India, April 13 -- India's digital economy is expanding at a scale few countries have experienced. Nearly 900 million people are online, enterprises from startups to century old conglomerates run critical operations on cloud platforms and distributed workforces, and a UPI ecosystem that has become the world's largest real-time payments system by volume. This rapid growth has also made India a prime target - in 2024, the country ranked as the second most targeted nation globally for cyberattacks, with BFSI, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors hardest hit.

In sectors where trust is everything, such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and e-commerce, breaches do more than disrupt operations. They erode confidence with customers a...