Indian companies turn to outsourced cybersecurity to bridge talent gap

What began as a stopgap response to the issue of a cybersecurity talent shortage is fast turning into a major and fast-growing market, with Indian companies rapidly opting for outsourced cybersecurity operations, experts told ET.

The pressure is highest on mid-sized firms as most companies lack the budget, talent and resources to build and run full-scale security operations centres.

“About half of the organisations we are seeing are considering outsourcing their security operations centre (SOC) functions,” said Adrian Hia, APAC head at cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky.