Summary: While India offers 21-year tax holidays to become a global cloud hub, cybersecurity leaders (including Palo Alto Networks) warn that infrastructure is being built faster than it can be defended. Nearly 29% of global cyber incidents now involve cloud systems, with state-backed actors actively scanning India’s “high-value honeypots” for exposed data.
Business Impact: For businesses in Bahrain and the GCC leveraging Indian cloud providers, the risk of “Sovereign Data Exposure” is rising. The speed of growth has led to a 40% breach rate in unmonitored development environments and “shadow data” copies.
Why It Happened: Tax incentives have prioritized “Data Center Capacity” over “Security Maturity.” 99% of organizations are using AI-assisted coding to build these environments, but only 18% can fix vulnerabilities at that same speed.
Recommended Executive Action: For cloud-hosted workloads in the region, implement “Zero-Trust Segmentation” immediately. Mandate that vendors provide a “Security Attestation” that includes an audit of their “Shadow Data” management and AI-assisted pipeline security.
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