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Cisco introduces AI assistant for enhanced cloud app security
Cisco has unveiled an AI-powered assistant to bolster its cloud app security service, aiming to revolutionize the way businesses manage security issues inherent in cloud-native applications. This solution, named the Cisco AI Assistant for Panoptica, will simplify and expedite the handling of risks a…
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Cisco has unveiled an AI-powered assistant to bolster its cloud app security service, aiming to revolutionize the way businesses manage security issues inherent in cloud-native applications. This solution, named the Cisco AI Assistant for Panoptica, will simplify and expedite…
Context
Cisco has unveiled an AI-powered assistant to bolster its cloud app security service, aiming to revolutionize the way businesses manage security issues inherent in cloud-native applications. This solution, named the Cisco AI Assistant for Panoptica , will simplify and expedite the handling of risks and misconfigurations across multi-cloud environments, the company says. Vijoy Pandey, senior vice president of Cisco’s Outshift advanced development group, explained that the AI assistant is designed to provide custom and instantaneous support in addressing specific security concerns using plain, everyday language.
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Analysis
The Panoptica platform, which was launched by Outshift last September, is tailored to secure cloud applications throughout their entire lifecycle, with a special focus on safeguarding containerized, microservice applications operating on platforms like Kubernetes . It enables users to define and enforce security policies using tools such as Terraform, while also monitoring application behavior in real time to identify and prevent threats effectively. The new AI Assistant, equipped with a “lens-like” interface feature, empowers users to receive targeted responses aligned with the specific area of focus within the Panoptica UI, ultimately saving time and effort. Furthermore, it adheres to responsible AI principles, ensuring that user data within Panoptica is not retained by any large language model. Also read: IBM expands services to Cisco for better SD-WAN performance In addition to the AI Assistant, Outshift has introduced the GenAI protection suite, which is dedicated to helping organisations defend their generative AI-based applications against top security risks and attack vectors targeting large language models. This suite, according to Pandey, equips enterprises with the means to comprehend training and fine-tuning data, models, and artifacts, offering enhanced protection against potential vulnerabilities and security threats.
Key Points
- The Cisco AI Assistant for Panoptica understands plain, everyday language and offers instant, custom assistance in prioritizing, investigating, and remediating a customer’s specific security issues
- AI Assistant for Panoptica detects malicious prompts made by users, blocks them, and reports them in Panoptica, as part of API security.
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