Cisco acquires Astrix and WideField to secure non-human identities and AI agents
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Jeffrey Schwartz
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Cisco has acquired Astrix Security and WideField Security to address the growing security challenge of non-human identities (NHIs) such as AI agents, API keys, service accounts, and OAuth applications. As enterprises rapidly deploy AI agents, these NHIs now possess human-level privileges but lack equivalent security management. A Deloitte survey indicates about 25% of organizations already use agentic AI, with expectations to reach 74% within two years. The acquisitions aim to help enterprises discover, manage, and secure these identities across their environments.
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· 3 pulledIn a recent Deloitte survey of over 3,000 business and IT leaders, about a quarter of respondents said their companies are using agentic AI in some form.
This figure is expected to surge to 74% over the next two years.
These agents — including API keys, service accounts, OAuth applications, and other non-human identities (NHIs) — now have human‑level privileges but are not managed the same way.
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