--- title: "Shields Up: Cisco Live Protect Closes Vulnerability Gap with Compensating Controls" url: https://daily.dev/posts/shields-up-cisco-live-protect-closes-vulnerability-gap-with-compensating-controls-kh7rscwsf source_url: https://blogs.cisco.com/news/shields-up-cisco-live-protect-closes-vulnerability-gap-with-compensating-controls type: article source: "Cisco" published: 2026-06-02T12:58:25.650Z updated: 2026-06-02T13:06:49.226Z tags: ["security", "linux", "cisco"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shields Up: Cisco Live Protect Closes Vulnerability Gap with Compensating Controls **[Cisco](https://daily.dev/sources/cisco)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco has announced Live Protect, a runtime security capability embedded in NX-OS that uses eBPF to apply compensating controls to network infrastructure without reboots or disruptions. The feature addresses a growing crisis: AI models can now find and exploit vulnerabilities in complex infrastructure code bases at machine speed, compressing the time between disclosure and active exploitation. Live Protect is not a patch replacement but a temporary, Cisco-validated shield that blocks specific exploit paths until a permanent patch can be safely deployed. It offers three modes — Monitor, Enforce, and Disable — and is validated by Cisco Talos and red teaming partner Armadin. Currently shipping on Cisco N9000 data center switches, it is planned to expand to campus switches, wireless controllers, routers, and SD-WAN platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Shielding Your Enterprise from Security Threats with Cisco Live Protect](https://daily.dev/posts/shielding-your-enterprise-from-security-threats-with-cisco-live-protect-flhi55wci) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Isovalent \+ Cisco Live Protect: Instant CVE Protection for Network Infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/isovalent-cisco-live-protect-instant-cve-protection-for-network-infrastructure-vcykgvsrd) · Isovalent · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Security at Cisco Live: Going Shields Up for the Agentic Era](https://daily.dev/posts/security-at-cisco-live-going-shields-up-for-the-agentic-era-ga0snq531) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cisco](https://daily.dev/tags/cisco) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shields-up-cisco-live-protect-closes-vulnerability-gap-with-compensating-controls-kh7rscwsf)