Cisco Just Made Moves To Own The AI Infrastructure Stack
Cisco, Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
By bulking up AI observability with Galileo and identity with Astrix, Cisco is repositioning its secure network as the control plane for the agentic era. It's a calculated bet that the company best known for building the internet's infrastructure can now govern what runs on top of it.
Cisco's move to buy Galileo and-reportedly-Astrix Security is less about filling product gaps and more about rearchitecting how AI is governed, secured, and trusted across the enterprise stack. Taken together, these deals signal Cisco's intent to lead the AI era the way it once led the internet-by making the underlying infrastructure observable, identity-aware, and inherently secure.