Today, I\u2019m thrilled to announce our intent to acquire Astrix Security Ltd., a pioneer in Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re\u00a0seeing an explosion of AI agents that\u00a0are\u00a0already reshaping the digital enterprise.\u00a0Soon, every person in an organization will be supported by a network of AI agents working continuously at machine speed,\u00a0accessing data, making decisions, and taking action on their behalf.<\/p>\n
These agents\u00a0represent\u00a0an entirely new class of coworker: capable of incredible productivity, but also\u00a0capable of unintended harm or malicious behavior if left unsecured.\u00a0This is the new attack surface, and it is growing faster than most organizations realize.<\/p>\n
As organizations\u00a0race to\u00a0adopt agentic technologies,\u00a0security teams are under\u00a0real\u00a0pressure to\u00a0enable\u00a0their teams\u00a0while\u00a0securing the use of agents.\u00a0But agent capabilities are advancing faster than most security models, creating a widening gap in visibility, governance, and response.\u00a0According to Cisco\u2019s\u00a0AI Readiness Index<\/a>, only 24% of organizations can control agent actions with proper guardrails and live monitoring, and just 31% feel fully capable of securing their agent AI systems.<\/p>\n That gap between agentic capability and organizational readiness continues to widen. With the emergence of AI models,\u00a0like Mythos,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0seeing threat actors reshape the risk landscape in ways that are impossible to ignore.\u00a0Security teams\u00a0are now\u00a0confronting\u00a0a new class of high-impact, AI-accelerated risks.<\/p>\n At Cisco, we are deeply focused on helping customers\u00a0address\u00a0this gap. This is the work that drives us every day.<\/p>\n Meeting the Moment: Our Commitment to AI Security\u00a0<\/p>\n Cisco has been\u00a0moving quickly\u00a0to\u00a0enable the safe\u00a0and secure\u00a0use of AI.<\/a><\/p>\n AI Defense\u00a0helps organizations safely build AI applications\u00a0by\u00a0protecting the models and\u00a0agents\u00a0built internally.\u00a0We\u2019ve\u00a0also\u00a0extended\u00a0our Zero Trust\u00a0Access\u00a0architecture with\u00a0Cisco Secure Access\u00a0and Duo\u00a0Agentic\u00a0Identity\u00a0capabilities to discover and authorize every agent and every action.<\/p>\n Beyond this,\u00a0we continue to build the broader foundation for secure AI:\u00a0open source\u00a0models, tools\u00a0to scan\u00a0and make\u00a0models safer,\u00a0guidance for secure AI\u00a0development, MCP gateways, and\u00a0new capabilities<\/a>\u00a0across our\u00a0firewall\u00a0portfolio to recognize and inspect AI traffic.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve\u00a0also\u00a0been deeply\u00a0engaged in\u00a0Project Glasswing<\/a>,\u00a0using it to harden our products against increasingly capable threat actors.\u00a0We\u2019ve\u00a0doubled down on\u00a0Resilient Infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0introduced\u00a0Live Protect<\/a>\u00a0to close critical gaps in vulnerability defense.<\/p>\n