Cisco agrees to acquire Astrix Security, which helps companies monitor and control the permissions granted to AI agents, a source says for approximately $400M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

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Cisco agrees to acquire Astrix Security for approximately $400M, gaining an Israeli startup that helps enterprises monitor and control AI agent permissions.

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<a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/dy5obf581"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260504/i25.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260504/p25#a260504p25" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Meir Orbach / <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/">CTech</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/dy5obf581">Cisco agrees to acquire Astrix Security, which helps companies monitor and control the permissions granted to AI agents, a source says for approximately $400M</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The Israeli startup, backed by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic, targets growing risks from non-human identities and autonomous AI agents.</p>