Sumant Mali

Product Manager

Routing and SD-WAN

With a dynamic background spanning engineering, customer escalation handling, technical marketing, and product management, Sumant specializes in enterprise platform architectures and critical network infrastructure solutions—particularly in routing and SD-WAN. As a passionate networking enthusiast, Sumant is dedicated to evangelizing emerging solutions and continually exploring innovations, including the fascinating realm of quantum computing.

Articles

NETWORKING

Sumant Mali

Safeguard Your WAN from Quantum Computing Threats

5 min read

Quantum computers will break today’s public-key encryption, making WAN traffic especially vulnerable to harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL) attacks. The new Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers enable early quantum-safe protection with post-quantum pre-shared keys (PPKs) and built-in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to secure data in transit and future-proof WAN security.

WE ARE CISCO

Sumant Mali

The Next Opportunity at Cisco is Right in Front of Me

4 min read

Sumant M. is a Engineering Leader at Cisco who shares his career journey, growth, and passion.