India leads in digital identity infrastructure, but weak access controls, shadow AI tools, and poor governance are leaving enterprises dangerously exposed to cyber breaches.
India built the world’s largest biometric identity system. More than a billion people enrolled in Aadhaar, creating a universal identification layer that enabled digital access, financial inclusion, and welfare delivery at a scale unmatched anywhere else. It remains one of the greatest achievements in modern public digital infrastructure.
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