New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- India's financial sector needs to shift from periodic cybersecurity compliance to continuous, risk-driven cyber resilience as threats become increasingly interconnected and sophisticated, SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Monday.

Speaking at SEBI's Symposium on Cyber Defence, being held from August 17-21, 2026, in Mumbai, Pandey stressed that the key question for financial institutions is no longer whether a cyberattack will occur, but how quickly they can detect, contain, recover from and learn from an incident.

The symposium brings together domestic participants and international delegates from 15 IOSCO jurisdictions, along with financial regulators, regulated entities, technology institutions and academia...