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India’s Data Breach Costs Hit Record ₹220 Million as AI Security Lags

Limited AI access controls leave most companies without the automation needed to rein in escalating breach costs

India’s Data Breach Cost Hits Record Highest at Rs 220 Million in 2025, IBM Warns of Rising AI Security Gaps | Image: Unsplash
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Overview

  • The average cost of a data breach in India rose 13 percent to ₹220 million in 2025, the highest level on record.
  • Only 37 percent of organisations have AI access controls, nearly 60 percent lack governance policies, and just 34 percent of those with policies deploy governance technology.
  • Unmonitored “Shadow AI” added an average of ₹17.9 million to each breach while only 42 percent of companies have measures to detect or manage it.
  • Phishing (18 percent), third-party vendor or supply chain compromise (17 percent), and vulnerability exploitation (13 percent) remained the most common initial breach causes.
  • Breach identification and containment times fell by 15 days to 263 days in 2025, but 73 percent of organisations report limited or no use of AI-driven security automation that could halve costs.