Cisco shows off new AI features to secure data flows

Cisco has offered more detail on its plans to integrate artificial intelligence into what is still one of the largest product portfolios in the tech industry.

There was no single blockbuster announcement at the Cisco Live event in Las Vegas this week. Instead, attendees have been given a peek into forthcoming features and capabilities across a wide range of products and services that, together, signal a gradual transformation of Cisco’s offering as it seeks support — and use — AI throughout the enterprise.

Cisco Hypershield, a cloud hyperscaler security system announced in April as an extension to the Cisco Security Cloud, now supports AMD’s Pensando Data Processing Units (DPUs), a hardware platform designed to accelerate AI workloads.