Supplier · United States
Cisco
HQ San Jose, CaliforniaFounded 198410000+ employeesXNAS:CSCOUpdated
Company that offers AI Defense, an AI security solution described as mitigating risks in the development and deployment of AI models.
Government Supply
Hardware · Indirect supplier (through a prime, reseller or system)
Networking products bought through authorized reseller and partner-primed federal contracts.
- Departments
- Not recorded
- Money evidenced
- Paid through a prime, integrator or reseller; no vendor share is shown
- Status
- Evidenced (as of 2026-10-19)
- Functional areas
- Command, control and communications; Information management and cybersecurity; Military AI and autonomy
The source establishes the procurement route, not a measured award amount. Availability on a vehicle alone is not an obligation.
Hardware · Direct supplier
Networking and security products sold directly under exact Cisco recipient UEIs.
- Departments
- Defense
- Money evidenced
- Paid directly: obligations on exact recipient identifiers
- Status
- Evidenced (as of 2026-10-19)
- Functional areas
- Command, control and communications; Information management and cybersecurity; Military AI and autonomy
Federal customers are directed to buy through authorized resellers, so direct obligations are only part of Cisco-supplied spend. Observed baseline contract obligations on exact UEIs (summary generation 20261018T193655Z, source data through 2026-10-06; gross positive, by awarding department): DOD $1,980,937,648 (2011-2026). Not a company-wide total.
Cisco supplier roles
Roles are cited research, not award totals: a payment basis names the kind of money the evidence supports, and a missing amount is unknown, not zero. Browse all government suppliers.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts | Reported by USAspending: contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $1.4M | — | $1.4M |
| FY2025 | $1.0M | — | $1.0M |
| FY2024 | $0 | — | $0 |
| FY2023 | $3K | — | $3K |
| FY2022 | $52.2M | $0 | $52.2M |
| FY2021 | $98.5M | $0 | $98.5M |
| FY2020 | $373M | $74K | $373M |
| FY2019 | $323M | $26K | $323M |
| FY2018 | $307M | −$2K | $307M |
| FY2017 | $258M | $4K | $258M |
| FY2016 | $291M | −$7K | $291M |
| FY2015 | $178M | — | $178M |
| FY2014 | $97.0M | −$27K | $97.0M |
| FY2013 | $447K | $19K | $466K |
| FY2012 | $428K | −$26K | $402K |
| FY2011 | $465K | $211K | $676K |
| FY2010 | $12K | $5.4M | $5.4M |
| FY2009 | $57K | $13.7M | $13.8M |
| FY2008 | $9K | $13.5M | $13.5M |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Recipients (UEIs) tied to this company
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC · V3JJMWE4SRC6 · $1.98B
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC · HHKGB1MSS5U5 · $38K
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · CZZ1E2HNQLL6 · $29K
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · LQJKCX84CJB4 · $23K
Each action counts for the company USAspending reported on that row, so a subsidiary's dollars count for Cisco only for the period it reported Cisco as its parent. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. Fiscal year 2027 is partial.
Capabilities3
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adversarial robustness and AI security | Developer | — | — | Company-reported capability; mapping does not establish government endorsement, supplier qualification or a contract. | Reported |
| Command, control and communications | Supplier | — | — | Major-supplier coverage 2026-10-19: networking and security products | Reported |
| Information management and cybersecurity | Supplier | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Offers AI Defense, an AI-model risk and security product, with no defense or government-security use stated. | Reported |
- DeveloperCompany-reported capability; mapping does not establish government endorsement, supplier qualification or a contract.—Reported
- SupplierMajor-supplier coverage 2026-10-19: networking and security products—Reported
- Supplierclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Offers AI Defense, an AI-model risk and security product, with no defense or government-security use stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Sources4
Profile2
- 1
fortune.com · Supports Organization · employee range
“rolling out AI agents to its approximately 90,000 employees”
- 2DatabaseCisco company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · country, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership, Organization · ticker
“country: US (profile: Tasman Way, San Jose, CA 95134, US)”
Technologies2
- 3
Cisco · Supports Organization technology · technology
“If you are a U.S. federal government customer seeking to purchase Cisco products, we recommend that you only buy from authorized Cisco resellers.”
- 4
Supports Organization, Organization · description, Organization technology
“AI Defense is a comprehensive, purpose-built AI security solution that mitigates the risks associated with the development and deployment of AI models”
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