# Nikesh Arora

> Nikesh Arora is chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Nikesh Arora is chairman and chief executive of Palo Alto Networks, which he joined in 2018. He was earlier president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group and spent ten years at Google as a senior executive, including as senior vice president and chief business officer.

## What Nikesh builds

- [Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prisma-airs.md), graded B, 62.8/100, in Guardrails & safety filters. Hosted scan API from Palo Alto Networks that checks prompts, model responses and tool calls for prompt injection, sensitive data, toxic content, malicious URLs and code, and off-topic content against a security profile. Also reachable as a remote MCP server. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Lee Klarich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lee-klarich/), Chief Product and Technology Officer
- [Nir Zuk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nir-zuk/), Founder, retired as CTO and board member in August 2025

## Questions

### Who is Nikesh Arora?

Nikesh Arora is chairman and chief executive of Palo Alto Networks, which he joined in 2018. He was earlier president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group and spent ten years at Google as a senior executive, including as senior vice president and chief business officer.

### What does Palo Alto Networks, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API from Palo Alto Networks, Inc.. Hosted scan API from Palo Alto Networks that checks prompts, model responses and tool calls for prompt injection, sensitive data, toxic content, malicious URLs and code, and off-topic content against a security profile. Also reachable as a remote MCP server.

### How are Nikesh's tools graded?

Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API is graded B, 62.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/contact-sales
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/management

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