For IT and Security Practitioners

How ready are you to defend your organization against AI era cyber threats?

Frontier AI models have crossed a threshold, moving at machine speed to discover more vulnerabilities, generate more working exploits, and chain weaknesses into complete attack paths. That speed, combined with the growing problem of aging infrastructure and the increase in network layer attacks, has created a perfect storm for network and security teams everywhere.

Cisco sees this shift firsthand. We’ve run frontier AI models across our own portfolio—turning what we’ve learned into three practical ways to help protect your organization in the AI era.

Advance your operating model to run resilient infrastructure
Evolve how you patch and upgrade: disciplined, predictable cadence, backed by automation with mitigation plans for what can’t be fixed fast.
Modernize your infrastructure
Identify what’s unsupported and reduce risk exposure, then modernize with tomorrow’s speed, scale, and security needs in mind.
Elevate your security posture
Strengthen foundational controls around identities, segmentation, and shielding, while equipping your Security Operations Center with automation to keep pace.

12 questions.

Find out where you stand today and get practical next steps to help strengthen your defenses.

Progress
0 of 12
0/100
Maturity tier
10 – 39
Emerging
40 – 59
Developing
60 – 79
Established
80 – 100
Advanced

Your practical next steps.

One recommendation per priority area—each mapped to how Cisco can help.

You've seen where your network stands today and the gaps to close. Our experts can walk you through what's next.