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Future wars will rely more on cybersecurity than military strength: Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-18 03:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming critical as technology advances, with future conflicts expected to depend more on cyber strength than traditional military force, said Jay Chaudhry, founder, chairman and chief executive of cloud security company Zscaler.\u201cWhile wars are becoming more and more sophisticated, I do think that cyber capabilities, especially those powered by AI, will play a much bigger role\u2026I believe future wars will be won and lost many times without firing a single shot, because if your banking system is crippled or your power system is crippled, it creates a lot of chaos,\u201d he said at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.According to Chaudhry, while AI offers endless possibilities, it also comes with substantial risks, making it essential to counter AI-driven threats using AI itself.\u201cWhen a cyberattack occurs, it begins with identifying the attack surface. What is your attack surface in the cyber world? It includes every public IP, every firewall, every VPN, and every application portal,\u201d he said on Thursday.Chaudhry added that as applications are increasingly being built with the help of AI agents that generate code, new security flaws are also likely to emerge. In the short term, this agentic coding is expected to lead to a sharp rise in the number of security vulnerabilities.\u201cThe most effective thing you can do in the cyber domain is to embrace zero trust, which means not trusting anyone,\u201d he added.India is now focusing on developing sovereign products and AI models tailored to local needs, with a growing emphasis on domain-specific systems, said Chaudhry. \u201cWhen we look at cybersecurity, we want our models to be highly focused and well trained on cyber telemetry and global cyber laws, because that is the domain we really need to address. By focusing on domain-specific capabilities, we reduce costs and significantly cut down the effort required to train these models and make them successful,\u201d he added.
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