Sri Lanka, Oct. 6 -- India and Sri Lanka have held their inaugural bilateral cyber consultations in Colombo to strengthen cooperation on digitalisation and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.

An Indian delegation comprising Director General of CERT-India Dr Sanjay Bahl and Joint Secretary for Cyber Diplomacy at the Ministry of External Affairs Amit Shukla called on Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne.

Talks centred on cybersecurity governance frameworks, AI-related challenges, threat assessments, and best practices in capacity building and incident response.

The delegation also met Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Anil Jayantha Fernando to explore cybersecurity col...