{"data":{"id":"43e88e3e-9bb6-42e7-990c-b796c10501cf","title":"Cisco Adds NHI to Security Stack With Astrix, WideField Acquisitions","summary":"Cisco is acquiring companies called Astrix and WideField to add NHI (network hygiene intelligence, which monitors and maintains network health) to its security products. The company believes that securing AI agents (autonomous software programs that perform tasks with minimal human input) requires making identity, which verifies who or what is accessing a system, the main control system.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/cisco-adds-nhi-security-stack-with-astrix-widefield","publishedAt":"2026-06-26T17:31:04.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Cisco","Astrix","WideField"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-06-26T17:31:04.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":null,"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.72,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}