SAFE and Cisco Partner to Deliver Unified AI Risk Management with Business Impact Visibility

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFE, a global leader in AI-driven cyber risk management, today announced a new integration with Cisco, the leader in security and networking. By integrating Cisco AI Defense telemetry with SAFE's cutting-edge solutions, this partnership aims to empower enterprises with real-time, actionable cyber risk insights.

Cisco AI Defense is the first comprehensive security product purpose-built to protect enterprises against the safety and security risks introduced by the development and deployment of AI applications. The solution discovers AI assets across a customer's distributed cloud environment, detects model and application vulnerabilities with algorithmic red teaming, and protects runtime applications with guardrails enforced at the network-level. This partnership will re-define AI security governance, enabling organizations to innovate safely with confidence and control.

SAFE will leverage Cisco AI Defense to accelerate the secure adoption of AI across its operations and product suite. This deepens the partnership and ensures the development of practical, real-world solutions aligned to customer needs.

Key Integration Highlights:

• AI Asset and Risk Ingestion: SAFE will onboard enterprise AI assets and continuously ingest AI-related findings from Cisco AI Defense, including vulnerabilities and misconfigurations discovered across the AI lifecycle.
  
  
• AI Control Assessment: The SAFE platform will assess AI-specific controls from the Factor Analysis of Information Risk Controls Analytics Model (FAIR-CAM) that codifies risk terminology and quantifies risk as loss events, evaluating the effectiveness of AI governance measures in real time.
  
  
• AI Risk Management: SAFE's AI-driven Cyber Risk Management Platform can model 100+ AI risk scenarios, translate these technical AI risks into financial and business impact, and enable security teams and business leaders to prioritize effectively.

"Our integration with Cisco AI Defense marks a defining moment in AI risk management," said Saket Bajoria, Chief Product Officer, SAFE. "SAFE is actively leveraging Cisco AI Defense to accelerate secure AI adoption across its operations and platform offerings. By combining Cisco's AI risk visibility with SAFE's cyber risk quantification, the integration delivers tangible benefits for large enterprises—helping them operationalize AI governance, align AI risks to business impact, and scale AI initiatives securely.We will leverage Cisco AI Defense to safely accelerate our AI adoption."

"SAFE's expertise in quantifying and managing cyber risk is a natural complement to Cisco AI Defense," said Anand Raghavan, Vice President of Product, AI, Cisco. "Together, we are helping organizations identify, understand, and manage AI risks in the context of business impact—enabling responsible AI innovation."

Customer Benefits:

This integration will provide customers with a powerful, end-to-end solution for AI security governance. Key benefits include:

• Accelerated AI Adoption: Innovate with AI securely, backed by continuous risk visibility and controls assessment.
  
  
• Quantified Risk Insights: Translate AI misconfigurations and vulnerabilities into measurable business impact.
  
  
• Proactive Risk Management: Prioritize and remediate risks based on financial exposure and operational impact.
  
  
• Secure-by-Design AI Lifecycle: Build AI applications and infrastructure with integrated risk safeguards from the ground up.

Joint customers of SAFE and Cisco AI Defense can realize these benefits immediately. Don't miss the opportunity to see the value of accelerating your AI risk management strategy in person. Visit SAFE's booth #3851 at Black Hat USA 2025. Not attending Black Hat and don't want to wait? Schedule a demo today to see it for yourself.

About SAFE

SAFE is the pioneer of Cyber Risk Quantification and Management (CRQM), enabling organizations to measure and mitigate cyber risks in real-time across people, processes, technology, and third parties. With its AI-powered SAFE platform, enterprises can make informed, data-driven decisions to proactively manage cyber risks.

SOURCE SAFE