Siddhant Dash

Senior Product Manager - AI Defense
AI Software & Platform
Siddhant Dash is a Senior Product Manager in Cisco’s AI Defense organization, where he leads AI Supply Chain Security across models, MCP servers, agents, and developer tooling. His current charter focuses on securing the end-to-end AI application lifecycle, including Model provenance and safety, MCP Server Security, Agent security, and continuous scanning and governance of AI supply chain components.
He has developed and shipped multiple developer-first experiences, including AI Canvas workflows, platform services, SDKs, CLIs, and pipeline integrations that enable secure-by-design AI development and operations at enterprise scale.
Siddhant brings deep experience across Armorblox (acquired by Cisco), VMware, and the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he contributed to email, cloud, network, and IoT security products, as well as advanced security algorithms. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIIT Naya Raipur, India.
Outside of work, he enjoys road trips to national parks and reading non-fiction.