Anand Oswal

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.