# Sandy Lerner (slim)

> Sandy Lerner is co-founder of Cisco Systems. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Cisco Systems.

Sandy Lerner co-founded Cisco Systems in 1984 while director of computer facilities at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, adapting Stanford networking software that became the base of Cisco IOS.

## What Sandy builds

- [Cisco AI Defense Inspection API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.md), graded C, 61.3/100, 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. Co-founder, Cisco Systems, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Leonard Bosack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/leonard-bosack/), Co-founder, Cisco Systems

## Questions

### Who is Sandy Lerner?

Sandy Lerner co-founded Cisco Systems in 1984 while director of computer facilities at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, adapting Stanford networking software that became the base of Cisco IOS.

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

Anchor Terminal lists Cisco AI Defense Inspection API from Cisco Systems, Inc..

### How are Sandy's tools graded?

Cisco AI Defense Inspection API is graded C, 61.3 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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