Prior to Palo Alto, Arora was President of SoftBank Group and previously a senior executive at Google. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential operators in enterprise technology and cybersecurity. At Palo Alto he has championed a 'platformization' thesis, consolidating point products into integrated suites across SASE, XDR and cloud security.
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Nikesh Arora has served as Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks since June 2018, driving its transformation into a platform-first security leader with three major pillars: network security, cloud security (Prisma) and AI-driven security operations (Cortex).
Nikesh Arora is Chairman and CEO at Palo Alto Networks.
Nikesh Arora focuses on Platform strategy, Cybersecurity consolidation, SASE, XDR, Enterprise GTM.
Nikesh Arora is based in Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Nikesh Arora is listed in the Founders & CEOs category of Cyber Resources, the curated directory of the cybersecurity marketing and growth ecosystem.
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