New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- October 2025's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month arrives amid familiar headlines about AI-driven threats, but the conversation from industry leaders represented here shifts the frame. Rather than treating security as a compliance checkbox or a crisis response function, executives say organisations must treat trust as a foundational infrastructure that enables innovation across sectors from fintech to mobility to semiconductor testing.

This National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CiOL spotlights the voices leading this transformation-CISOs, researchers, and technology visionaries who are redefining what modern security means. Their experiences show that the future of cybersecurity isn't just about stronger firew...