IndusInd Bank has announced the appointment of Ravi Kumar Pangal as its new Chief Information Officer, reinforcing the lender’s focus on strengthening its technology backbone and advancing its digital transformation agenda. In this role, he will be responsible for shaping the bank’s technology strategy, with a strong emphasis on core banking upgrades, resilient IT operations,…
By Anand Iyer Group Chief Technology Officer, ICRA By 2026, the CTO’s mandate will be judged less by the speed of delivery and more by the quality of endurance: how well the enterprise withstands shocks, preserves trust and proves control over increasingly autonomous digital systems. The backdrop is a risk environment where cyber incidents, regulatory…
In an environment where insurance is being reshaped by digital scale, artificial intelligence and rising cyber threats, risk leadership has become central to institutional credibility. In this exclusive conversation with K V Dipu, Senior President, Bajaj General Insurance, reflects on nearly three decades of leadership across cards, finance and insurance and outlines how his philosophy…
In discussions on digital resilience, cybersecurity is frequently framed as a technical discipline, the domain of firewalls, encryption protocols, endpoint monitoring and incident response playbooks. Yet the closing argument made by Dr. Alby John Varghese IAS, CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency at a recent cybersecurity conference organised by Amanha Idealabs in Chennai, points to a…
When technology ceases to be a mere instrument and begins to think alongside us, the nature of enterprise itself transforms. Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 is not a catalogue of emerging tools it is a statement on power, resilience and the shifting anatomy of decision-making. It signals the rise of a cognitive…
For decades, the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) was defined by defence – building fortresses, configuring firewalls, patching systems and keeping the bad actors out. It was an engineering problem at heart, measured by uptime, breach count and compliance checklists. But in today’s hyper-connected enterprise, the perimeter has dissolved, data moves faster…
India’s healthcare system, long challenged by uneven access, limited capacity and rising costs, is now confronting a more insidious danger: cyberattacks. A recent industry report suggests that hospitals and health institutions in the country are weathering an average of 8,600 attacks each week—more than four times the global average. Healthcare alone accounts for nearly a…
As global attention sharpens on privacy violations and data monetization, telecom operators in India are entering an era of unprecedented regulatory scrutiny. Recent U.S. legal rulings such as the FCC’s $46.9 million fine against Verizon for unauthorized location-tracking data sharing are reshaping what is considered acceptable with customer information. These developments, though occurring abroad, offer…
As the digital landscape continues to evolve, so too do the risks. According to IBM’s just-released Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, the global average cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high of $4.59 million, a 1.6% increase from last year, and a staggering 15.3% jump compared to 2020. The data,…
