Organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies to enhance agility and avoid vendor lock-in. However, this complexity creates challenges in networking, security posture management, and application development. This abstract highlights the potential of service-centric networking to streamline secure connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It also explores AI-powered network security capabilities, including zero-trust architecture, next-generation firewalls, secure web proxies, and data loss prevention. By integrating these solutions, organizations can proactively defend their cloud networks, protect workloads, secure data, and ensure user security, ultimately accelerating distributed application development while maintaining a robust security posture.