{
  "bundle_type": "competitive_landscape",
  "status": "REPLACED_WITH_SOURCED_LANDSCAPE",
  "reason": "Withdrawn 2026-09-21 by forensic audit. The previous content was hand-authored static JSON, not output of a running verifier, and is preserved in the repository quarantine directory. The former matrix marked named vendors false on every control with dismissive verdicts and no sources. That is contradicted by public vendor announcements below.",
  "landscape": [
    {
      "vendor": "Palo Alto Networks",
      "fact": "Prisma AIRS 3.0 launched 2026-03-23 with agent discovery, AI red teaming and an AI Agent Gateway (limited preview) for runtime and identity enforcement.",
      "source": {
        "title": "Prisma AIRS 3.0 press release",
        "url": "https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2026/palo-alto-networks-secures-agentic-ai-with-prisma-airs-3-0",
        "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Check Point / Lakera",
      "fact": "Check Point agreed to acquire Lakera on 2025-09-16; reported consideration varies by source (~$300M press, ~$201.8M in 20-F).",
      "source": {
        "title": "Kovrr buyer's guide",
        "url": "https://www.kovrr.com/blog-post/the-top-ai-agent-security-vendors-of-2026-a-buyers-guide",
        "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Cisco",
      "fact": "Reported to have acquired Astrix Security (~$400M, May 2026) after Robust Intelligence, adding agent identity to its AI Defense line.",
      "source": {
        "title": "Lakera vs Prisma AIRS vs Cisco AI Defense",
        "url": "https://tech-insider.org/lakera-vs-prisma-airs-vs-cisco-ai-defense-2026/",
        "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Market structure",
      "fact": "Four layers (identity, API/MCP gateway, runtime, governance); analysts cite unsolved gaps in behavioral baselines, cross-layer correlation and agent-to-agent trust.",
      "source": {
        "title": "Agent Security Market Map 2026",
        "url": "https://agentmarketcap.ai/blog/2026/04/05/agent-security-market-map-2026",
        "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Open standards",
      "fact": "Signed action-receipt formats for agents (e.g. IETF draft draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts, AAR) are emerging.",
      "source": {
        "title": "crewAI issue #4754",
        "url": "https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/issues/4754",
        "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
      }
    }
  ],
  "note": "Secondary sources; verify against vendor primary documentation before citing externally. No CAIN-vs-vendor superiority claim is made.",
  "withdrawn": true,
  "audit_date": "2026-09-21"
}