New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The average organizational cost of a data breach in India has climbed to an all-time high of Rs 220 million in 2025, marking a 13 per cent increase from Rs 195 million recorded in 2024, according to the latest Cost of a Data Breach Report released by IBM.

The report revealed that globally, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is outpacing the development of AI security and governance frameworks.

While AI-related breaches remain a small portion of the cases studied, this is the first time the report has examined security, governance, and access controls for AI, highlighting that AI has already become a high-value target for attackers.

In India, nearly 60 per cent of organizations that experienced a breach ei...