Cisco launches Privileged Infrastructure Access for admins and AI agents

Cisco introduced Privileged Infrastructure Access, which grants administrators and AI agents privileges on network infrastructure only for the duration of a task. Each session runs under a cryptographic identity and logs who accessed what, the policy applied and any changes made. The launch builds on Cisco's August partnership with Teleport.

• Privileges last only as long as the task and end with the access window
• AI agents and automation scripts follow the same task-scoped rules as people
• Every session records who accessed what, the policy and the changes
• The release builds on Cisco's August partnership with Teleport