Anand Oswal

Palo Alto Networks, Executive Vice President, Network Security

Speaker Bio

Anand Oswal is the Executive Vice President of Network Security at Palo Alto Networks,
where he leads the company's network and AI security businesses. He directs a global
organization of product managers, engineers, researchers dedicated to protecting users,
applications, AI agents, and infrastructure from advanced cyberthreats.



An accomplished innovator with over 100 U.S. patents, Anand is spearheading the AI
transformation within Network Security. His teams are responsible for developing
industry-leading solutions, including the Prisma AIRS AI security platform; Strata, an
AI-powered platform; Cloud Delivered Security Services (CDSS); Secure Access Service
Edge (SASE); Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW); Zero Trust solutions; and solutions to
manage the ‘Cryptographic Reset’. He is dedicated to building strong, diverse teams that
create innovative security products for the world’s largest enterprises.



Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Anand was Senior Vice President of Engineering for
Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking Group. There, he led the development of its enterprise
networking portfolio, spanning routing, switching, IoT, and wireless solutions. He joined
Cisco through the acquisition of Starent Networks and previously held leadership positions
at Siara Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Ericsson.



Anand holds a master’s degree in computer networking from the University of Southern
California and a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from the College of Engineering,
Pune, India.

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