Deconstructing Cisco's Agent Security Ambition: Open Foundry for Rule-Setting, Astrix for Non-Human Identity Lock-in, Network Layer as Agent Traffic Gateway
Cisco's 30+ signals in May form a synchronized four-layer architecture: Definition (Foundry), Control (Astrix), Detection (AI Defense+ADK), Infrastructure (Network). Cisco competes not just in products but for Agent security standard-setting authority and network traffic control - structural advantages competitors cannot replicate.