# Cisco Hypershield

## AI-native. Ever aware. Everywhere.

Bringing the power of hyperscaler technology to the enterprise, Cisco Hypershield is a groundbreaking security architecture designed to defend modern, AI-scale data centers.

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## Making previously unimaginable outcomes a reality

### Close the exploit gap

In minutes versus months, AI-native rule engine prioritizes vulnerability and then deploys surgical compensating controls. Tested against live production traffic with optimal placement.

### Segmentation that works

An extended network that segments itself continuously adapting to current realities. Informed by process behaviors, file changes, learned policy preferences, it places macro-guardrails that become tighter and tighter down to a regex filter.

### Self-qualifying updates

Powerful solution that allows you to validate upgrades and policy changes against live production traffic with our innovative dual dataplane approach.

## A fundamentally new approach to address today's realities

### AI-native

Designed with AI from the ground-up—to deliver high efficacy, faster response and continuous protection with a system that earns your trust for the right level of autonomy and control.

### Protects everywhere

Innovative end-to-end security—from the network to the workloads. With unified management that provides intelligent, optimal placement for policy across a full spectrum of previously inaccessible enforcement points.

### Fabric that grows over time

Architected to seamlessly incorporate new enforcement points into the fabric without the need to overhaul policy.

## Where security meets the network

### Introducing Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Experience the highly distributed security fabric with unified management that is optimized for zero-trust segmentation and application protection in data center, cloud, campus, and IoT environments.

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### Security infused into the data center fabric

Introducing the Cisco N9300 Series Smart Switches, a new family of service-accelerated data center switches with embedded security powered by Hypershield.

Watch overview (03:12) [Explore Cisco Smart Switches](https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking-switches/9300-series-smart-switches/index.html)

## Powerful perspectives

### A new era of distributed, AI-native security

Tom Gillis, SVP, Cisco Security Business Group shares his excitement about Cisco Hypershield and what makes this completely new, unique technology work.

[Read blog](https://blogs.cisco.com/security/cisco-hypershield-a-new-era-of-distributed-ai-native-security)

### Reimagining security

Craig Connors, VP and CTO, Cisco Security Business Group goes into the details of the solution's revolutionary new approach to security.

[Read technical blog](https://blogs.cisco.com/security/cisco-hypershield-reimagining-security)

### Our vision to combat unknown vulnerabilities

Craig Conors describes how Hypershield’s unique architecture can help detect and respond to unknown vulnerabilities using various techniques.

[Read blog](https://blogs.cisco.com/security/cisco-hypershield-our-vision-to-combat-unknown-vulnerabilities)

## An AI-native security architecture that's rewriting the rules

Network and security leaders from Goldman Sachs, The Ohio State University Medical Center, and Cisco discuss how to tackle AI-scale attacks, automated updates, and how Cisco Hypershield can address their needs.

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