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Explore Cisco Live US 2026 highlights to see how secure, AI-ready infrastructure is transforming manufacturing, retail, and financial services. Catch up on expert-led sessions and real-world use cases on-demand. View Source

Secure your data center against evolving threats, including quantum computing and AI. Discover how resilient, quantum-safe infrastructure from Cisco provides real-time protection to keep your business running smoothly without downtime. View Source

Cisco’s Partner Maturity Model for Vulnerability Operations provides a five-level framework to help partners navigate AI-driven threats. Assess your security capabilities and align your services with your customers' evolving security needs. View Source

The transformer, introduced in a 2017 paper with the now-famous title "Attention Is All You Need," is the engine behind every major language model you have heard of. GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral. All transformer-based models. Understanding... View Source

Fine-tuning is a process that lets us steer a general-purpose large language model toward a specific task by training it on targeted examples. In cybersecurity, this is often useful for problems like classifying phishing emails, suspicious URLs.... View Source

AI agents are moving from demos into production fast — and every LLM call and external tool they invoke is a new attack surface. This post introduces Agent Runtime Protection in the Cisco AI Defense Python SDK: a one-line integration that brings.... View Source

When Brentwood College needed to stream a regatta from three kilometers offshore, they faced a massive connectivity hurdle. Here’s how wireless backhaul saved the day. View Source

See how learning to ask the right questions transformed Software Engineer Intern Aaryan N.'s growth, confidence, and sense of belonging at Cisco. View Source

Cisco AI Troubleshooting for Industrial Networks acts as your OT team's digital teammate. This on-premises agent continuously senses faults, diagnoses root causes, and provides step-by-step remediation to drastically speed up resolution. View Source

NetAcad celebrates its top partners, inspiring instructors, and shared commitment to technical education excellence in the United States and Canada. View Source

Once you ingest major telemetry sources, how can we add value for our Threat Hunters? Check out how we brought in potentially malicious sandbox submissions to the analysts’ queue for triage. View Source

For Michelle Szklarska, achieving CCNA success allowed her to leave product ownership behind and transition to a role as a full-time network engineer. View Source

SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) has integrated Cisco Foundation AI’s Foundation-sec-1.1-8B-Instruct model into their Security Operations Center (SOC) triaging workflow, enabling full automation of suspicious software detection, dynamic policy........... View Source

Cisco IT secured an AI-powered workforce by moving to a unified, cloud-native Security Service Edge fabric, reducing help desk cases by 18% and eliminated 20+ legacy VPNs. View Source

Cisco announces intent to acquire WideField Security, boosting Splunk's Agentic SOC with identity and session intelligence to secure AI agents at machine speed. View Source

BottleRock Napa Valley proves that Wi-Fi 7 and 6 GHz standard power are ready for high-density, real-world use. See how Cisco and Splunk turn event-scale data into a resilient operating model. View Source

AI can transform wireless management and operations, but it also accelerates security threats. But wireless security has also evolved: Modern standards like WPA3, available on Wi‑Fi 7, deliver stronger protection without adding operational burden. View Source

Cisco XDR Automate now uses AI to summarize workflow runs, speeding up troubleshooting and improving transparency across automation and agentic AI. View Source

Today, we are excited to introduce Agent Validation as a new evaluation capability in AI Defense: Explorer Edition, the free self-service version of Cisco AI Defense, that is built specifically for agentic AI systems. Agent Validation builds on..... View Source

ETD earned the AAA award in the May 2026 SE Labs Advanced Email Security Evaluation, achieving a 94% Total Accuracy Rating across all tested threat categories. View Source

Working with multiple vendors in a collaborative environment to better protect Black Hat. View Source

We are excited to announce that Deloitte Japan is beginning production validation of Cisco Foundation AI’s Foundation-sec-1.1-8B-Instruct model for its security operations. By using this security-focused, open-source large language model (LLM)...... View Source

As part of the quarterly Rev Up to Recert program, Cisco U. is offering the SDSI Learning Path—free—from May 29 to July 13, 2026. View Source

Cisco's Integrated AI Security and Safety Framework and our recent work on defining taxonomy constitutions focused on defining and detecting common risks shared among enterprises when deploying AI. However, while most enterprises share a lot of..... View Source

MS-ISAC gives SLED organizations the threat intelligence—but the real challenge is turning that shared intelligence into automated, real-time protection across every agency and school district, no matter how small. View Source

In the AI era, organizations need a new approach. At Cisco Live 2026, Cisco unveiled the innovation that positions Splunk as the intelligence layer for trusted Agentic Operations. View Source

The industrial landscape is evolving at an incredible pace. As IT and OT environments continue to converge, the traditional boundaries of network security are shifting, creating both new challenges and significant professional opportunities. View Source

Discover how Cisco Cloud Control and LiveProtect unify security and networking to protect infrastructure. Learn how our latest innovations and stacked partner incentives can drive operational simplicity and maximize your profitability today. View Source

Simplify your security with Cisco SASE with Meraki. Easily integrate SD-WAN with SSE for fast, automated protection across your hybrid network. View Source

At Cisco Live 2026 Las Vegas, Cisco introduces a new branch and WAN architecture for the AI era, with AgenticOps, quantum-resilient security, simplified operations, and the expanded Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers family. View Source

With support from the Cisco Foundation, Blue Ventures helps fishers chart a more inclusive and resilient future for coastal communities. View Source

This year's honorees represent the very best of what bold, outcomes-driven technology leadership looks like in practice. View Source

Discover how Job-ID-based segmentation secures and optimizes backend AI fabrics, ensuring high-performance connectivity for demanding AI and machine learning workloads at scale. View Source

Accelerate your AI innovation with the new Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI differentiator. This program ensures third-party software works seamlessly with Cisco infrastructure to provide customers with trusted, validated technology solutions. View Source

AI can exploit vulnerabilities faster than humans can patch them. By embedding segmentation and remote access into the network, Cisco shifts industrial security from reactive monitoring to proactive asset protection — without disrupting operations. View Source

Cisco Secure Access extends SSE and identity controls to agentic AI, helping organizations govern agent actions across models, MCP tools, APIs, and web. View Source

Every few decades, infrastructure gets a new abstraction. We went from racking hardware to virtualizing it, then from clicking through consoles to writing infrastructure as code. Each shift changed who could build, how fast they could move, and..... View Source

Explore how Security in Cisco Cloud Control with AI Canvas unifies context, policy, and AI-guided action across fragmented security operations. View Source

Cisco is bringing more detailed visibility into Splunk across Cisco Firewall and Isovalent, helping teams act across hybrid environments with greater speed and confidence. View Source