Hyderabad, Sept. 12 -- With AI adoption accelerating, Indian enterprises urgently need to strengthen their Insider Risk Management (IRM) programs, said a new white paper jointly released by Protiviti and Microsoft.

BFSI, Healthcare & Life Sciences and IT/ITeS emerge as key at-risk sectors according to the paper, given their heavy reliance on customer data, intellectual property, and third-party vendors. The paper, "Safeguarding From Within: Insider Risk Management in India", finds that, insider risk management in India remains at a major concern for organizations, with fewer organizations having established enterprise-wide frameworks.

These findings are based on an in-depth joint study conducted by Protiviti and Microsoft Engineering team...