India, July 5 -- The rapid evolution of digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and data-driven economies has significantly altered the contours of risk, trust, and sovereignty in cyberspace.

India, as one of the fastest-growing digital economies globally, has made notable strides in establishing a foundational cybersecurity framework through statutes, sectoral regulations, and executive advisories issued by agencies such as CERT-In.

However, the emergence of quantum computing represents a paradigmatic shift that challenges the very assumptions underpinning existing cybersecurity architectures.

In this context, India must transition from a classical cybersecurity paradigm, premised on computational hardness, to a forward-looki...