Runtime guardrails and AI firewalls · #2 by signal score
Cisco
Cisco AI Defense, which incorporates the Robust Intelligence acquisition, adds agent red teaming, runtime guardrails, and MCP server scanning; Duo registers agents as identities with human owners, and Secure Access enforces MCP policy. Cisco also acquired the NHI vendor Astrix Security.
60Signal score / 100
- Capital
- 35/35
- Product
- 10/25
- Standards
- 5/20
- Momentum
- 10/20
Identity primitives
| Agent as a first-class identity | No public claim found |
| On-behalf-of token exchange | Not checked |
| Cross App Access (ID-JAG) | Not checked |
| Asynchronous human approval (CIBA) | Not checked |
| MCP authorization conformance | Not checked |
| Fine-grained authorization | No public claim found |
| Short-lived, secretless credentials | No public claim found |
| Token vault | Not checked |
| Kill switch | No public claim found |
| Per-action audit chain | No public claim found |
Company
HQ: US
Funding: Public company
Product: Cisco AI Defense
Sources
- Cisco reimagines security for the agentic workforce (press-release, accessed 2026-09-24)
- Cisco AI Defense release notes (vendor, accessed 2026-09-24)
- Cisco announces intent to acquire Robust Intelligence (press-release, accessed 2026-09-24)
Last verified 2026-09-24.