From cloud shifts to quantum readiness: Palo Alto Networks Executive Vice President, Anand Oswal decodes the future of cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is no longer confined to locking the doors of a physical server room. As enterprises migrate to multi-cloud environments and adopt hybrid work models, the traditional network perimeter has completely dissolved. This shift has forced organisations to rethink their digital defence strategies, moving away from fragmented point products toward unified platforms.

Concurrently, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the looming shadow of quantum computing present unprecedented challenges. Attackers are leveraging AI to generate novel malware at an immense scale. Meanwhile, sophisticated actors are harvesting encrypted data today with the explicit intent to decrypt it tomorrow using future quantum processors.