Akshat Tyagi
Associate Practice Leader, HFS Research

With over 7 years of experience in research and advisory domains, Akshat Tyagi currently serves as Associate Practice Leader at HFS where he helps organizations navigate complex cybersecurity challenges while driving initiatives around emerging technologies such as AI, Blockchain, IoT, Metaverse, and Quantum Computing.

His work focuses on crafting strategic solutions and writing research papers that not only mitigate current cyber threats but also prepare organizations for future disruptions in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

  • Cyber conflict is no longer a niche concern for defense departments, it’s a pervasive, persistent threat reshaping the security posture...Read More

  • Google makes its biggest enterprise move, but can it make up lost ground?

    March 19, 2025 | ,

    Google has struggled for years to sink real teeth into the enterprise, but it may have just found its path to take on Microsoft and AWS as an AI cyber giant and gain real relevance as an enterprise cloud AI platform.  This massive acquisition of Wiz also firmly positions Google directly against cyber vendors, namely Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.If it plays this well, Google could end up closing this gap to both AWS and Microsoft in the enterprise AI platform market as cloud, cyber, and AI become completely intertwined.  However, with AWS dominating a third of the global cloud market and Google barely having more than 10%, Google will have to tread carefully to avoid alienating the vast portfolio of Wiz customers.  It has to prove to its new Wiz cyber clients it can be cloud-agnostic to optimize this massive investment.Read More