By Zacks Equity Research
Publication Date: 2026-03-26 18:38:00
Cisco Systems CSCO is preparing for a future where AI agents become a major workforce inside enterprises. Agentic agents do not just answer questions; they take actions like managing systems, analyzing data and even making decisions. To support this shift, Cisco extends Zero Trust Access to agents with agent discovery in Cisco Identity Intelligence, agent Identity and Access Management (“IAM”) in Duo, and model context protocol policy enforcement and adaptive risk protection in Secure Access security service edge.
Cisco’s Agent Identity Management helps enterprises register agents in Duo IAM and map them to accountable human owners. This ensures every agent has a verified identity and enables traceability of actions. Meanwhile, Cisco Identity Intelligence discovers agentic and non-human identities to help organizations understand existing AI usage. Cisco is expanding AI Defense with powerful new tools that help organizations test, trust and secure their AI agents and the…
