🛡️ Cisco AI Defense — Live Demo

AI Defense — Automated Red Teaming

This demo shows Cisco AI Defense's AI Validation feature running an automated red-team scan against a real model — the Ollama instance running on this same homelab server — rather than inspecting live traffic the way the AI Defense tab does. Validation probes the model directly with adversarial prompts and reports back where it held up and where it didn't.

1. 1
   Enable the Ollama proxy host

   In NGINX Proxy Manager, enable the ollama.victorialanetempleton.com proxy host. Do this the night before or remotely — it does not need to happen live on stage.

2. 2
   Confirm it's reachable

   Visit https://ollama.victorialanetempleton.com yourself, confirm the basic auth prompt appears, and confirm Ollama responds after authenticating.

3. 3
   Confirm the AI Defense target

   In the AI Defense console, confirm the saved validation target (endpoint https://ollama.victorialanetempleton.com, with the basic auth credential) and profile still exist and are correctly configured.

4. 4
   Run it live

   On stage, in the AI Defense console, kick off the validation run against the saved target/profile in front of the room, and wait for the report together.

5. 5
   Disable the proxy host afterward

   Once the demo and event are done, disable the ollama.victorialanetempleton.com proxy host in NGINX Proxy Manager again — same standing practice as the ai. subdomain.