details compiled from public sources, each with a citation.
- Vendor
- Cisco4
- Description
- Algorithmic red teaming and runtime guardrails for AI models and apps: tests models against attacks and screens prompts, responses, and agent workflows. Now part of Cisco AI Defense.4
- Deployment
- SaaS, Self-hosted2
- Status
- Acquired4
- Acquisition
- Acquired by Cisco, announced 2024-08-26. It has been folded into the acquirer as Cisco AI Defense.1
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 | Identify | Protect | Detect | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Orchestration Tools | Protect: Not covered | Adjacent | 2 | ||
| AI Model | Detect: Not covered | Primary | 3 | ||
| Runtime AI Data | Identify: Not covered | Primary | 2 |
Framework Relevance
These frameworks include controls relevant to the asset classes Robust Intelligence 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 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 2026-06-09.
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Sources
- Cisco announces intent to acquire Robust Intelligence (with completion update)
- Cisco AI Defense data sheet (cloud, VPC, on-premises)
- “This enables detection and blocking of unsafe agent behaviors such as unauthorized tool usage, harmful action chains, memory poisoning attempts, and other agent-driven risks.”
- “AI Cloud Visibility automatically detects MCP servers and agent processes alongside models and applications.”
- AI Model and Application Validation
- “AI Validation automatically generates guardrails tailored to the specific vulnerabilities found in each model, thereby improving their effectiveness.”
- Robust Intelligence is now part of Cisco
Changelog
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Recorded the post-acquisition product name (Cisco AI Defense).
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Verified details from Cisco primary sources and recorded the Cisco acquisition and integration into AI Defense.
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