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The rapid evolution of enterprise AI demands robust security measures. As organizations increasingly rely on AI applications for innovation and efficiency, safeguarding these applications and their underlying models becomes critical. Traditional security tools often fall short in addressing the unique challenges posed by AI, creating a pressing need for specialized solutions.
Cisco’s vision for their Cisco Security Cloud centers on leveraging the power of AI to simplify security, enhance user experiences, and proactively defend against emerging threats. To this end, the company announced its intent to acquire AI security solutions provider Robust Intelligence, Inc., an existing member of Cisco Investment’s portfolio. The acquisition is intended to build on Cisco’s commitment to its Cisco Security Cloud vision, an AI-driven, cloud-delivered, integrated security platform for organizations of any shape and size.
Robust Intelligence’s purpose-built platform offers protection for AI models throughout their lifecycle, from development to production. Through advanced automation and risk mitigation, Robust Intelligence empowers organizations to securely deploy AI applications while adhering to industry and regulatory standards.
Robust Intelligence’s focus and deep expertise in AI model security and governance are seen as complements to Cisco’s existing capabilities, accelerating their roadmap for the Cisco Security Cloud. The combination of Cisco and Robust Intelligence enables delivery of advanced AI security processing seamlessly into existing data flows by inserting it into Cisco security and networking products, providing visibility into all customer AI traffic and enabling them to build, deploy, and secure AI applications.
Key benefits include:
Enhanced AI Security: Robust Intelligence’s technology, integrated into the Cisco Security Cloud, strengthens their ability to protect AI applications and models against a wide range of threats. This includes mitigating risks like prompt injection, data poisoning, jailbreaking, and unintentional model outcomes. All detections and tests are mapped to industry and regulatory standards like OWASP and MITRE ATLAS.
Accelerated Innovation: The combined expertise of Cisco and Robust Intelligence is intended to drive rapid innovation in AI security, ensuring customers stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape. Robust Intelligence’s technology and expertise will enhance innovations in many areas, including simplified configuration, attack prediction, adaptive policy enforcement, and user experience.
Simplified Operations: Robust Intelligence’s focus on automated model assessment and proactive AI risk mitigation aligns seamlessly with the Cisco Security Cloud. This unified approach will allow customers to secure their network, AI applications, and users all in one place.
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