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How Cisco is confronting the security crisis of agentic AI

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What happened

“There are shadow agents running in almost every environment we look at,” warns Cisco’s VP of product for identity, who oversees the company’s Duo Agentic Identity product designed to solve the problem.

Key facts

  • “There are shadow agents running in almost every environment we look at,” warns Cisco’s VP of product for identity, who oversees the company’s Duo Agentic Identity product designed to solve the problem.
  • Reported by ZDNet and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:22:04 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

What to watch next

  • Availability, pricing and rollout regions
  • Independent testing or verification of the claims made
  • Responses from regulators and competing platforms

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