Cisco Plans to Acquire Astrix Security to Address Non-Human Identity Risks
Summary
Cisco announced plans to acquire Astrix Security, whose technology is designed to discover and secure non-human identities and AI agents. Cisco plans to integrate its capabilities into its security platform; Calcalist reports a roughly $400 million deal value.
Key points
- Cisco announced its intent to acquire Astrix Security; the companies did not disclose financial terms.
- Astrix focuses on non-human identities such as API keys, service accounts and OAuth tokens.
- Astrix says its technology can identify excessive privileges and detect or remediate unnecessary, compromised or malicious access.
- Cisco plans to integrate Astrix’s capabilities into its security platform, including identity intelligence, secure access and Duo IAM.
- Calcalist reports the deal is valued at roughly $400 million.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Cisco announced its intent to acquire Astrix Security, a provider focused on securing non-human identities.
- Impact
- The planned acquisition is intended to add capabilities for discovering, governing, and securing non-human identities and AI-agent activity to Cisco’s security platform, including identity intelligence, secure access, and Duo IAM. Cisco did not disclose financial terms; Calcalist reported the deal was valued at roughly $400 million.
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