As GCCs evolve into strategic technology and innovation hubs, cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly important part of how they design, deploy and scale new capabilities. With teams working across applications, cloud, data and AI, security needs to be considered early in the innovation process and evolve alongside the technology. This also means closer collaboration across technology, security, and business functions to identify risks early and build stronger foundations for innovation. As their mandates broaden and they take on more critical global responsibilities, the ability to develop secure, resilient, and scalable capabilities will become increasingly important. Cybersecurity is therefore moving beyond a traditional risk function and becoming an integral part of the GCC’s evolution from an execution centre to a strategic capability hub, helping organisations innovate with greater confidence as technology and business needs continue to change.

• By Srinivas Nandigam, Managing Director, GCC, Advance Auto Parts India