AI, Autonomous Agents & Quantum: Emerging Cybersecurity Threats

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Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on AI-driven attacks, risks from autonomous agents, encryption threats from quantum computing, and industry responsibility for safe AI deployment.

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Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, lays out three fast-moving cyber risks: AI makes attacks cheaper and more convincing, autonomous AI agents can act inside company systems without clear provenance, and quantum computing could break today’s encryption while nation states quietly harvest encrypted traffic now to decrypt later. The conversation is notable because it moves past abstract warnings to operational questions, who built an agent, what accesses it has, and whether a company can certify AI products as safe before release, practical checks that CISOs will need to implement.