Protect AI

Securing the model supply chain

Protect AI developed security capabilities spanning model scanning, posture management, red teaming and runtime protection. These address risks around the artifacts and applications used to deploy AI, including malicious model files and unsafe application behavior, rather than relying only on a model's own safety training. [1][2]

Part of Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Protect AI on July 22, 2025. The completion announcement identifies the company and its team as part of the buyer's Prisma AIRS strategy. This was a company acquisition, not merely a license or partnership. [1]

From company history to current product

Protect AI's original website now leads to Prisma AIRS. The current product page separates supply-chain scanning, red teaming, runtime security and posture management. The historical company and the buyer's product family should remain distinguishable when tracing how these capabilities entered the enterprise security market. [2]

Scanning a model file and testing a live agent cover different surfaces. The product descriptions establish the advertised categories of protection, not independent evidence that a particular deployment is free from vulnerabilities. [2]