New Delhi, June 18 -- Big Tech firm Google on Tuesday announced an additional $5 million in funding to global nonprofit The Asia Foundation, as part of its 'Safety Charter' for establishing better cybersecurity practices among India's 75 million-plus small and medium businesses (SMBs).

The move is a part of Google's efforts to take global cues and reduce cyber threats encountered by businesses that are largely online-facing, for which India is one of the world's largest markets, said Heather Adkins, vice-president of security engineering and founding member of Google's security team, in an interview with Mint.

"With the sheer volume of the Indian market, there is a massive amount of cyber threats that small businesses with limited resou...