Cisco has announced the Cisco Secure AI Factory in collaboration with NVIDIA, aiming to simplify and secure AI infrastructure for enterprises. This initiative integrates security at all levels, from applications to infrastructure, leveraging solutions like Cisco AI Defense and Hybrid Mesh Firewall. The partnership builds on the companies’ existing collaboration and utilizes Cisco’s networking technology with NVIDIA’s AI computing solutions.

The Secure AI Factory will provide customers with scalable AI data centers that are modular, agile, and secure. It includes Cisco UCS AI servers with NVIDIA HGX and MGX, networking solutions powered by Cisco Nexus and NVIDIA Spectrum-X, and storage from partners like Pure Storage, Hitachi Vantara, NetApp, and VAST Data. The factory embeds security across all layers, utilizing Cisco Hypershield for workload protection and AI Defense for application security.

The initiative offers flexible deployment options: a ready-to-deploy solution integrating Cisco’s security portfolio and NVIDIA’s technology or a customizable build-your-own approach. Cisco and NVIDIA are also working on validated reference architectures for seamless AI deployment. The Secure AI Factory is expected to be available for purchase by the end of 2025, with some individual components already on the market.