Cybersecurity hasn't kept pace with tech adoption: ESET's Parvinder Walia

Indian MSMEs often believe they are too small to be targeted and skip cybersecurity measures, making them the first victims of such digital attacks

Cybersecurity measures and policies in India have not kept pace with the rapid rise in adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, cloud and digital payments, leading to higher attacks on the country’s digital systems, Parvinder Walia, president (Asia Pacific and Japan) at cybersecurity firm ESET, pointed out.

 

“Many of these companies (in India) are so small that they do not have an in-house cybersecurity team, and rightly so, because maybe they want to invest more in their core expertise rather than investing a lot in cybersecurity. Their infrastructure is quite outdated,” he said. 

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