The impact of AI driven cyber threats – and how Indian organisations are adapting

By Larabella Myers – Engagement Manager, Cyber Solutions, Asia Pacific, Aon and Apurva Gopinath, Cyber Leader and Vice President, Financial Services & Professional Group, India, Aon

Artificial intelligence is transforming the cyber risk landscape at unprecedented speed. For Indian organisations, AI represents a powerful duality: it accelerates productivity, customer engagement, and operational efficiency, while simultaneously enabling faster, more scalable, and more convincing cyberattacks. As India advances toward its USD 5 trillion economic ambition and solidifies its position as a global digital leader, understanding and managing AI enabled cyber risk has become a critical boardlevel priority.

How AI Is Transforming the Threat Landscape
AI has dramatically lowered the skill required to execute cyberattacks and amplified what sophisticated threat actors can achieve. The result is a threat environment that is broader, faster, and more difficult to defend.

Artificial intelligence is significantly widening the attack surface and multiplying the number of credible adversaries.

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