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# Enable Safe Enterprise AI Adoption with CLARA Strategic Insights

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Mar 30, 2026  
5 minutes  
[AI Security](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/ai-security/?ts=markdown)  
[Software Firewalls](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/network-security/category/software-firewalls/?ts=markdown)  
[CLARA](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/clara/?ts=markdown)  
[Shadow AI](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/shadow-ai/?ts=markdown)

In 2026, the corporate workload journey has reached a critical inflection point: the shift from multicloud expansion to AI-native innovation. As organizations globally scale distributed workloads and leverage generative AI, agents and LLMs to drive intelligence, this rapid pace has created a new class of enterprise challenges.

Fragmented visibility across complex ecosystems has given rise to shadow AI, where blind asset exposure and vulnerable AI integrity stay hidden behind operational noise. For the modern CISO, the mandate has shifted from merely observing the cloud to providing a safe passage that allows the business to innovate without compromising the core integrity of its data or models.

[Cloud Network \& AI Risk Assessment (CLARA)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/cloud-and-ai-risk-assessment) provides the critical decision-support framework necessary for 2026 AI strategies. CLARA enables leadership to move past the fear of the unknown by delivering a comprehensive risk brief with zero impact on production environments. By automatically discovering workloads, benchmarking native defenses against sophisticated exploits, and performing context-aware red teaming, CLARA provides the documented assurance required to sign off on high-stakes GenAI projects with absolute confidence.

# Map Your AI Ecosystem to Eliminate Shadow Risks

The journey to the cloud has left many enterprises with blind asset exposure and inadequate threat defense. As organizations integrate AI agents and third-party models, the attack surface expands into unmanaged shadow AI that native tools often fail to validate or block. This lack of centralized oversight creates critical visibility gaps, where high-volume east-west traffic remains uninspected, leaving the organization vulnerable to lateral movement and data exfiltration.

CLARA addresses this by delivering unified visibility across public clouds and AI ecosystems through a single pane of glass. The assessment automatically discovers all virtual machines, containers, serverless functions and other assets, providing an instant inventory of your entire cloud footprint. By analyzing application flows across inbound, outbound and east-west traffic, CLARA surfaces hidden gaps before they escalate into security incidents.

* **Automatically discover** all workloads, apps and AI ecosystems across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
* **Surface hidden security and traffic gaps** and cross-cloud threats that traditional monitoring tools miss.
* **Identify architectural weak points** by analyzing deep network telemetry, including LLM traffic and AI runtime calls.

# Validate Protection Efficacy Against Sophisticated Threats

Many organizations rely on native cloud service provider (CSP) firewalls, assuming they provide sufficient protection for cloud and modern AI workloads. However, empirical benchmarking reveals that these tools often leave environments vulnerable to today's most sophisticated exploits. When internal models and datasets are at stake, a "good enough" security posture is a significant business risk that can lead to successful breaches and compromised brand reputation.

CLARA uses cloud firewall benchmarking to measure the actual efficacy of your current defenses. There is a significant gap in protection between native cloud tools and enterprise-grade solutions. While native providers offer foundational security, Palo Alto Networks Software Firewalls address the sophisticated exploits that cloud and modern AI workloads demand. By delivering a detailed security validation report (SVR), CLARA provides the concrete performance insights needed to justify security spend and optimize your defensive architecture.

* **Benchmark your infrastructure** against industry standards to compare the efficacy of native CSP tools versus enterprise-grade protection.
* **Verify exploit blocking** with real-world simulations to ensure your firewalls can stop modern, sophisticated threats.
* **Eliminate security silos**by replacing fragmented, platform-specific controls with a unified security posture that ensures consistent policy enforcement across every cloud environment.

# Stress-Test AI Integrity with Advanced Red Teaming

As AI models become central to business operations, they introduce unique vulnerabilities like prompt injections, model tampering and malicious scripts. Standard vulnerability scanners are blind to these context-specific AI threats, leaving critical weaknesses exposed across the entire AI ecosystem. Without proactive testing, the business cannot guarantee the safety or reliability of the models it uses to serve customers or make strategic decisions.

CLARA incorporates AI Red Teaming to uncover critical vulnerabilities by executing context-aware testing on your specific applications and models. It scans for execution of malicious code and identifies successful attack vectors, such as prompt injections that could lead to data leaks. The resulting Al Red Teaming report delivers policy recommendations that serve as a strategic roadmap for safe, enterprise-wide AI adoption.

* **Evaluate threats and exposure** by assessing application vulnerability to GenAI prompt injections and model tampering.
* **Eliminate malware** and malicious scripts from your AI environments through deep model scanning.
* **Receive actionable intelligence** and policy recommendations to improve your overall AI security posture.

# Scale AI Innovation with Strategic Decision Support and Control

The first step to safe AI innovation is recognizing where your current infrastructure may leave you exposed. The 2026 threat landscape demands a proactive approach to risk that scales at the speed of your innovation. CLARA provides the strategic insights and actionable intelligence you need to baseline your ecosystem and provide the board with the assurance required to accelerate your AI strategy. Sign up for a [Cloud Network \& AI Risk Assessment (CLARA)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/cloud-and-ai-risk-assessment) today to turn your AI risk assessment into a business enabler and scale your innovation safely.

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