April 2026 A new report from Check Point Software has landed with a stark finding: India is now the Asia-Pacific epicentre of ransomware activity, with the manufacturing sector absorbing the heaviest blow. According to the Manufacturing Threat Landscape 2025 report, 65% of affected Indian organisations paid ransom demands last year, with average payouts reaching $1.35 … Read more
February 2026 The Government of India’s launch of the National Cybersecurity Strategy 2026 signals something important: the state now views cyber resilience as a matter of national economic security, not merely an IT policy concern. For businesses operating in India, this shift has practical implications — both in terms of what is expected of private … Read more
2025 / 2026 Data The average cost of a data breach in India exceeded ₹17.9 crore in 2024, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report — and that figure is not a worst-case outlier. It is an average across incidents of varying severity, affecting organisations of varying size. For mid-sized businesses, the proportional … Read more
2026 The data from Check Point’s 2026 threat research is striking and largely unreported in mainstream business media: the education sector is the most heavily attacked industry in India, absorbing approximately 7,684 cyberattacks per organisation per week. Government entities face 4,912, and business services 3,747. Education — schools, universities, coaching institutes, and EdTech platforms — … Read more