Mindgard vs CalypsoAI

See why AI and security teams choose Mindgard over CalypsoAI (acquired by F5) for visibility into their AI attack surface, measurement of AI risk and active defense of AI Systems.

Mindgard vs Protect AI

See why AI and security teams choose Mindgard for attack‑driven testing, visibility across models and agents, and enterprise‑grade controls.

Why Security Teams Choose Mindgard Over CalypsoAI

Discover Shadow AI

Map the AI attack surface to gain visibility into AI inventory and activity; reveal what attackers can find out about an organization’s AI.

Assess & Report AI Risk

Continuously red‑team models, agents, and apps across the AI lifecycle to measure risk. Assess how attackers can exploit your AI and validate fixes.

Prevent AI Breaches

Actively defend AI. Enforce controls and policies to mitigate AI attacks at run-time. Stop attackers from breaching AI.

Mindgard vs. CalypsoAI: The Breakdown

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Mindgard and CalypsoAI across key capabilities that matter to enterprise security and AI teams. Each category highlights how the two platforms approach visibility, testing, and control differently.

Feature

Winner

AI Risk Visibility

Surfaces high impact AI risks across architecture, integration layers, model behavior, and intellectual-property exposure. Works across agents, applications and models to provide end-to-end visibility.

Centralized oversight of all AI interactions (model usage, prompt/response, agent behavior) across the enterprise.

Mindgard

Shadow AI Discovery

Automatically uncovers shadow AI usage and unapproved model deployments/data flows, giving security teams a complete AI asset inventory and closing governance blind spots.

Does not offer shadow AI discovery or AI asset inventory.

Mindgard

AI Risk Assessment

Delivers continuous, automated, attacker-driven AI red teaming across agents, LLMs, and full application workflows, revealing how real attackers can exploit AI at scale.

Provides continuous adversarial testing mainly focused on AI models.

Mindgard

Behavioural Science Testing Capabilities

Applies behavioral-science-based attack modeling rooted in academic research. Models attacker behavior across human, linguistic, and system biases to surface vulnerabilities that static testing misses.

Monitors AI model and agent behavior in real time. Red teaming assesses how agents behave under pressure, blocks risky actions and guides safe behavior across MCP, CrewAI, and custom agentic configurations.

Mindgard

AI Security R&D Talent

86% of staff on R&D team, 38% hold PhDs. Founded by Prof at Lancaster. Research pipeline from the UK’s top AI security lab.

Less than 10% on R&D team; per People statistics on LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

Mindgard

Simplicity and Usability

Designed for both security engineers and AI builders, Mindgard delivers a clean, intuitive interface with clear risk visualizations, guided workflows, and one-click retesting—no steep learning curve required.

Centralized dashboard provides real-time statistics, trends, and security actions, such as blocked or sent prompts and most/least used model. Includes user and provider insights including most blocked prompts per user, latency per LLM provider, usage trends, and usage per LLM provider. Reports can be downloaded in various formats.

Mindgard

AI Guardrails

Nascent capabilities

CalypsoAI plus F5 offer model-agnostic and adaptive runtime enforcement layer to control how models, agents, and data interact and policy-driven protections.

CalypsoAI

Attack-Driven Testing

Continuously red-teams models, agents, and applications through attack-driven testing—covering jailbreaks, data exfiltration, and prompt injection. Supports multi-turn adversarial chains with reproducible results to validate fixes.

Uses autonomous agents to simulate adversarial attacks, including prompt injections, jailbreaks, and data exfiltration tactics but focuses heavily on observability and SIEM integration.

Mindgard

Runtime Detection & Policy

Provides inline detection and enforcement for prompt injection, data leakage, and tool abuse with configurable block/alert/enrich options.

Delivers real-time monitoring and unified policy enforcement across agents and cloud environments to block prompt injection, data exfiltration, and privilege escalation. Offers a unified policy layer across models, agents, data, and cloud environments.

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Enterprise Controls

Delivers enterprise-grade governance with granular permissions, detailed audit trails, and policy enforcement designed specifically for AI security workflows. Supports SAML/SSO, SCIM provisioning, and RBAC to align security testing with organizational compliance standards.

Offers RBAC, versioning, SSO, and audit logs, with broader governance features coming from the wider F5 ecosystem.

Mindgard

Integrations

Integrates seamlessly across developer and security workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, IDE hooks, SIEM, and ticketing systems. The first AI red teaming solution with a native Burp Suite integration, enabling red teams to extend attack-driven testing into familiar tooling.

API-first with integration into SIEM, SOAR, and other enterprise systems.

Mindgard

Deployment Options

Most flexible: SaaS, Private cloud, Customer‑managed. On-prem available for certain use cases.

Offers SaaS and on-premises deployment options.

Mindgard

Reporting & Scorecards

Provides comprehensive reporting that ties technical findings directly to business risk. Teams can assess how attackers could exploit their AI, validate defenses, and evidence compliance through detailed scorecards, trend analytics, and executive summaries.

Dashboard includes real-time statistics, trends, and security actions. Users can create and export reports with filtering options (connection, run date, CASI score rating, etc.).

Mindgard

Support & Partnership

Customers gain a dedicated success team backed by world-class AI security researchers. Mindgard provides hands-on guidance informed by active attack research, helping enterprises apply the latest insights to their own AI environments and continuously strengthen defenses.

Provides a support portal with installation and setup guides, administration settings, features, tutorials, etc. F5 also provides enterprise AI learning resources and formal training and certifications.

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Pricing Model

Contact sales for tailored pricing.

Contact sales for pricing.

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See Mindgard in Action

Powered by the world's most effective attack library for AI, Mindgard enables red teams, security and developers to swiftly identify and remediate AI security vulnerabilities.

What Real Users Say

Don’t just take our word for it, see how offensive security teams rate the experience across platforms.

“I've seen what you guys managed to get and it is indeed very worrying - in particular the user data access and api keys"

CEO at AI software company

“With Mindgard, we’ve been able to significantly reduce the time spent on AI security assessments while enhancing the quality of our deliverables.”

Red teamer at F500 bank

"It keeps hanging."

G2 Review

Features Loved by Offensive Security and Red Teams

Purpose-built features that surface AI security threats that really matter.

Burp Suite

Extend offensive testing into familiar workflows. Mindgard’s native Burp Suite integration lets red teams chain AI-specific attacks, validate exploits, and report findings directly within their existing toolset.

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Remediation

Turn findings into fixes with guided remediation workflows. Automatically reproduce vulnerabilities, validate patches, and document risk reduction for auditors and leadership

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Multi-Modal Support

Test beyond text with coverage for vision, audio, and multi-modal models to uncover cross-channel vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.

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Integrations

Plug into CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, SIEM, and ticketing systems to bring AI risk visibility and testing automation into every stage of development and security operations.

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Attack Library

The world’s most effective library of jailbreaks, data exfiltration methods, and prompt injection chains—curated from ongoing research and field testing to mirror the latest real-world threats.

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Standards Mapping

Align findings to emerging frameworks like OWASP Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS, translating technical vulnerabilities into compliance-ready evidence.

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FAQs

View and learn more about Mindgard's features, data handling capabilities, or integration options.

What makes Mindgard stand out from other AI security companies?
Founded in a leading UK university lab, Mindgard boasts over 10 years of rigorous research in AI security, with public and private partnerships that ensure access to the latest advancements and the most qualified talent in the field.
Can Mindgard handle different kinds of AI models?
Yes, Mindgard is neural network agnostic and supports a wide range of AI models, including Generative AI, LLMs, Natural Language Processing (NLP), audio, image, and multi-modal systems. This versatility allows it to address security concerns across various AI applications.
How does Mindgard ensure data security and privacy?
Mindgard follows industry best practices for secure software development and operation, including use of our own platform for testing AI components. We are GDPR compliant and expect ISO 27001 certification in early 2026.
Can Mindgard work with the LLMs I use today?
Absolutely. Mindgard is designed to secure AI, Generative AI, and LLMs, including popular models like ChatGPT. It enables continuous testing and minimisation of security threats to your AI models and applications, ensuring they operate securely.
What types of organisations use Mindgard?
Mindgard serves a diverse range of organisations, including those in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and cybersecurity. Any enterprise deploying AI technologies can benefit from Mindgard's platform to secure their AI assets and mitigate potential risks.
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