At RSAC 2023, Cisco unveiled its new solution, Cisco XDR, with the promise of transforming the way that Security Teams operate. Two years later, Cisco has executed that promise for over 1000 customers, providing defined and prioritized incidents with guided responses, and reducing mean time to respond. Now at RSAC 2025, Cisco is democratizing Security Operations further, evolving the jobs of cyber-defenders once more in the world of AI.
Instant Attack Verification
Designed to take Incidents in Cisco XDR to the next level, Instant Attack Verification continues to focus on ensuring organizations can quickly understand what is happening in their environment and action effectively. Instant Attack Verification uses Agentic AI to uplevel the correlation in Cisco XDR, determining and asking the questions needed to confidently identify an incident every time.
This AI-powered capability changes the game by validating each alert in real time — determining with high confidence whether it represents a true attack, not just an anomaly. It brings together telemetry across endpoint, network, cloud, email, and identity, enriched by Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence and enhanced by Cisco XDR Forensics.
Machine learning, machine reasoning, and large language models (LLMs) combine to trigger multiple AI agents acting in different stages of the incident-determination lifecycle. The result is a clear verdict, delivered instantly with defined impact and a confidence indicator. Why? Because validation imbues confidence and enables action.
Analysts are in a constant cycle of manual investigation, chasing false positives that drain time, focus, and morale.
The real issue isn’t just volume—it’s uncertainty. Without clear, immediate validation of an attack’s legitimacy, every alert becomes a potential gamble.
Attack paths and a clear timeline are presented in a storyboard to visualize and support the Incident’s verdict and response actions taken.
The result is autonomous response for the most common attacks delivered through pre-built playbooks in Cisco XDR or Splunk SOAR to respond instantly with or without human intervention depending on each organization’s processes.
Transforming Response
The promise of autonomous response has been around for years, yet most teams still hesitate to fully embrace it. The reason is not a lack of technology—it is a lack of trust. Without clear validation, automation feels risky, especially when high-stakes incidents are on the line. Cisco XDR changes that. With Instant Attack Verification, every action is backed by explainable AI, real evidence, and a human-readable verdict. It gives teams the confidence to automate responses safely and decisively, precisely when it matters most.
Cisco XDR with Instant Attack Verification turns the idea of autonomous response into a trusted, practical reality. No guesswork. No hesitation. Just clear, validated actions that let your team move faster and smarter. Until analysts can verify threats instantly and act decisively, security efficiency will remain a distant goal. With Cisco XDR, automation becomes an advantage, not a risk.
Instant Attack Verification Redefines What’s Possible
Instant Attack Verification redefines what is possible in modern security operations. It delivers what SOC teams have always wanted but never received: real-time trust and response at scale.
Most importantly, automation becomes safe: Playbooks only run when threats are verified. This transforms autonomous response from a gamble into a trusted force multiplier — whether you’re a lean IT team running XDR alone or an enterprise SOC.
This isn’t just faster response — it’s smarter security.
- No more alert hesitation
- No more SOC bottlenecks
- No toggling between tools
- No waiting for confirmation
Cisco XDR is built to raise the confidence of your entire SecOps team, from the first signal to the final response. Instant Attack Verification reduces false positives, reduces alert fatigue, speeds up investigation, and triggers trusted playbooks to action on verified threats at machine speed. No noise. No guesswork. Just a clear verdict. Decisive Action. All at AI speed.
If you’re tired of alerts that raise more questions than answers, then you’re ready for AI that does more than just assist. It’s time to experience what trusted automation really looks like.
Stand up with Cisco and say you’re not going to take it! You want the XDR solution that continues to evolve with you and, critically, your attackers. Register for our RSAC Highlights webinar on May 20th to see how Cisco XDR turns noise into clarity and alerts into action.
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