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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42">RSAC 2025 Keynote: Cisco open-sources AI security tools<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Cisco set the tone at Monday's
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E94C3A">RSA Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42"> keynote by announcing a major open-source initiative aimed at securing
the future of AI, while other speakers laid out how the industry must adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s executive vice president and chief product officer, unveiled Foundation AI — a purpose-built, security-specific AI model trained
on cybersecurity data. The model isn’t just open source in concept — Cisco is releasing the actual trained model weights as well, allowing researchers and developers to inspect, adapt and fine-tune it. Alongside that, the company is open sourcing its full
tooling framework, inviting the global security community to collaborate on safer, more transparent AI systems.
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The Cyber AI Profile</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42">, currently in development, could help firms better prepare for
hackers that use AI tools to enhance their cyberattacks, a top NIST official said at the RSAC Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nextgov.com%2Fcybersecurity%2F2025%2F04%2Fforthcoming-nist-profile-address-growing-ai-cyber-challenges%2F404887%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccaice-csse%40eng.auburn.edu%7C5731dadf98a24a32a79908dd87324dbf%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C0%7C0%7C638815372298673267%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lckYG56mLKK4PJko7ibxs7afRVRhMxFn4X%2BpgUS7L30%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/04/forthcoming-nist-profile-address-growing-ai-cyber-challenges/404887/">https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/04/forthcoming-nist-profile-address-growing-ai-cyber-challenges/404887/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403F42">https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/cyber-ai-profile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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