Cisco will acquire WideField Security and fold the team into Splunk's Agentic SOC, betting that session-level identity evidence is the layer that lets AI agents
Cisco is acquiring WideField Security to integrate its team into Splunk's Agentic SOC. This move is intended to bolster Cisco's AI security offerings by leveraging session-level identity evidence, which the company believes is crucial for enabling AI agents to operate autonomously in production environments. The acquisition marks Cisco's third major step in building its agent-security stack, following previous efforts with Astrix and Galileo, and represents a significant development in the agent identity space. AI
IMPACT This acquisition aims to enhance AI agent security and autonomy by focusing on identity evidence, potentially accelerating the adoption of AI in production environments.