New Delhi, April 17 -- Every few years, a sector comes into focus and goes from nice to becoming a non-negotiable.

Cybersecurity hit that inflection point a while ago, during the pandemic, but the surprising thing is, it's not going back any time soon.

In 2024 alone, we saw headline-grabbing incidents that rattled entire industries, from the CrowdStrike outage that disrupted airlines, hospitals, and businesses globally, causing estimated losses of over US$5 billion, to relentless ransomware campaigns targeting healthcare and government infrastructure.

If anything, those events didn't slow down the investment in the sector, but they accelerated it.

The numbers clearly back that up. Global cybersecurity spending is projected to hit $248...