Cisco Catalyst Center vs GLACIS

Cisco Catalyst Center has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

GLACIS puts controls in the path of AI actions and creates signed records of covered decisions for external verification. When an action crosses configured bounds, it can be constrained, held for a person, or denied; other actions can pass through unchanged. Glacis says it operates nine production components as a managed service alongside the identity provider, cloud, and security systems a customer already uses. Records use OVERT, a published open format that implementers and reviewers can inspect, and can be checked in a browser without a Glacis account. The site says payloads remain in the customer’s environment and records contain hashes; omitting protected fields depends on deployment setup. A record check does not establish whether an action was correct, whether every event was captured, or whether a system is safe or compliant. GLACIS is available by API, web, and self-hosted deployment. Its Free account costs nothing, with no card required. The contact page describes a six-week evaluation for a workflow under review.