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Cisco Hypershield: AI-Powered Hyper-Distributed Security for Data Center

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Cisco has unveiled its latest innovation, Cisco Hypershield, marking a milestone in cybersecurity.

This groundbreaking product, described as Cisco’s most consequential security solution, introduces a cloud-native, AI-powered approach to securing highly distributed, AI-scale data centers.

Integrated directly into the network’s fabric, the Cisco Hypershield represents a radical departure from traditional security models, leveraging the power of hyperscaler security and connectivity for the enterprise.

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The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is propelling us into a future of digital abundance, where every individual and organization operates at a machine scale, effectively multiplying our global capacity.

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This transformation necessitates reimagining our data centers, not just in terms of connectivity and operation but crucially also in terms of security.

Cisco is at the forefront of this evolution, addressing the dual shifts in infrastructure and applications.

With CPUs being complemented by GPUs and DPUs for specialized functions and applications fragmenting into thousands of microservices across various containers and clouds, the complexity of securing these environments has skyrocketed.

Despite billions invested in cybersecurity, the industry continues to grapple with significant challenges.

The sheer scale of modern applications, AI workloads, and devices introduces new vulnerabilities, making tasks like segmentation, patching, and upgrades increasingly tricky.

The introduction of Cisco Hypershield aims to address these challenges head-on, offering a solution that can autonomously adapt to the evolving landscape of digital threats.

Innovations Behind Cisco Hypershield

AI-Powered Security

At its core, Cisco Hypershield is built to leverage AI’s full potential, making it significantly more autonomous than existing security solutions.

This AI-first approach is exemplified in Cisco’s partnership with NVIDIA, focusing on co-creating security-specific AI models and optimizing Cisco Security products for NVIDIA’s technology.

eBPF and Hardware Acceleration

Cisco Hypershield utilizes modern technologies like eBPF and hardware acceleration to provide unparalleled security coverage.

eBPF allows deep visibility into every software process and I/O operation across distributed applications without compromising system integrity.

Meanwhile, hardware acceleration ensures that high-performance security control points can be deployed close to the workloads they protect, enhancing overall security efficacy.

Bringing Security to the Workloads

Cisco Hypershield introduces a novel architecture that distributes thousands of security enforcement points across public and private clouds, bringing security directly to the workloads.

This approach enables a range of innovative use cases, including:

  • Autonomous Segmentation: Leveraging ongoing visibility into network flows and application changes to dynamically define and update granular segmentation rules, protecting against lateral movement.
  • Distributed Exploit Protection: involves identifying high-risk vulnerabilities and deploying compensating controls to block attackers before patches can be applied or vulnerabilities are known.
  • Self-Qualifying Upgrades: Utilizing a shadow data path to test upgrades and policy changes against live traffic, ensuring seamless transitions to the latest versions without downtime.

Cisco Hypershield represents a paradigm shift in how we approach security in the age of AI.

By embedding security into the network’s fabric and harnessing the power of AI, Cisco is not only addressing the current challenges faced by data centers but also paving the way for a more secure, efficient, and resilient digital future.

As organizations continue to navigate the complexities of digital transformation, Cisco Hypershield stands as a beacon of innovation, offering a glimpse into the future of cybersecurity.

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Divya
Divya
Divya is a Senior Journalist at GBhackers covering Cyber Attacks, Threats, Breaches, Vulnerabilities and other happenings in the cyber world.

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