The Digital Threat Report 2025-26 notes that conventional cybersecurity architectures were designed around centralised systems with clearly defined trust boundaries.

Trust-based cyberattacks are now the primary threat to financial institutions, exploiting digital identities and AI decision-making, report reveals.

For India, report points out that BSFI cyberattacks are running at 1.6 times the global average, incidents have more than doubled between 2021 and 2025.