Cisco announces proposed acquisition of Astrix Security

Peter Bailey, the SVP and GM of Cisco’s (CSCO) Security business, announced Cisco’s intent to acquire Astrix Security, a company engaged in Non-Human Identity Security. “The addition of Astrix Security brings deep capability to discover and secure every AI agent and non-human identity, including excessive privileges and real-time threats, enabling organizations to adopt AI securely and at scale,” Bailey said in a statement, adding that “We plan to integrate Astrix Security’s capabilities into Cisco Identity Intelligence, strengthening visibility and context across identities within the Cisco Security platform.”