Cisco is finalizing the acquisition of an AI focused security startup called Robust Intelligence for an undisclosed price.
Robust Intelligence has created a platform that’s designed to protect AI models and the data they feed on throughout the entire development-to-production lifecycle, which is complementary to Cisco’s own security offerings.
The combination of Cisco and Robust Intelligence means that we can deliver advanced AI security processing seamlessly into the existing data flows, by inserting it into Cisco security and networking products and this integration will result in superior visibility in terms of AI traffic, so its customers will be able to build and deploy AI applications in a more secure way.
These Robust Intelligence’s tools can aid in threat protection for AI applications and models, and it will help to mitigate risks such as prompt injection attacks. It can also help to safeguard against data poisoning, jailbreaking, and unintentional model outcomes. Other benefits for users include simplified configuration and user experiences, attack prediction, and adaptive policy enforcement.
Cisco plans to bring Robust Intelligence’s automated model assessment and risk mitigation capabilities within the umbrella of Cisco Security Cloud, so customers will be able to secure their network, AI applications, models and users in the same place.
