The Global Race for Digital Trust: Where Does India Stand?

By Neehar Pathare, MD, CEO & CIO, 63SATS Cybertech

The new world order is being written not in ink, but in algorithms. Every nation, organisation, and citizen is now part of an unrelenting race, not for digital transformation, but for digital trust. As lives, economies, and governance move online, trust has become the invisible infrastructure powering every interaction. It is the assurance that systems will perform reliably. Data will remain private, and that technology will act in the service of humanity rather than at its expense. In an era defined by cyberattacks, misinformation as well as algorithmic bias, the credibility of digital systems has become a marker of national strength.

The global contest for digital trust is, therefore, not a battle of technology alone; it is a test of governance, ethics, and resilience. For India, which has already demonstrated digital inclusion at a remarkable scale, the next ...