DJ Sampath

DJ Sampath is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco AI Software and Platform, leading Cisco's AI software and platform strategy. He joined Cisco in 2023 through its acquisition of Armorblox, the AI cybersecurity company he founded and led as CEO, and his work spans enterprise AI, AI security, and agentic AI governance including Cisco AI Defense and DefenseClaw.

Cisco Says Codex Cut AI Defense Delivery From Quarters to Weeks

Cisco’s DJ Sampath says Codex became central to building AI Defense, Cisco’s security product for monitoring and validating AI systems, rather than serving as a peripheral coding aid. According to Sampath, Codex wrote the majority of AI Defense, is writing every new feature for it, and helped move delivery timelines for some features from several quarters to weeks.

OpenAIMay 22, 20264 min read