Agent security & threat detection

Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security

Palo Alto Networks security service that scans prompts and model responses via API or network enforcement to detect prompt injection, sensitive data leakage and malicious content, with agent-focused detections such as MCP threat detection, tool chaining attack analysis and privilege misuse. Delivered as a managed enterprise service.

commercial · generally available · Research snapshot 2026-09-06

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Where it fits

Agent security & threat detection · Runtime authorization & controls · Observability & traceability

Useful conversation with: CISO, Network security architect, SOC manager.

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Show me Prisma AIRS scanning an agent request through the AI Runtime API, flagging a tool chaining attack and a prompt injection, and the security profile that blocked it.

Capabilities and evidence

Support labels reflect the supplied research. Documentation and vendor claims are not independent product tests. “Not established” means the researcher did not find support; it does not prove a capability is absent.

Documented by provider

Prisma AIRS provides an AI Runtime API to scan prompts and model responses programmatically and an AI Runtime firewall deployment that secures AI applications, models and datasets from threats such as prompt injections.

Limit: Documentation index does not quantify detection accuracy or per-model coverage.

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Documented by provider

Documented release updates include MCP Threat Detection, Command Prompt Injection Detection, Tool Chaining Attack capability in agent scans, and Privilege Misuse Detection for AI agents.

Limit: Feature availability by region, tier and release date is not established from the index page alone.

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Vendor claim

The product page describes creating and managing runtime security profiles, configuring custom topics, and inspecting blocked prompts and violation sessions by content type, threat category and severity.

Limit: The product page does not state availability stage or licensing details.

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Limitations to discuss

Sources

  1. Prisma AIRS · Palo Alto Networks · official docs
    Access date reported by researcher: 2026-09-06
  2. Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security · Palo Alto Networks · official product
    Access date reported by researcher: 2026-09-06

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