Ex-Cisco researchers launch Tenet Security to lock down rogue AI agents
Ex-Cisco security researchers just launched Tenet Security. Their mission: stop rogue AI agents before they break your enterprise.

Why it matters
As enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents into critical workflows, a new security gap emerges—and a team of ex-Cisco researchers is moving to capture it. This signals both the maturation of agent deployment and the emerging market for agent governance infrastructure.
The key facts
6 to knowFounding team: ex-Cisco AI security researchers
Company: Tenet Security Inc.
Launch date: June 17, 2026
Focus: AI agent security and malicious behavior detection
Market context: AI agent security barely existed a year ago
Use case: Enterprise autonomous agent governance and production safety
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Publisher excerpt: Former Cisco artificial intelligence security researchers have launched a new company to tackle a problem that barely existed a year ago: securing the autonomous AI agents enterprises are handing the keys to their most critical systems. Tenet Security Inc. today formally launched a platform…