New research from Rubrik Zero Labs has traced that Indian organisations are facing a wave of cyberattacks. In the past one year, 80 percent of Indian organisations that experienced a ransomware attack paid a ransom to recover their data or to stop the ransomware attack. Significantly, 52 per cent of Indian organisations paid a ransom due to data extortion threats while 44 per cent of Indian organisations reported that cyber attackers successfully affected their backup and recovery options.
Accepting that cyberattacks are a constant threat, the RZL research, “The State of Data Security in 2025: A Distributed Crisis,” also notes that 65per cent of organisations in India store their sensitive data across 2-3 multiple environments (on-premises, Cloud, or SaaS) while 38per cent respondents say that one of the biggest challenges they face in securing their data is securing sensitive data across multiple environments. As many as 44 per cent of Indian organisations reported that cyber attackers successfully affected their backup and recovery options. The consequences of these attacks were that 29 per cent of respondents reported financial losses, 31 per cent noted reputational damage and loss of customer confidence, and 36 per cent experienced a forced leadership change following a cyber incident.
“The State of Data Security in 2025: A Distributed Crisis” is based on insights from over 1,600 IT and security leaders across 10 countries (half of whom were CIOs or CISOs) from the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Australia, Singapore and India. From India 125 IT respondents participated in the survey conducted by Wakefield Research.
RZL research — “The State of Data Security in 2025: A Distributed Crisis,” – states that globally, 90per cent of the IT and security leaders reported cyberattacks in the past year. It also reveals the hazards that hybrid environments are creating, leading to a cloud security crisis that organisations are unprepared to address. “Many organisations that move to the cloud assume their providers will handle security,” said Joe Hladik, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs.