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Cisco vs Stellar Cyber

Cisco sells security products that protect users, devices, apps, and data. Stellar Cyber sells a SecOps platform that uses AI for threat detection and response through unified NG-SIEM, NDR, and Open XDR capabilities. CISO Tribune files both under SIEM. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Cisco vs Stellar Cyber: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CiscoCisco sells security products that protect users, devices, apps, and data.cisco.comStellar CyberStellar Cyber sells a SecOps platform that uses AI for threat detection and response through unified NG-SIEM, NDR, and Open XDR capabilities.stellarcyber.ai
What it sells
  • Cisco HypershieldA security architecture for data centers that segments workloads and closes exploit gaps at scale.
  • Cisco Secure AccessA secure access service edge (SASE) product that unifies networking and security policy for a distributed workforce.
  • Cisco Duo[1]An identity security product that gives visibility into an organization's identity ecosystem and enforces access policy.
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)A network access control product that uses data from across Cisco's stack to enforce policy, manage endpoints and grant trusted access.
  • Splunk Enterprise Security[1]A security information and event management product that detects and responds to threats using collected logs and events.
  • Cisco Talos[1]A threat intelligence and research organization that supplies threat data used across Cisco's security products.
  • Stellar Cyber Open XDR PlatformA SecOps platform that unifies SIEM, network detection and response, identity threat detection and response, and behavior analytics with AI-driven detection, investigation and response.
Categories
Headquarters
San Jose, United States[3][13]Not stated on its pages
Founded
1984[4]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Public (NASDAQ: CSCO)[1][2][10][12][13]Privately held[3][4]
Named customers
  • Marriott[5]
  • United States Golf Association[6]
  • Rosen Hotels & Resorts[7]
  • Elon University[8]
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • August 12, 2026Cisco reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 revenue of $17.3 billion for the period ended July 25, 2026.[2]
  • May 13, 2026Cisco reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $15.8 billion for the period ended April 25, 2026.[9]
  • May 4, 2026Cisco announced its intent to acquire Astrix Security, a non-human identity security company, and completed the acquisition on June 29, 2026.[10]
  • April 9, 2026Cisco announced its intent to acquire Galileo Technologies, Inc.[11]
  • November 25, 2025Cisco completed its acquisition of EzDubs, a privately held AI software company based in San Francisco.[13]
  • October 5, 2026Stellar Cyber announced version 7.0 of its security operations platform, adding AI case triage, case metrics and expanded automated response.[16]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 5, 2026[12]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Cisco sells mainly to enterprises that need to secure hybrid environments spanning data center, cloud, campus, and IoT. Cisco addresses organizations with a global workforce that need secure access for humans, things, and agents under one consistent policy model. Cisco addresses enterprises that want to govern an agentic AI workforce. Security teams are addressed with unified intelligence and operations for visibility across users, systems, and AI agents.Stellar Cyber describes its open SecOps platform as built for lean security teams and MSSPs. Stellar Cyber designs its enterprise platform for security teams of any size or skill level. Stellar Cyber Open XDR can be deployed on-premises, from the cloud, or co-managed by an MSSP.
Last verified
October 10, 2026November 9, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Cisco and Stellar Cyber are both filed under SIEM.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Cisco's primary category is Firewalls and NGFW; Stellar Cyber's is SIEM.
  • Cisco is also filed under SASE and SSE and Network access control. Stellar Cyber is also filed under AI SOC analysts and MDR and managed SOC.
  • Cisco lists Cisco Hypershield, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Duo, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Splunk Enterprise Security and 1 more. Stellar Cyber lists Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform.
  • Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
  • Cisco was founded in 1984.
  • Cisco is a public company listed on NASDAQ as CSCO. Stellar Cyber is privately held.
  • Cisco publicly names Marriott, United States Golf Association, Rosen Hotels & Resorts and Elon University.

Questions about Cisco and Stellar Cyber

What do Cisco and Stellar Cyber sell?
Cisco sells Cisco Hypershield, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Duo, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Splunk Enterprise Security and 1 more. Stellar Cyber sells Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform.
Are Cisco and Stellar Cyber in the same category?
They share SIEM. Cisco's primary category is Firewalls and NGFW and Stellar Cyber's is SIEM.
Where are Cisco and Stellar Cyber headquartered?
Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
When were Cisco and Stellar Cyber founded?
Cisco was founded in 1984.
Who owns Cisco and Stellar Cyber?
Cisco is a public company listed on NASDAQ as CSCO. Stellar Cyber is privately held.
Which customers do Cisco and Stellar Cyber name?
Cisco publicly names Marriott, United States Golf Association, Rosen Hotels & Resorts and Elon University.
Who are Cisco and Stellar Cyber sold to?
From its own pages, Cisco sells mainly to enterprises that need to secure hybrid environments spanning data center, cloud, campus, and IoT. Stellar Cyber describes its open SecOps platform as built for lean security teams and MSSPs.
What have Cisco and Stellar Cyber announced recently?
August 12, 2026: Cisco reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 revenue of $17.3 billion for the period ended July 25, 2026. October 5, 2026: Stellar Cyber announced version 7.0 of its security operations platform, adding AI case triage, case metrics and expanded automated response.

About Cisco

Cisco sells security products that protect users, devices, apps, and data. Cisco describes the offering as an open, network-native platform built to handle today's threats and enable the agentic enterprise at scale.

Cisco says its security applies policy, inspection, and enforcement at every connection. Cisco also describes unified data for earlier detection and faster response, powered by AI-driven context.

For cloud protection, Cisco describes securing modern cloud and AI apps at runtime with segmentation that keeps up with change, vulnerability shielding to close the patching gap, and protection for AI workloads. Cisco Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) is used to find malicious flows in encrypted traffic and to decrypt without sacrificing performance. Cisco says it stops zero days using Snort ML and Talos Threat Intelligence. Cisco offers distributed, optimized enforcement with unified management across a hybrid enterprise, and the same enforcement is described for data center, cloud, campus, and IoT environments.

Cisco describes a security architecture designed to defend modern, AI-scale data centers. Cisco says the architecture closes exploit gaps, segments everywhere, and self-qualifies updates and changes.

For workforce protection, Cisco describes secure access for humans, things, and agents with one consistent policy model. Cisco offers a cloud-native security service edge (SSE) that includes digital experience monitoring. Cisco offers a single-vendor SASE that unifies networking and security for a global workforce. Cisco offers identity security for the workforce that helps see across the entire identity ecosystem. Cisco offers multicloud NAC with zero trust, which uses intel from across the stack to enforce policy, manage endpoints, and deliver trusted access.

For threat intelligence and response, Cisco describes detecting, investigating, and responding faster with unified intelligence and operations. Cisco says this gives a team continuous visibility across users, systems, and AI agents in a single platform. Cisco describes unifying the data fabric, analytics, tooling and AI to automate the mundane, clarify the complex, and proactively mitigate risk.

Cisco also addresses agentic AI. Cisco describes safeguarding the agentic workforce against malicious attacks and data leakage. Cisco says it integrates identity, access, and behavioral controls to govern an agentic AI workforce and reduce risk. At RSAC 2026, Jeetu Patel, Cisco's President and Chief Product Officer, challenged the industry to fundamentally reimagine security.

Cisco Services provide expert guidance to plan, design, implement, operate, and optimize an IT environment. Cisco says support for Cisco Security products is available through the Cisco support hub, which provides product-specific resources, documentation, downloads, and expert assistance.

Cisco on the record

Sources

Cisco full record

  1. [1]Security Products and Solutions for Cloud and Workforce Protection - CiscoCisco · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Cisco reports fourth quarter earningsCisco · newsroom.cisco.com · published August 12, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]IndexCisco · cisco.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Cisco systems reaches agreement with state city on major land purchaseCisco · newsroom.cisco.com · published April 17, 1996 · Tier A
  5. [5]MarriottCisco · cisco.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]cisco.comCisco · cisco.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Rosen hotels and resortsCisco · cisco.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Elon universityCisco · cisco.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cisco reports third quarter earningsCisco · newsroom.cisco.com · published May 13, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Cisco announces intent to acquire astrix securityCisco · blogs.cisco.com · published May 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Making AI Trustworthy and Observable in Real-Time: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire GalileoCisco Blogs · published April 9, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Cisco Security Services Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  13. [13]Cisco completes EzDubs acquisition - CiscoCisco · published November 25, 2025 · Tier A

Stellar Cyber full record

  1. [1]ProductStellar Cyber · stellarcyber.ai · published February 25, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Stellar cyber announces agentic ai autonomous soc in 6 4 0 releaseStellar Cyber · stellarcyber.ai · published March 16, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Stellar cyber named one of americas best startup employersStellar Cyber · stellarcyber.ai · published November 21, 2024 · Tier A
  4. [4]ISOC Platform with AI SIEM, NDR, Open XDR & Multi-Layer AIStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Stellar Cyber Automation-driven SecOps PlatformStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Stellar Cyber vs Sumo Logic: Expert SIEM Solution ComparisonStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Stellar Cyber vs Splunk: In-Depth SIEM Solution ComparisonStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) PlatformStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]SC vs Microsoft Sentinel: Comprehensive SIEM SolutionStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]SC vs. CrowdStrike | Compare Leading Cybersecurity PlatformsStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]EDR Software, Endpoint Detection & ResponseStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Stellar Cyber Autonomous SOC PlatformStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Stellar Cyber Multi-Layer AI™ | Advanced AI Platform for SecOpsStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Stellar Cyber AI SIEM | AI-Driven SIEM PlatformStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Stellar Cyber vs AlienVault: In-Depth SIEM Solution ComparisonStellar Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Stellar Cyber 7.0 Makes the Agentic SOC Measurable, Actionable and Operational at ScaleStellar Cyber · published October 5, 2026 · Tier A

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