COLOMBO, Oct. 6 -- India and Sri Lanka held their first cyber consultations in Colombo, focusing on strengthening cooperation in cybersecurity, digitalization and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).

The Indian delegation, comprising Dr Sanjay Bahl, Director General of CERT-In, and Amit Shukla, Joint Secretary for Cyber Diplomacy at India's Ministry of External Affairs, visited Colombo as part of the broader bilateral partnership on digitalization and emerging technologies.

During the consultations, the delegation met Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne and discussed cybersecurity governance frameworks, emerging challenges posed by AI, and the need for greater exchange of cyber threat assessmen...