News Summary:

• New AI-Powered Security Operations Centre (SOC) showcase at its Toronto Innovation Centre, providing an immersive experience for Canadian businesses.
• The SOC showcase gives organizations a hands-on look at how advanced, AI-driven security technologies defend against evolving cyber threats, featuring realistic, industry-specific risk scenarios and layered defenses.
• Celebrating 10 years of the Toronto Innovation Centre, this new showcase demonstrates Cisco’s ongoing commitment to empowering Canadian organizations to enhance cybersecurity in the AI age.

TORONTO, October 15, 2025 – Marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cisco – the worldwide leader in networking and security – has launched its AI-Powered Security Operations Centre (SOC) showcase at the Toronto Innovation Centre, an initiative designed to demonstrate the future of intelligent cyber defence.

The SOC showcase offers organizations a hands-on environment to explore how advanced security technologies protect against the growing volume and sophistication of cyber threats, with a focus on vertical-specific risk scenarios, adversarial capabilities, and a layered defensive posture powered by AI.

"The launch of our AI-Powered Security Operations Centre signifies a monumental step in fortifying and investing in Canada’s cybersecurity infrastructure of tomorrow,” said Raj Juneja, President of Cisco Canada. “This showcase is not just about seeing the future; it’s about understanding it and building it, with AI at the forefront."

Cisco recently found that 80% of Canadian organizations have experienced AI-related cybersecurity incidents in the past year. As cybercriminals increasingly exploit AI, the AI-Powered SOC helps leaders to understand these challenges, identify opportunities to strengthen their defenses and build digital resilience.

"The launch of our AI-Powered Security Operations Centre signifies a monumental step in fortifying and investing in Canada’s cybersecurity infrastructure of tomorrow,” said Raj Juneja, President of Cisco Canada. “This showcase is not just about seeing the future; it’s about understanding it and building it, with AI at the forefront."

Through interactive, real-world examples, visitors can experience how integrated solutions—spanning identity, network, endpoint, cloud, all powered by high fidelity threat intelligence—work together to detect, investigate, and respond to attacks.

The showcase brings together Cisco Security solutions, Cisco Talos threat intelligence , ThousandEyes and Splunk to highlight the latest innovations that matter most to Canadian organizations: digital resilience, operational continuity, and the ability to adapt to an evolving threat landscape.

Driving Digital Resilience in the AI Era

In an era where AI is both a powerful tool and a potential threat vector, the SOC showcase empowers Canadian businesses to confidently navigate the complexities of the digital landscape.

Despite the ongoing surge in AI-related incidents, only 41% of organizations have staff who truly understand AI threats and risks and more critical roles are going unfilled than ever before. By providing a collaborative environment for experimentation and co-creation, Cisco continues to empower Canadian businesses to confidently navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and build robust cybersecurity capabilities.

Investing in Canadian Innovation

This initiative builds on Cisco’s 30-year history of supporting Canadian innovation, research and development. Several Cisco solutions featured are developed by engineering teams in Canada, reinforcing the showcase’s Canadian roots.

The project is supported by Cisco Canada’s Country Digital Acceleration program, part of a global initiative with more than 1,700 projects worldwide that support secure, sustainable, and inclusive communities, and is the latest installation at the Toronto Innovation Centre. Over ten years, the Centre has helped organizations across industries experiment and co-create with advanced technologies such as AI, data analytics, cybersecurity, and networking.

“Building strong cybersecurity defences within organizations is critical to the economic and societal prosperity of Canada,” said Wayne Cuervo, Director at Cisco’s Digital Impact Office. “With this investment, we’re helping organizations solve some of their most pressing business challenges.”

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