Zero Trust in the Era of Agentic AI

AI agents use the same networking infrastructure as users and apps. So security solutions like zero trust should evolve to protect agentic AI communications.

Conference Hopping: Training Attendee Scanning Def Con

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future at Black Hat USA 2025.

Driving Cisco XDR Integration With Third-Party Partners at Black Hat

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future at Black Hat USA 2025.

Cisco Secure Firewall: SnortML at Black Hat USA 2025

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future at Black Hat USA 2025.

Black Hat Investigation: Attempted Exploitation of Registration Server

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future at Black Hat USA 2025.

The Value of PCAP in Firewall Investigations

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future at Black Hat USA 2025.

Closing the Backdoor in TACACS+: Why Full-Session Encryption Matters More Than Ever

Attackers exploited weak TACACS+ encryption to steal credentials and evade detection. Learn how Cisco ISE with TLS 1.3 and Duo MFA closes these backdoors.

Detecting Exposed LLM Servers: A Shodan Case Study on Ollama

We uncovered 1,100+ exposed Ollama LLM servers—20% with open models—revealing critical security gaps and the need for better LLM threat monitoring.

Get Ahead of the HIPAA Security Rule Update With Secure Workload

Cisco Secure Workload is foundational for organizations seeking to implement an effective microsegmentation strategy. It empowers orgs to safeguard assets.

Fragmented SSE Is a Risk You Can’t Afford

Cisco Secure Access solves the problem of point product patchworks, offering a unified architecture that moves with the user, not just the network.

Cisco Bolsters Security for Government With New FedRAMP Authorizations

Cisco is proud to announce three new FedRAMP-authorized cloud security solutions, purpose-built for federal, state, and local agencies.

Findings Report From the SOC at RSAC™ 2025 Conference

Cisco Security and Splunk protected RSAC™ 2025 Conference in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Cisco and KDDI Partner to Deliver Japan’s First Fully Managed SASE Solution

Explore how service providers are enabling faster, scalable SASE adoption with cloud-native security and networking solutions.

Cisco named a Leader in IDC MarketScape Hybrid Firewall Vendor Assessment

Cisco has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Hybrid Firewall 2025 Vendor Assessment.

Improving Cloud-VPN Resiliency to DoS Attacks With IKE Throttling

Explore a network-layer throttling mechanism to improve the resiliency of Cloud VPNs IKE servers, which are typically subject to IKE flood attacks.

Foundation-sec-8B-Instruct: An Out-of-the-Box Security Copilot

Foundation-sec-8B-Instruct layers instruction fine-tuning on top of our domain-focused base model, giving you a chat-native copilotthat understands security.

Cisco’s Foundation AI Advances AI Supply Chain Security With Hugging Face

Cisco's Foundation AI is partnering with Hugging Face, bringing together the world's leading AI model hub with Cisco's security expertise.

Cisco delivers enhanced email protection to the Middle East

Cisco's new data center in the UAE delivers in-region reliability and increased protection to organizations in the Middle East.

Cisco Secure Firewall: First to earn SE Labs AAA in Advanced Performance

Cisco Secure Firewall 4225 is the first to get SE Labs AAA for Advanced Performance, proving top speed & protection.

Email Threat Defense earns AAA rating in SE Labs latest evaluation

SE Labs research identifies the many ways Email Threat Defense successfully defends against advanced email threats in real time to earn the highest rating.

Customize Your Defense: Unlock Cisco XDR With Key Integrations

The new Cisco XDR Connect tool helps users to search, browse, and view the details of all available XDR integrations and automation content.

Secure Endpoint: Real Results in Efficacy, Simplicity, and Faster Detection

Discover how Cisco Secure Endpoint delivers real improvements in efficacy, management, and faster threat detection to keep organizations ahead of evolving threats.

Universal ZTNA from Cisco Earns Coveted SE Labs AAA Rating

Combining the power of Duo's Identity Management and Cisco's Secure Access and Identity Intelligence protects against stolen credentials and phishing attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 8300 Excels in NetSecOPEN NGFW SD-WAN Security Tests

Cisco Catalyst 8300 earns NetSecOPEN certification for exceptional real-world NGFW and SD-WAN performance under modern enterprise conditions.

Securing an Exponentially Growing (AI) Supply Chain

Foundation AI's Cerberus is a 24/7 guard for the AI supply chain, analyzing models as they enter HuggingFace and sharing results to Cisco Security products.

Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco contributes to the latest edition of the Cyber Hard Problems report, highlighting 10 foundational security challenges facing the modern world.

Secure Your Business With Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall Solutions

Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall provides advanced security for hybrid cloud environments, remote workforces, and AI-powered innovations.

Cisco Live San Diego Case Study: Malware Upatre! (Encrypted Visibility Engine Event)

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Splunk in Action at the Cisco Live San Diego SOC

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Using AI to Battle Phishing Campaigns

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Building an XDR Integration With Splunk Attack Analyzer

Cisco XDR is an infinitely extensible platform for security integrations. Like the maturing SOCs of our customers, the event SOC team at Cisco Live San Diego 2025 built custom integrations to meet our needs. You can build your own integrations using the community resources announced at Cisco Live. It was an honor to work with […]

Cisco Live San Diego Case Study: Hunting Cleartext Passwords in HTTP POST Requests

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future. 

Secure Endpoint Enhancements Elevate Cisco XDR and Breach Protection Suite

Discover how Secure Endpoint enhancements elevate Cisco XDR and the Breach Protection Suite with better visibility and advanced threat defense.

Brand impersonation at scale: How lookalike domains bypass traditional defenses

With more than 30K lookalike domains identified in 2024, organizations need the visibility and context to detect and respond to threats. Learn how to do that.

Redefining Zero Trust in the Age of AI Agents and Agentic Workflows

AI-powered threats demand intent-based security. Cisco's Semantic Inspection Proxy redefines zero trust by analyzing agent behavior, ensuring semantic verification.

Future-Proof Your Network With Cisco’s Simpler, Smarter, Safer SD-WAN

Cisco's latest updates to our SD-WAN solutions showcase our commitment to innovation. These advancements empower businesses and deliver secure connectivity.

Simplifying Decryption With Cisco’s Secure Firewall 7.7

Simplify decryption with Cisco Secure Firewall 7.7! Intelligent bypass, enhanced wizard & more for optimized security & performance.

XDR still means so much more than some may realize

Cisco has been named a Leader and Fast Mover in GigaOm's Radar for Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Learn what sets Cisco XDR apart in our blog.

Making Agentic AI Work in the Real World

Cisco is extending the principles of zero trust to Agentic AI. Cisco's Universal Zero Trust Network architecture gives you the tools you need.

Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall: Better Enforcement Points, Smarter Segmentation, and Multi-Vendor Policy

Hybrid Mesh Firewall abilities are expanding, with a new firewall generation, extended segmentation enforcement & multi-vendor policy creation & orchestration.

Foundation-sec-8b-reasoning: World’s First Security Reasoning Model

Foundation AI's second release—Foundation-sec-8b-reasoning is designed to designed to bring enhanced analytical capabilities to complex security workflows.

Streamline Regulation Mandates With NIST CSF and Secure Workload

Cisco Secure Workload serves as a foundational solution for organizations seeking to implement an effective microsegmentation strategy.

Introducing Secure Access – DNS Defense

Cisco Secure Access - DNS Defense is a seamless pathway to our Universal ZTNA solution. Learn how it works in the blog.

The 90-5-5 Concept: Your Key to Solving Human Risk in Cybersecurity

Most breaches are caused by everyday human mistakes. The 90-5-5 Concept is a framework that addresses this by shifting the conversation to proactive design.

Simplifying Zero Trust: How Cisco Security Suites Drive Value

Discover how Cisco Security Suites are helping organizations achieve zero trust while realizing significant cost savings, improved productivity, and a 110% ROI.

Developing With Cisco XDR at Cisco Live San Diego ‘25

Join us at Cisco Live San Diego to explore Cisco XDR’s latest innovations, including custom integrations, AI automation, and community features. Don’t miss out!

Market-Inspired GPU Allocation in AI Workloads: A Cybersecurity Use Case

Learn how a self-adaptive GPU allocation framework that dynamically manages the computational needs of AI workloads of different assets/systems.

Simplify and Scale Security With Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Modern enterprises face challenges balancing security with the operational needs. Cisco solves this with Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall.

Cloud-Delivered Security Landing in China

Announcing Cisco Secure Access China, Operated by Digital China Cloud Regulatory ambiguity. Compliance Risk. Cybersecurity threats. These daily realities are especially challenging for multinational… Read more on Cisco Blogs

AI Agent for Color Red

AI can automate the analysis, generation, testing, and reporting of exploits. It's particularly relevant in penetration testing and ethical hacking scenarios.

Automate Forensics to Eliminate Uncertainty

Discover how Cisco XDR delivers automated forensics and AI-driven investigation—bringing speed, clarity, and confidence to SecOps teams.

Black Hat Asia 2025 NOC: Innovation in SOC

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Instant Attack Verification: Verification to Trust Automated Response

Discover how Cisco XDR’s Instant Attack Verification brings real-time threat validation for faster, smarter SOC response.

Foundation-sec-8b: Cisco Foundation AI’s First Open-Source Security Model

Foundation AI's first release — Llama-3.1-FoundationAI-SecurityLLM-base-8B — is designed to improve response time, expand capacity, and proactively reduce risk.

Foundation AI: Robust Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Foundation AI is a Cisco organization dedicated to bridging the gap between the promise of AI and its practical application in cybersecurity.

Cisco XDR Just Changed the Game, Again

Clear verdict. Decisive action. AI speed. Cisco XDR turns noise into clarity and alerts into action—enabling confident, timely response at scale.

Black Hat Asia 2025: Innovation in the SOC

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

Does Your SSE Understand User Intent?

Enterprises face several challenges to secure access to AI models and chatbots. Cisco Secure Access extends the security perimeter to address these challenges.

The Need for a Strong CVE Program

The CVE program is the foundation for standardized vulnerability disclosure and management. With its future uncertain, global organizations face challenges.

From Deployment to Visibility: Cisco Secure Client’s Cloud Transformation

Cisco Secure Client can now be deployed and managed via Client Management in Cisco XDR.