Most legacy networks were built for a world that no longer exists. As distributed work became permanent and a massive wave of networking hardware reaches End-of-Life, security leaders face a critical crossroads: Do you simply replace aging infrastructure, or do you architect the network your business actually needs?

A like-for-like refresh is a missed opportunity that leaves your organization tethered to architectures designed for the pre-2020 era. Today, the network is no longer just infrastructure — it is your first line of defense against AI-driven adversaries and your primary enabler of distributed operations. Yet most organizations are defending this expanded perimeter with fragmented VPN solutions that constrain visibility, slow response, and create friction between security and network teams.

Among the discussion topics:

• Breaking the Cycle of Technical Debt: Why the impending EOL wave is the perfect catalyst to move from fragmented legacy VPNs to unified SASE architecture.
• The CIO & CISO Alliance: How to align on shared KPIs that balance high-velocity connectivity with zero-trust security to eliminate internal friction.
• Architecting for the AI/Quantum Era: Strategies for building a network that can handle the compute demands of GenAI while defending against AI-orchestrated threats and preparing for post-quantum cryptography requirements.
• Platform Consolidation vs. Point Products: A pragmatic look at reducing complexity and tool sprawl to achieve true operational resilience and restore unified visibility.

How do you lead your organization through the next decade of infrastructure evolution? This session will help you build the right strategy and roadmap to decommission technical debt while enabling a future-proofed network.