Share on The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered India into a new era of digitisation. However, there is a price to pay as well. A rise in the adoption of cloud platforms, digital payments, ecommerce, as well as internet users count reaching almost 700 million, has led to an increase in cyber threats for the country. Recent data breaches in JustDial,Unacademy, JusPay, Dr Reddy’s, Lupin, Big Basket and BuyUCoin among others have put a question mark on the data security in India, and there have been calls to implement strict laws for cybersecurity. This in turn, has opened the gates to an uncharted and untouched opportunity - for Indian cybersecurity startups.