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Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Protect AI is a US AI security company that Palo Alto Networks acquired in 2025; its technology is integrated into Prisma AIRS. The platform helps organisations secure AI models, run AI red teaming and protect AI at runtime. Prisma AIRS covers model security (scanning third-party models for tampering, malicious scripts and deserialisation attacks), posture management, runtime security, red teaming and agent security. It is delivered as a managed platform, with network intercept and API intercept among the deployment modes; the software itself is not open source.

Prisma AIRS belongs to the US company Palo Alto Networks, so the CLOUD Act is relevant. For an API intercept deployment you choose a region: the Americas, Europe (Germany), India, Singapore or Japan, and that choice sets where data is processed and stored. According to the documentation, some detections, such as contextual grounding, are processed outside the chosen region, via the Netherlands or Singapore. Check this against your own scenario.

Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 9, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS)

The European alternatives to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS)

Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) include 2021.AI GRACE, CalypsoAI and Giskard. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) include Giskard and Mistral Shieldstral. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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