Cisco overhauls vulnerability disclosures as AI accelerates bug hunting Cisco is shifting to a twice-monthly schedule for disclosing security fixes, providing a week’s advance notice of affected technologies. This change is a response to AI’s accelerated discovery of software vulnerabilities, which is outpacing traditional patching cadences. The company is also introducing ‘Live Protect’ to offer temporary protection against newly found flaws while permanent solutions are deployed.

• Cisco will now release security fixes twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays, instead of monthly.
• A week before each release, Cisco will preview which technologies and platforms will be affected.
• The increase in bug discovery is attributed to new AI models, forcing vendors to adapt disclosure practices.
• Cisco has used AI to scan 1.8 billion lines of code in eight weeks, a task previously estimated to take eight years.
• A new product, Live Protect, will offer customers temporary shields against newly discovered vulnerabilities while permanent fixes are deployed. Continue reading https://www.axios.com/2026/06/02/cisco-revamps-vulnerability-disclosures-for-the-ai-era