New Delhi, July 18 -- Cybersecurity is an existential imperative. No lock is secure, as there is always the magical key hackers invent to break the toughest of digital perimeters. This reminds one of an old saying in the industry, a phrase widely used by security leaders: "There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't yet know they have been hacked." This was often quoted, prominent personalities being former FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Cisco CEO John Chambers. This phrase underscores the inevitability of cyber breaches in the digital age.

With this backdrop, we need to lean on the most oft-used term now: real time. We live in an age where we need to take 'on-the-moment' decisions and act o...