Building on the momentum of the Hypershield launch and Splunk acquisition, Cisco announced significant advances in its security cloud platform at RSA Conference 2024.
The company is reimagining security at AI scale with rapid innovation across its integrated, AI-driven security portfolio.
Powering the SOC of the future with Splunk integration
Just two months after closing its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, Cisco is accelerating its customers' journey toward the security operations center (SOC) of the future.
- Integrate Cisco XDR and Splunk Enterprise Security to improve threat detection and response by combining the strengths of each solution.
- Launch Splunk Asset and Risk Intelligence for proactive risk mitigation through continuous asset discovery and compliance monitoring.
- Cisco XDR introduces AI Assistant for Security to provide contextual insights and automated workflows to analysts.
“The combination of Cisco and Splunk is the most comprehensive security solution for threat prevention, detection, investigation, and response, leveraging the cloud, endpoint traffic, and Cisco's unparalleled network footprint to deliver unparalleled “It gives us visibility that we don't have before,” said Jeetu Patel, vice president and general manager of security and collaboration. At Cisco.
Protect from unknown vulnerabilities with Hypershield
Building on Hypershield announced last month, Cisco introduced new capabilities to detect and block attacks stemming from unknown vulnerabilities within runtime workload environments.
Cisco Hypershield is a fundamentally new, AI-native approach to securing your data center and cloud, allowing you to apply security where you need it.
Executives say it protects applications, devices, and data everywhere and is “the most significant security innovation in Cisco's history.”
Additionally, you can isolate suspicious workloads to limit the scope of vulnerabilities.
Enabling continuous identity security
Cisco also announced enhancements to enable continuous identity security and combat the rise in identity-based attacks.
- Duo Passport minimizes repeated authentication requests and provides frictionless access.
- Duo's Cisco Identity Intelligence uses AI-driven analytics to assess and respond to identity risk.
“Cisco Duo's focus on dynamic risk response with a focus on a seamless user experience is not only timely, but groundbreaking,” said Todd Tiemann, senior analyst in the Enterprise Strategy Group. ” states.
With these innovations powered by AI and the Splunk acquisition, Cisco is accelerating its platform strategy to revolutionize how customers connect and secure every aspect of their organizations in the AI era.
The company aims to provide unparalleled visibility, automation, and resiliency through the industry's broadest security and observability portfolio.
