The digital boom's cybersecurity pitfalls: Negligence may spoil the party

The large-scale adoption of cloud and the work-from-anywhere model have led Indian businesses to step up investment in data protection

Sourabh Lele
Last Updated at February 19, 2023 18:23 IST

Data Protection, cybersecurity, digitisation, security

India was hit by 1.39 million cybersecurity incidents in 2022. Over 4.5 million cases were tracked in the last five years

Even as Indian organisations -- from start-ups to large corporations -- are cashing in on digitisation, cloud adoption and work-from-anywhere culture, experts warn that negligence of cybersecurity and risk management may spoil the party.

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