Cisco Adds New Security and AI Capabilities in Next Step Toward Cisco Networking Cloud Vision

**Cisco** announced new capabilities across its networking portfolio to unify security and operations, including deeper integrations between Cisco Networking Cloud and Secure Access (SSE) with ThousandEyes insights, OT security posture reporting via Cyber Vision, Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless (supporting Catalyst 9800 controllers and Wi‑Fi 5/6/6E APs), and new cloud-managed Catalyst 9300-M switches. The company also introduced infrastructure for AI workloads, such as UCS X‑Series Direct for edge compute and expanded AI-validated designs to accelerate AI/ML deployments with automated, high-performance data center fabrics.