{"id":52247,"date":"2023-06-07T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3699048\/cisco-spotlights-generative-ai-in-security-collaboration.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-06-07T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:59:00","slug":"cisco-spotlights-generative-ai-in-security-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cisco-spotlights-generative-ai-in-security-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco spotlights generative AI in security, collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking to harness a decade of AI\/ML development Cisco this week previewed generative AI-based features it will soon bring to its Security Cloud service and Webex collaboration offerings.<\/p>\n

Cisco said it was looking meld the network and security intelligence it has amassed over the years with the large language models (LLMs) of generative AI to simplify enterprise operations and address threats with practical, effective techniques.  <\/p>\n

The first fruits of this effort will be directed at the Cisco Security Cloud, the overarching, integrated-security platform that includes software such as Duo access control and Umbrella security as well as firewalls and  Talos threat intelligence access all delivered via the cloud.<\/p>\n

During his Cisco Live! keynote, Jeetu Patel, Cisco\u2019s executive vice president and general manager of security and collaboration, said that an AI-based policy engine, Policy Assistant, will be available by the end of the year in Security Cloud. The idea is that the assistant will use natural language interfaces to simplify policy management for admins, he said. <\/p>\n

Security and IT administrators will be able to describe granular security policies and the assistant willl evaluate how to best implement them across different aspects of their security infrastructure, Patel said.<\/p>\n

At the Live! event, Cisco demoed how a generative Cisco Policy Assistant can reason with the existing set of  firewall policy rules to implement and simplify them within the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. Cisco says it is the first of many examples of how generative AI can reimagine policy management across the Cisco Security Cloud.<\/p>\n