At the CIO500 Accelerator X Awards 2025 – Pune edition, Subhash Singh Punjabi, CISO & Head Enterprise Architect, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals, shared his perspective on cybersecurity resilience, AI adoption, and empowering users to fight evolving threats.
💡 Key takeaways from his discussion:
Cybersecurity is not just a mandate from management — it is a self-owned responsibility, with resilience as the guiding mantra.
Regular quarterly board presentations ensure transparency on resilience scores, highlighting preparedness against attacks.
Resilience, not prevention alone, is the focus: cyberattacks are inevitable, but minimising impact and rapid recovery are critical.
Deepfakes, impersonation, phishing, and WhatsApp fraud are rising threats; proactive awareness programs help employees spot and report suspicious activity.
AI in cybersecurity is leveraged through next-gen SOC (Google Chronicle, SOAR automation, UEBA), cutting detection and response times.
User behaviour analytics and AI-driven awareness training are helping reduce phishing failures across 2000+ employees.
A layered, holistic security approach with 3rd-party SOC partnerships strengthens resilience.👉 His key message: Cybersecurity is about resilience, awareness, and responsible use of AI to stay ahead of evolving threats.
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