The rush to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) is triggering a cybersecurity spending wave across corporate India, with investments increasing 30% year-on-year as companies move to protect data, digital operations and AI systems, said Data Security Council of India chief executive Vinayak Godse.
“Even sectors like manufacturing, which were not investing enough in cybersecurity earlier, are digitising aggressively and increasing investments,” he told ET, adding that larger cybersecurity investments would increasingly become the norm as enterprises prepare for the unprecedented risks and AI-powered deception that could accompany wider adoption of the technology.
