NEWS SUMMARY:
- The new Cisco AI Assistant for Security marks a major step in
making artificial intelligence pervasive in the Security Cloud,
Cisco's unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform.
- The AI Assistant will reframe how organizations think about
cybersecurity outcomes and tip the scales in favor of defenders by
helping make informed decisions, augment existing capabilities and
automate complex tasks.
- With unmatched visibility across the network and security,
Cisco's AI Assistant is trained on one of the largest
security-focused data sets in the world, which analyzes more than
550 billion security events each day.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 5, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- CISCO LIVE -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the
leader in enterprise networking and security, today unveiled the
Cisco AI Assistant for Security. This marks a major step in making
artificial intelligence (AI) pervasive in the Security Cloud,
Cisco's unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform. The AI
Assistant will help customers make informed decisions, augment
their tool capabilities and automate complex tasks.
"To be an AI-first company, you must be a data-first company.
With our extensive native telemetry, Cisco is uniquely positioned
to deliver cybersecurity solutions that allow businesses to
confidently operate at machine scale, augmenting what humans can do
alone," said Jeetu Patel,
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and
Collaboration at Cisco. "Today's announcement is a monumental
step forward. This advancement will help tip the scales in favor of
defenders, empowering customers with AI built pervasively
throughout the Cisco Security Cloud."
As cyber attacks continue to evolve, organizations' defenses
must, too. Ransomware and extortion attacks continue to persist at
a steady pace, making up 20 percent of Cisco Talos Incident
Response engagements this year, according to the new Cisco Talos
2023 Year in Review report. Talos also observed an increase
in sophisticated attacks on networking devices this past year,
particularly by state-sponsored actors. The increased speed and
sophistication of malicious actors requires the adoption of machine
scale defenses.
With unmatched visibility across the network and security, Cisco
works with more machine-driven telemetry and on a scale larger than
most in the industry. The new Cisco AI Assistant for Security is
trained on one of the largest security-focused data sets in the
world, which analyzes more than 550 billion security events each
day across web, email, endpoints, networks and applications. It can
understand event triage, impact and scope, root cause analysis and
policy design. With this data, the AI Assistant aims to close the
gap between cybersecurity intent and outcomes. All of Cisco's AI
capabilities are built securely and align with Cisco's Responsible
AI Framework.
Continuing the rapid pace of innovation, today Cisco is
introducing:
- AI Assistant for Firewall Policy: The Cisco AI Assistant
for Security is first going live within the Cisco Cloud-delivered
Firewall Management Center and Cisco Defense Orchestrator to solve
the big challenge of setting and maintaining complex policies and
firewall rules. Administrators can now use natural language to
discover policies and get rule recommendations, eliminating
duplicate rules, misconfigured policies and complex workflows with
increased visibility as well as accelerated troubleshooting and
configuration tasks.
- AI-powered Encrypted Visibility Engine for All Firewall
Models: Most data center traffic today is encrypted and the
inability to inspect encrypted traffic is a key security concern.
Decrypting traffic for inspection is resource-intensive and fraught
with operational, privacy and compliance issues. With the 7.4.1
Operating System now available across the entire Cisco Secure
Firewall family, customers see AI go even further via the Encrypted
Visibility Engine. The Encrypted Visibility Engine leverages
billions of samples, including sandboxed malware samples, to
determine if the encrypted traffic is transporting malware. It can
tell which operating system the traffic is coming from and what
client application is generating that - all without the need for
decryption.
"The ability for AI to reshape our daily lives and professional
landscapes is immense. As a longstanding Cisco partner, we're
excited about the new Cisco AI Assistant for Security and how this
will empower our customers with AI-driven efficiencies," said
Graham Robinson, Chief Technology
Officer, Data#3. "The introduction of the AI Assistant to Cisco
Firewall Management Center will help our customers quickly and
easily configure policy changes. When combined with the new
features in the 7.4.1 software release and the Encrypted Visibility
Engine, this offers a truly compelling overall experience."
To learn more visit cisco.com/go/security.
Additional Resources
- Blog: How We're Making AI Pervasive in the Cisco Security
Cloud
- Blog: Give your firewall admins superpowers with Cisco AI
Assistant for Security
- Report: Cisco Talos 2023 Year in Review
About Cisco
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide
technology leader that securely connects everything to make
anything possible. Our purpose is to power an inclusive future for
all by helping our customers reimagine their applications, power
hybrid work, secure their enterprise, transform their
infrastructure and meet their sustainability goals. Discover more
on The Newsroom and follow us on X at @Cisco.
Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A
listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at
www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are
the property of their respective owners. The use of the word
partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and
any other company.
View original content to download
multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cisco-redefines-cybersecurity-defense-with-powerful-portfolio-wide-artificial-intelligence-capabilities-302006751.html
SOURCE Cisco Systems, Inc.