Cisco Expands AI-Ready Secure Network Architecture

At Cisco Live EMEA, Cisco announced expanded AI-Ready Secure Network Architecture with AgenticOps across its networking portfolio, IOS XE 26 with NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography, and new Cisco 8100 Series Secure Routers and collaboration devices. The updates, showcased at the event in 2025, aim to fuse security into the network, enable on-premises and sovereign deployments, and scale AI-driven troubleshooting, translation, and contact-center routing.