Ecosystem/Robust Intelligence

Robust Intelligence

AcquiredPreliminary

AI security and model validation platform acquired by Cisco in 2024. Provided runtime protection, model scanning, and adversarial robustness testing. Now integrated into Cisco's security portfolio.

HQUS
Est2020
Raised$50M
Score
51.0 / 100
Confidence
Preliminary

Strong safety posture with established governance frameworks and active risk management.

Strengths:Governance Maturity, Technical Safety, Risk Assessment
Weaknesses:Regulatory Readiness, External Engagement
Competitive positioning

First major AI security acquisition. Now part of Cisco's portfolio. Proved that AI security is a real category.

Key risk

As a Cisco division, may lose startup agility. Integration challenges typical of large acquisitions.

Enterprise traction

Acquired by Cisco. Enterprise customers across sectors.

technologyfinancial servicesgovernment
Safety area

Robustness & Adversarial

Enterprise business needs
Protect my AI in production

Security Assessment

Security-relevant indicators for vendor evaluation

Security Posture
59
TS-01dim: 62
Red Teaming & Pre-deployment Testing
Adversarial testing before deployment
TS-05dim: 62
Robustness & Adversarial Resilience
Resistance to adversarial attacks
RA-01dim: 55
Sector-Specific Risk Assessment
Risk analysis for deployment context
RA-03dim: 55
Dual-Use & Misuse Risk
Dangerous capability awareness
RA-07dim: 55
Incident History & Track Record
Past incidents and response quality
EE-04dim: 40
Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Bug bounty or CVE reporting process
Incident History
Robust Intelligence incident records sourced from AIAAIC Repository and public reporting.
Integration: AIAAIC, OECD AI Incidents Monitor
Third-Party Audits
External audit reports, SOC 2 attestations, and ISO certifications verified where published.
Sources: Company filings, registry lookups
CVE & Disclosures
Known vulnerabilities and security advisories from NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, and vendor pages.
Sources: NVD, GHSA, vendor disclosure pages

Dimension Breakdown

GM
Governance Maturitypreliminary
Published policies, corporate structure, safety mandate, whistleblowing, executive commitment.
50
TS
Technical Safetypreliminary
Benchmarks, adversarial robustness, fine-tuning safety, watermarking, model cards, research output.
62
RA
Risk Assessmentpreliminary
Dangerous capability evaluations, thresholds, external testing, bug bounty, halt conditions.
55
RR
Regulatory Readinesspreliminary
ISO 42001, EU AI Act compliance, GPAI obligations, international commitments, incident reporting.
48
EE
External Engagementpreliminary
Survey participation, research support, transparency, behavior specs, open-source contributions.
40

Social Impact & Safety Profile

Moderate

Robust Intelligence pioneered AI security and model validation before being acquired by Cisco in 2024. The acquisition validated AI security as a real enterprise category. Runtime protection, model scanning, and adversarial robustness testing are now part of Cisco's broader security portfolio.

ai security validationmodel scanningadversarial robustness

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