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News articleYahoo Finance· February 10, 2026

Cisco Redefines Security for the Agentic Era with AI Defense Expansion and AI-Aware SASE

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Cisco Redefines Security for the Agentic Era with AI Defense Expansion and AI-Aware SASE News Summary:Cisco logo (PRNewsfoto/Cisco Systems, Inc.) Cisco is announcing a suite of capabilities to help enterprises securely adopt AI technology while maintaining agent integrity and control of agentic interactions…
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  • AI security teams are now being asked three questions at once: what AI assets do we have, where did they come from, and how will they behave in production as agents interact with tools and third-party services

    80% confidence
  • In the age of AI, safety and security are pre-requisites for adoption, and AI agents bring a whole new set of challenges

    80% confidence
  • With AI BOM and MCP governance plus multi-turn red teaming and real-time guardrails, Cisco AI Defense is targeting the full risk path from the AI supply chain to agentic runtime

    80% confidence
  • Cisco's SASE market share has increased roughly 20% since 2023

    80% confidence
  • Vendors that align networking, security, and policy enforcement are increasingly well-positioned as SASE deployments scale

    80% confidence
  • As agents take on critical enterprise roles, Cisco is developing protections that work both ways: preventing agents from being compromised and controlling what they can access and do on our behalf

    80% confidence
  • For today's CIOs and CISOs, the explosive growth of AI-driven workloads creates both opportunity and risk

    80% confidence

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