# Jeetu Patel

> Jeetu Patel is president and Chief Product 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

President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco.

Jeetu Patel is Cisco's president and chief product officer, leading product strategy across networking, computing, security, Splunk and silicon. He joined Cisco in 2020 to lead its collaboration and security business and became chief product officer in 2024. He earlier held senior roles at Box, EMC and Doculabs.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeetupatel
- X: https://x.com/jpatel41

## What Jeetu 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. President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Chuck Robbins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chuck-robbins/), Chair and Chief Executive 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 Jeetu Patel?

Jeetu Patel is Cisco's president and chief product officer, leading product strategy across networking, computing, security, Splunk and silicon. He joined Cisco in 2020 to lead its collaboration and security business and became chief product officer in 2024. He earlier held senior roles at Box, EMC and Doculabs.

### 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 Jeetu'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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