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Cyphrex vs Check Point
Check Point’s AI Defense Plane and AI Agent Security discover, govern, and enforce runtime control across workforce AI, apps, and agents.
Cyphrex is the decide-and-prove layer — every action checked, every decision recorded in a trail you can verify.
How it worksTrust
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Check Point surfaces and steers the agentic estate. Cyphrex proves the act: who approved, what was touched, and what stayed blocked.
Who each is for
Check Point
AI Defense Plane
A control plane for workforce AI security, AI application and agent security, and AI red teaming. AI Agent Security discovers agents across supported cloud and low-code platforms and assesses risk in tools, skills, and MCP. Runtime enforcement inspects prompts, responses, content, and tool calls, and can block unsafe or unauthorized actions, including tool and MCP allow and deny and prompt and sensitive-data protection. Lakera powers that runtime and red teaming; Cyata is a Check Point acquisition in the same AI security set.
Discover → govern → enforce.
Cyphrex
Compliance infrastructure for agents
A decide-and-prove layer for teams who will instrument an agent or route its MCP traffic, and who need each decision kept as tamper-evident evidence.
Enforce the action → tamper-evident evidence.
Capability comparison
| Capability | Check Point (AI Defense Plane) | Cyphrex |
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| Workforce + app + agent AI under one control plane | Strong fit | Agent decide-and-prove path |
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| Agent discovery / risk across cloud & low-code | Strong fit | Sees what you instrument / route |
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| Tool / MCP allow-deny at runtime | Strong fit | MCP gateway on instrumented path |
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| Inline prompt / response / data protection | Strong fit | Not an AI firewall |
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| Continuous AI red teaming | Strong fit (module) | Not Cyphrex’s job |
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| Tamper-evident, independently verifiable decision record | Observability / runtime logs for security teams | Ed25519-signed packages + public /verify |
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| Who approved / what touched / what stayed blocked durable receipt | Runtime control telemetry | Compliance receipt for auditors, insurers, legal |
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When Check Point is the better fit
- You already run Check Point or Infinity and want AI in the same fabric.
- The pain is discovery plus a runtime block of unsafe tool use, injection, and data exposure.
- The buying center is a network or AI security platform, not evidence packaging.
- You want workforce AI, agent security, and red team in one Defense Plane.
- The primary need is prevention at runtime, not a third-party-verifiable receipt.
When Cyphrex is the better fit
- Legal, risk, or compliance asks for a receipt a third party can verify.
- Builders will instrument agents or route MCP through a gateway and want decide, enforce, and prove in one path.
- You already have Check Point AI Security. The missing piece is the durable decide-and-prove trail.
- Regulated buyers want a signed, hash-bound action history, not only runtime observability.
- Blocked steps are recorded as blocked, with the rule and timestamp, as compliance infrastructure.
Better together
Check Point discovers and steers agentic risk inline. Cyphrex proves the decide-and-prove record on the actions that matter for auditors.
What Cyphrex evidence proves
What a signed report contains
- Agent
- Action and resource
- Allowed or blocked
- Rule and violations
- Timestamp
How verification works
Every Cyphrex evidence package is signed with Ed25519 and bound with SHA-256. On /verify, someone can check it without a Cyphrex login.
Compliance mapping
Evidence artifacts map toward SOC 2 / EU AI Act / HIPAA / SR 26-2 style reporting — not certification; details on Trust.
Limits
Cyphrex signs what flows through the SDK check() or the MCP gateway. It does not invent coverage for a path it never saw. Cyphrex is not your auditor.
Frequently asked
Is Cyphrex a Check Point alternative or a complement?▾
Often a complement. Check Point surfaces and steers the agentic estate. Cyphrex proves the act on the steps you route through decide-and-prove. Cyphrex does not replace Check Point, the AI Defense Plane, or Infinity.
Does Cyphrex do continuous AI red teaming?▾
No. Continuous AI red teaming is a Check Point module, powered by Lakera. Red teaming is not Cyphrex’s job.
Can a third party verify a Cyphrex decision without a Cyphrex login?▾
Yes. A Cyphrex package is Ed25519-signed and SHA-256-bound. On /verify, someone can check the decision without a Cyphrex login.