New Delhi, April 15 -- Highlighting the growing significance of cyber security in national defence and industry, Lt Gen (Retd) VG Khandare, Principal Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, stressed that safeguarding proprietary designs is paramount and "if you lose your design, you lose everything."

He was speaking at the international seminar Cyber Warfare 2025: Strategies and Challenges organised by Lisianthus.

"If you look at anybody's design in any industry, that is the most valuable thing. If you lose your design, you lose everything," said Lt Gen Khandare while addressing participants from strategic, industrial, and academic sectors.

He emphasised that both the public and private sectors must treat national and strategic information...