Cisco to release AI model with three decades of security knowledge

"Cisco is set to launch another such "SLM", following up its Foundation-Sec-8B with 8 billion parameters with a 17 billion parameter count model. It will contain 30 years of threat intelligence emanating from Cisco Talos. However, the company emphasizes the new model is not a direct successor to Foundation-Sec-8B. Cisco currently uses Foundation-Sec-8B in its products. The model analyzes security alerts, checks code for vulnerabilities, and suggests workflows that prioritize security."

"At Cisco Live Asia-Pacific in Melbourne, Raj Chopra, senior vice president and chief product officer for security, announced the new 17 billion parameter model. The Register was the first to report on it. The model trains on threat intelligence, incident summaries, and red team playbooks that Cisco has collected. Chopra emphasizes that the Talos team contributes thirty years of data to the training. This should make the new model well-versed in all aspects of threats and defenses against them."

Cisco will launch an unnamed 17-billion-parameter security-focused language model trained on 30 years of Cisco Talos threat intelligence. The model will analyze security alerts, check code for vulnerabilities, and suggest workflows that prioritize security. Cisco positions the model to both detect threats and recommend remediation steps. Training data includes threat intelligence, incident summaries, and red team playbooks collected by Cisco. Release is planned shortly after Christmas. Cisco continues to deploy its existing Foundation-Sec-8B across products while developing multiple additional security models and updates to tools like SecureBERT to improve detection and response capabilities.

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