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Cisco Reimagines Security for the Agentic Workforce
With end-to-end security across AI actions, Cisco is helping organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scaleNews Summary:Cisco extends Zero Trust Access
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[{"type":"text","content":"With end-to-end security across AI actions, Cisco is helping organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scaleNews Summary:Cisco extends Zero Trust Access to agents with agent discovery in Cisco Identity Intelligence, agentic Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Duo, and model context protocol (MCP) policy enforcement and adaptive risk protection in Secure Access security service edge (SSE).AI Defense: Explorer Edition democratizes AI safety and security by providing developers with self-serve tools to test model and application resilience against attacks and embed robust guardrails into agents before they are deployed.Cisco introduces DefenseClaw, an open source secure agent framework that automates security and inventory, with plans to integrate with NVIDIA OpenShell as the sandbox to eliminate manual steps and accelerate secure agent deployment.New Splunk AI innovations transform security operations by automating response workflows, enabling teams to outpace sophisticated adversaries at machine speed.SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA CONFERENCE 2026 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced significant security innovations designed for the agentic AI ecosystem, where software no longer just answers questions—it acts. At RSA Conference 2026, Cisco is introducing solutions to address AI security issues and remove a top barrier to agent adoption. By establishing trusted identities, enforcing strict Zero Trust Access controls, hardening agents before deployment, enforcing guardrails at runtime, and giving security operations center (SOC) teams the tools to stop threats at machine speed, Cisco is building security into the foundation of the emerging AI economy.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\"AI agents aren't just making existing work faster; they're a new workforce of co-workers that dramatically expand what organizations can accomplish,\" said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco. \"Projects shelved for lack of resources are now within reach. The only limit is imagination, and security teams are the key to unlocking this opportunity by making the agentic workforce safe enough to trust.\"In a recent Cisco survey of major enterprise customers, 85% reported experimenting with AI agents, but just 5% had moved agentic technology into production. To unleash the vast potential of AI agents, Cisco is addr...