Principal Software Architect at Microsoft, leading the architecture of Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access — Microsoft's Security Service Edge (SSE) platform protecting thousands of enterprise organizations and securing AI-agent traffic for 230,000+ organizations on Microsoft Copilot Studio. IEEE Senior Member. Inventor on 17 patents worldwide (565+ citations by Cisco, IBM, Intel, Capital One, Cloudflare, and others). Journal peer reviewer for IEEE Security & Privacy, IEEE TNSM, and IEEE IT Professional. International judge for the Stevie Awards, Globee Awards (Cybersecurity, AI, Excellence, Technology), CODiE Awards, and Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Advisory Board Member, Dev Network Security Board.
For nearly two decades, Punit has architected network security and cybersecur...