Cisco AI Defense

What is Cisco AI Defense?

Cisco AI Defense is Cisco's product for securing enterprise AI applications and models. It builds on Cisco's acquisition of Robust Intelligence, an AI security startup.

Key capabilities

• Visibility into AI applications and models in use.
• Validation and protection of AI models against misuse and attacks.

Why it matters for humanoid robot security

As robot fleets connect to enterprise networks and use AI models, enterprise AI security tooling can extend to the models that drive robot behavior.

Where it fits in a humanoid robot security program

Cisco AI Defense is an enterprise control plane for AI: discovering which models and AI apps are in use, testing them and enforcing guardrails. For organizations deploying humanoids at scale, it is most relevant where robot AI services connect to corporate networks and cloud AI platforms that the security team already manages.

Who it is for

• Robotics teams using LLMs or AI agents to plan robot actions
• Security teams responsible for AI models in production
• Organizations that already standardize on enterprise AI security tooling

Questions to ask Cisco AI Defense

• Can you protect models that run on the robot itself, not only in the cloud?
• How do you detect prompt injection that arrives through speech, images or sensor data?
• What latency do your controls add to a robot's decision loop?
• How do you log and report AI incidents for later investigation?

Similar listings

• HiddenLayer: AI and model security
• Protect AI (Palo Alto Networks): AI and model security
• Lakera (Check Point): AI and LLM security

Related on Humanoid Threats

• What is physical AI?
• Browse the full Humanoid Robot Security Directory

Sources

• Cisco: Robust Intelligence is now part of Cisco
• Cisco blog: Cisco AI Defense

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