Cisco on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Robust Intelligence, a security startup with a platform designed to protect AI models and data throughout the development-to-production lifecycle. It’s paying an undisclosed amount to acquire the company, which Cisco has previously invested in through its Cisco Investments portfolio.
Robust Intelligence’s expertise in AI model security and governance complements Cisco’s products, and the acquisition will accelerate the roadmap for Cisco Security Cloud, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s security business group. “The combination of Cisco and Robust Intelligence means that we can deliver advanced AI security processing seamlessly into the existing data flows, by inserting it into Cisco security and networking products,” Gillis wrote in a blog post announcing the acquisition.