Cisco has announced several new partnerships that aim to help companies keep secure amid the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks.
“The cybersecurity threat landscape has never been more dynamic and complex, with adversaries constantly emboldened and enabled by AI to drive new attacks and exploits,”
Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco, said.
With these new partnerships, Cisco is increasing the capabilities of many of its services to fight cyberattacks; services which are seamlessly integrated into its UC platform Webex.
Examining the Updates
According to Cisco’s upcoming 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, 86 percent of companies said their organizations have experienced AI-related security incidents in the past 12 months.
Thus, Cisco’s announcements aim to tackle this growing trend.
Leveraging agentic AI and developed through ecosystem partnerships for the broader community through open-source security models and tooling, the update includes improved threat detection and response with Cisco XDR and Splunk Security.
Cisco XDR correlates data from disparate security tools, applying analytics and its Talos intelligence so analysts can act against cyber threats.
Cisco XDR does this by using telemetry across network, endpoint, cloud, email, and more.
However, integrating several new features, Cisco XDR will leverage AI-powered responses to stop attacks faster.
Integrating data from Splunk’s platform, Cisco’s XDR now gets Instant Attack Verification by analyzing endpoints, networks, and threat intelligence, and uses agentic AI to automatically create and execute tailored investigation plans.
This feature investigates, confirms threats, and enables security teams to automate responses to stop attacks.
Additionally, new automated XDR Forensics capabilities have been announced that provide deeper visibility into endpoint activity, increasing the accuracy of investigations.
Equally, a new XDR Storyboard visualizes complex attacks, giving security teams quick understanding of the threat in seconds.
Additionally, the partnership allows organizations to combine Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and Splunk SOAR 6.4 with Cisco XDR.
Splunk ES and SOAR enhance defenses against known and unknown threats for better visibility, accurate detections, and integrated and automated workflows.
What This Means for Webex
With Cisco being the owner of Webex, a lot of the updates it receives are easily integrated into the UC platform.
For instance, Cisco XDR integrates with Webex to enable automated security responses and threat detection across all communication channels.
Therefore, updates to Cisco XDR bring with them updates to Webex deployments with its integrations.
Why Webex Is Known for Its Security
With Webex being a part of Cisco, a company known for its cybersecurity services, it is no wonder that the UC platform is often considered one of the most secure.
Cisco has been at the forefront of announcing new solutions to help tackle some of the biggest threats the industry faces in terms of security: AI.
Earlier this year, Cisco announced its AI Defense solution designed to provide protection for both the development and utilization of AI applications within an organization.
Building on that announcement, Cisco also announced a new integration as part of a deepened relationship with ServiceNow to enable confident and secure AI adoption at scale.
The first integration will bring together Cisco AI Defense with ServiceNow SecOps to provide more holistic AI risk management and governance.
Equally, Cisco has ensured users of AI on Webex have security, with stringent guardrails in place to stop misuse on the platform.
