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#FutureOfCyber | “Cyber Coalesce, Mumbai” At #CyberCoalesce2026, Debasish Mishra, Partner & Chief Growth Officer, Deloitte South Asia, delivered a compelling keynote on “#Cybersecurity: The engine of economic growth and national resilience,” highlighting a fundamental shift in how we define cyber’s role today. He opened with a powerful insight: Cybersecurity is no longer just about protecting the economy; it is the economy, forming the backbone of digital transactions, infrastructure and innovation while also moving to the front line of national resilience beyond commercial risk. Trust has become the core currency of the digital economy, one that organisations and nations cannot afford to lose. At the same time, AI is reshaping both risk and opportunity, accelerating innovation while demanding more adaptive and intelligence-led strategies. Yet, the real constraint on growth today is not technology, but talent, making the need for skilled cyber professionals more urgent than ever. The session concluded that cybersecurity must be seen not as a cost centre but as a key growth enabler, driving confidence, resilience and sustainable progress in an increasingly digital world. Explore more in our latest #GlobalFutureofCyberSurvey: https://delo.tt/6042B87pGk Sathish Gopalaiah, Vinay Prabhakar, Gaurav Shukla, Tarun Kaura, @Ashish Sharma, Anand Prakash Tiwari, Munjal Kamdar, Mayuran Palanisamy, Anand Venkatraman, Sowmya Vedarth, Cdr Sanjeev Singh (Retd), Piyush Bajpai, Gaurav Khera, Jignesh Oza, Sachin Girish Kumar, Himanshu Surange, Nilesh Burghate #Cybersecurity #DigitalTrust #AIInnovation #CyberLeadership #CyberResilience #CyberStrategy #CyberForGrowth #CyberCoalesce #DeloitteIndia