Palo Alto Networks adds Prisma AIRS protection to Claude Enterprise

Palo Alto Networks is positioning its Prisma AIRS platform as a way to secure AI agents as they move from answering questions to writing code, using tools, and executing workflows. The company says this shift gives agents access to more of the business, creating a need for protection that keeps pace with those capabilities.

The new features address three areas. First, Prisma AIRS integrates directly with Claude Enterprise through inference hooks, bringing runtime protection to Claude Code, Claude.ai, and Claude Cowork. This lets organizations apply runtime guardrails before model inference and extend existing enterprise DLP policies to help keep PII, intellectual property, and source code from being exposed. It also aims to block prompt injections, jailbreaks, and toxic inputs.

Second, the company is expanding scanning beyond models to agent skills and other components. Prisma AIRS AI Supply Chain Security scans open-source models, validates agent skills, and blocks malicious code before deployment. More than 3M+ third-party artifacts have been pre-scanned.

Third, the Prisma AIRS AI Gateway centralizes policy enforcement and usage oversight. Since launch, more than 20 major gateway updates have expanded model and provider support, including support for decision models. Additional enhancements include MCP Guardrails, which inspects MCP traffic in both directions, blocks concealed instructions in tool inputs, redacts sensitive data from outputs, and enforces access policies. Signals & Smart Routing assess each request's intent and complexity to select the best-fit model, with real-time analytics tracking savings, latency, and cache efficiency.