The AI Reckoning: Why Hardened Software Is No Longer Enough

This episode is part of a seven-part sponsored series with Cisco focused on the technologies defining the next era of enterprise networking, with new episodes released each month.

AI is changing how software gets built, how it’s secured, and how networks are designed to support it all.

In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis is joined by Cisco’s Tom Gillis and Will Eatherton for an inside look at how AI is transforming enterprise IT. With roughly 95% of Cisco’s networking engineers now using agentic tools, AI is accelerating software development while uncovering security vulnerabilities at an unprecedented pace.

The conversation explores why traditional approaches to software security must evolve, how AI workloads are driving massive increases in network bandwidth, and why multi-model AI is changing the economics of infrastructure. Plus, what happens when AI agents have the broad access of a human but the common sense of a printer?

Tune in to hear what these shifts mean for the future of enterprise networking and security.

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