Cisco has announced several new partnerships that aim to help companies keep secure amid the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks.
“The cybersecurity threat landscape has never been more dynamic and complex, with adversaries constantly emboldened and enabled by AI to drive new attacks and exploits,”
Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco, said.
With these new partnerships, Cisco is increasing the capabilities of many of its services to fight cyberattacks; services which are seamlessly integrated into its UC platform Webex.
Examining the Updates
According to Cisco’s upcoming 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, 86 percent of companies said their organizations have experienced AI-related security incidents in the past 12 months.
Thus, Cisco’s announcements aim to tackle this growing trend.
Leveraging agentic AI and developed through ecosystem partnerships for the broader community through open-source security models and tooling, the update includes improved threat detection and response with Cisco XDR and Splunk Security.
Cisco XDR correlates data from disparate security tools, applying analytics and its Talos intelligence so analysts can act against cyber threats.
Cisco XDR does this by using telemetry across network, endpoint, cloud, email, and more.
However, integrating several new features, Cisco XDR will leverage AI-powered responses to stop attacks faster.
Integrating data from Splunk’s platform, Cisco’s XDR now gets Instant Attack Verification by analyzing endpoints, networks, and threat intelligence, and uses agentic AI to automatically create and execute tailored investigation plans.
This feature investigates, confirms threats, and enables security teams to automate responses to stop attacks.
Additionally, new automated XDR Forensics capabilities have been announced that provide deeper visibility into endpoint activity, increasing the accuracy of investigations.
Equally, a new XDR Storyboard visualizes complex attacks, giving security teams quick understanding of the threat in seconds.
