As enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI, APIs, microservices, Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures, cybersecurity must evolve alongside them.
In this episode of CXOWIRE, Arun Shankar from Global Enterprise Connect speaks with Vaisakh T R, Founder & CEO of Prophaze, about how CIOs and CISOs need to rethink application security for a rapidly changing digital environment.
The conversation explores the shift from traditional application protection towards what Vaisakh describes as the “AAA” security landscape – Applications, APIs and AI. It also examines why security must be embedded throughout the development lifecycle rather than treated as an afterthought.
Key topics covered:
- The evolution from monolithic applications to microservices and API-driven architectures
- AI, API and application security in the cloud-native era
- Shift Left, DevSecOps and security-by-design
- API discovery and attack-surface visibility
- Alert fatigue and fragmented security environments
- Reducing complexity and avoiding unnecessary vendor lock-in
- Human intelligence working alongside AI in cybersecurity
- Open-source and software supply-chain risks
- Security challenges around Generative AI and Agentic AI
- Building a secure product lifecycle from development to deployment
Vaisakh T R has more than 20 years of experience across software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud computing and enterprise product development. His expertise includes Kubernetes, container security, DevSecOps, threat intelligence, reverse engineering and autonomous cyber defence.
Prophaze is an AI-first cybersecurity company focused on protecting applications, APIs and AI workloads for the cloud-native era through advanced AI-powered Web Application and API Protection capabilities. The company has received industry recognition from organisations including Gartner, KuppingerCole and DSCI.
Watch the full conversation to understand how modern enterprises can strengthen cyber resilience while continuing to innovate at the speed of AI and cloud transformation.
