Workday Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) announced Agent Passport, a platform that tests and monitors AI agents before deployment and during operation. The system evaluates agents against industry standards including OWASP LLM Top 10, NIST AI RMF, and MITRE ATLAS.

Agent Passport tests AI agents for security risks including prompt injection, data leaks, and unsafe outputs. The platform provides a signed, auditable record of testing performed by third-party partners rather than by Workday itself.

Cisco serves as the launch partner, using its AI Defense technology to test AI agents running in Workday systems. The partnership validates that agents resist instruction override attempts, protect sensitive information, and block harmful responses.

"AI agents are now doing the most sensitive work in the enterprise, from onboarding employees to processing payments, and one insecure agent can leak employee data, break compliance, and put the company on the front page for the wrong reasons," said Dean Arnold, vice president of AI Platform at Workday.

The system operates in three layers: broad trust areas defined by Workday, specific testable claims tied to public standards, and signed results from testing partners. When an agent attempts to execute a task, Agent Passport monitors in real time and can allow, block, or route actions accordingly.

DJ Sampath, senior vice president and general manager of AI Software and Platform at Cisco, said the partnership addresses enterprise security needs as AI agents become more prevalent.

Agent Passport will be available to early access customers in the second half of 2026, with general availability projected before the end of 2026. The Workday-Cisco partnership capabilities will roll out over coming quarters.

The announcement was made at Workday DevCon in Las Vegas, according to the company's press release.