Cloudflare's CTO Dane Knecht sat down at the company's Connect conference to discuss how security has lagged in the transition to an web. He outlined the changing attacker landscape and explained why enterprises using zero-trust architecture are better positioned than those relying on older castle-and-moat models.
Knecht projected that token spending over the next 18 months will prioritize security over raw engineering capability, and warned that decades of accumulated software legacy create patching challenges. He also discussed Cloudflare's recent releases, including a monetization gateway and the Signals project with OpenAI, as well as a new company restructuring aimed at becoming AI-first.
The conversation touched on Cloudflare's decision to hire 1,000 interns and how curiosity about AI is now a core requirement for success at the company.
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