# Chuck Robbins

> Chuck Robbins is chair and Chief Executive Officer at Cisco. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco.

Chuck Robbins is chair and chief executive of Cisco. He was named chief executive in July 2015 and elected chair of the board in December 2017. Outside Cisco he chairs the Business Roundtable and sits on the board of BlackRock.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-robbins
- X: https://x.com/ChuckRobbins

## What Chuck builds

- [Cisco AI Defense Inspection API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.md), graded C, 61.4/100, in Guardrails & safety filters. Hosted inspection API from Cisco that checks chat messages, HTTP requests and responses, and MCP messages for prompt injection, personal data, harmful content and policy violations, and returns an allow or block verdict for the calling application to enforce. Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Jeetu Patel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeetu-patel/), President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco
- [Leonard Bosack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/leonard-bosack/), Co-founder, Cisco Systems
- [Sandy Lerner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sandy-lerner/), Co-founder, Cisco Systems

## Questions

### Who is Chuck Robbins?

Chuck Robbins is chair and chief executive of Cisco. He was named chief executive in July 2015 and elected chair of the board in December 2017. Outside Cisco he chairs the Business Roundtable and sits on the board of BlackRock.

### What does Cisco Systems, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Cisco AI Defense Inspection API from Cisco Systems, Inc.. Hosted inspection API from Cisco that checks chat messages, HTTP requests and responses, and MCP messages for prompt injection, personal data, harmful content and policy violations, and returns an allow or block verdict for the calling application to enforce.

### How are Chuck's tools graded?

Cisco AI Defense Inspection API is graded C, 61.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisco-ai-defense/ai-defense-python-sdk/main/README.md
- https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ai-defense-inspection/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco
- https://blogs.cisco.com/news/fortifying-the-future-of-security-for-ai-cisco-announces-intent-to-acquire-robust-intelligence

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