Cisco warns of new AI-driven security threats, pushes agentic defenses amid enterprise trust concerns
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Beth Pariseau
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Cisco executives at a Las Vegas event warned that a new generation of frontier AI models, specifically Anthropic's Claude Mythos, can efficiently discover security vulnerabilities, ushering in a new cybersecurity era that requires agentic AI defenses. The preview of Claude Mythos was limited to about 50 major organizations including Cisco, Google, and Microsoft. However, Cisco faces an enterprise trust gap as businesses remain skeptical about deploying AI-driven security solutions, creating a tension between the need for advanced AI defenses and customer reluctance to trust AI with critical security functions.
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bskyCisco warns of new AI-driven security threats, pushes agentic defenses amid enterprise trust concernstechtarget.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledAnthropic Claude Mythos, first revealed in April, is so efficient at rooting out security flaws that its initial preview release was limited to about 50 major organizations.
Cisco officials urged customers to 'meet the Mythos moment' with new agentic defenses, but businesses' mistrust of AI cuts both ways.
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