INDIA Trends and Developments Contributed by: Amit Jaju and Amol Pitale, Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
Organisations are now implementing preventive con - trols such as behavioural analytics for anomalous data access, context-aware authentication for sensitive systems, data loss prevention (DLP) with ML-pow - ered content classification, and continuous privileged access monitoring. However, the most effective con - trol remains organisational: restricting sensitive data access to core teams and minimising outsourced access to non-sensitive functions. The path forward – from compliance to resilience As 2026 progresses, the mandate for Indian organisa - tions is clear: build resilience grounded in the assump - tion that breach is inevitable. The convergence of strict regulatory penalties under the DPDP Act, the emergence of AI-driven deepfake attacks and geo - political cyber threats means that passive defence is no longer viable. Organisations that survive and thrive will be those that: • invest in forensic visibility, deploying logging and monitoring that captures evidence of attack pro - gression and insider behaviour; • treat data privacy not as a compliance checkbox but as a trust asset that directly impacts customer confidence and enterprise valuation; • implement continuous third-party risk manage - ment, moving beyond annual questionnaires to real-time security monitoring of vendors; • adopt an “assume compromise” operational posture, focusing resources on rapid detection and containment rather than relying on perimeter defence; • integrate AI into forensic and fraud-detection workflows, while maintaining human oversight of investigative conclusions; and • align cybersecurity strategy with DPDP obligations and CERT-In directives, recognising that regulatory compliance and threat resilience are increasingly convergent objectives
India’s transition to an accountability-driven cyber - security paradigm reflects maturity. The nation has moved beyond awareness campaigns toward enforce - ment mechanisms with real financial consequences. The challenge now is translating this regulatory frame - work into operational reality across millions of organi - sations spanning every sector of the economy.
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