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Cisco Hypershield

AI-native. Ever aware. Everywhere.

Bringing the power of hyperscaler technology to the enterprise, Cisco Hypershield is a groundbreaking security architecture designed to defend modern, AI-scale data centers.

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Making previously unimaginable outcomes a reality

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Close the exploit gap

In minutes versus months, AI-native rule engine prioritizes vulnerability and then deploys surgical compensating controls. Tested against live production traffic with optimal placement.
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Segmentation that works

An extended network that segments itself continuously adapting to current realities. Informed by process behaviors, file changes, learned policy preferences, it places macro-guardrails that become tighter and tighter down to a regex filter. 
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Self-qualifying updates

Powerful solution that allows you to validate upgrades and policy changes against live production traffic with our innovative dual dataplane approach.

A fundamentally new approach to address today's realities

AI-native

AI-native

Designed with AI from the ground-up—to deliver high efficacy, faster response and continuous protection with a system that earns your trust for the right level of autonomy and control.
Protects everywhere

Protects everywhere

Innovative end-to-end security—from the network to the workloads. With unified management that provides intelligent, optimal placement for policy across a full spectrum of previously inaccessible enforcement points.
Fabric that grows over time

Fabric that grows over time

Architected to seamlessly incorporate new enforcement points into the fabric without the need to overhaul policy. 

Where security meets the network

Introducing Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Experience the highly distributed security fabric with unified management that is optimized for zero-trust segmentation and application protection in data center, cloud, campus, and IoT environments.

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Security infused into the data center fabric

Introducing the Cisco N9300 Series Smart Switches, a new family of service-accelerated data center switches with embedded security powered by Hypershield.

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Powerful perspectives

A new era of distributed, AI-native security

Tom Gillis, SVP, Cisco Security Business Group shares his excitement about Cisco Hypershield and what makes this completely new, unique technology work.

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Reimagining security

Craig Connors, VP and CTO, Cisco Security Business Group goes into the details of the solution's revolutionary new approach to security.

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Our vision to combat unknown vulnerabilities

Craig Conors describes how Hypershield’s unique architecture can help detect and respond to unknown vulnerabilities using various techniques.

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An AI-native security architecture that's rewriting the rules

Network and security leaders from Goldman Sachs, The Ohio State University Medical Center, and Cisco discuss how to tackle AI-scale attacks, automated updates, and how Cisco Hypershield can address their needs.

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