Cisco Acquires Astrix Security to Boost AI Agent and Machine Identity Protection

The report announces Cisco's plan to acquire Astrix Security to strengthen protection for non-human identities (API keys, service accounts, OAuth tokens) and secure AI agents; it summarizes Astrix's capabilities (agent discovery and governance, non-human identity lifecycle management, threat detection/response, centralized secrets management) and describes planned integrations with Cisco's Identity Intelligence, Secure Access, Duo, and network/security visibility to support a Zero Trust approach for AI-driven enterprise environments.