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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta August 7, 2025 No Comments

AI: A Catalyst for Human Advancement – Let’s Focus on the Possibilities

This morning, while going through some group messages, I came across a series of posts expressing deep concern over AI—highlighting only the negative implications of its rise. While I respect every perspective, the one-sided portrayal compelled me to share a...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta July 29, 2025 No Comments

From Siloed to Strategic: Why Boards Must Rethink AI, GRC, and Cybersecurity Leadership — Now

“The customer sees only one brand. So should we.” Recently, I was invited to advise on a critical transformation for a financial enterprise with operations across Asia and the Middle East. The objective seemed straightforward: accelerate innovation while meeting growing...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta July 14, 2025 No Comments

vCISO Services from India: Practical, Scalable Cybersecurity Leadership for Modern Enterprises

vCISO Services from India: Practical, Scalable Cybersecurity Leadership for Modern Enterprises In today’s interconnected and AI-driven digital environment, cybersecurity threats are growing not only in volume but in sophistication. Organizations—ranging from fast-moving startups to expanding mid-sized firms and complex global...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta July 7, 2025 No Comments

Banking Cyber Resilience in Emerging Markets: More Than Just Firewalls

Banking Cyber Resilience in Emerging Markets: More Than Just Firewalls By Lalit Gupta “The Cyber Doctor” In 2018, I was called in by a regional bank in South Asia that had just faced a coordinated phishing attack. Their response? Pull...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 28, 2025 No Comments

Case Study Babylon Health — When AI Promises Outpace Accountability

In the modern push to automate and scale healthcare through artificial intelligence, few companies generated as much attention — and controversy — as Babylon Health. Once valued at over $4 billion and backed by major investors including the Saudi Public...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 27, 2025 No Comments

Builder.ai : A $1B Meltdown That ISO/IEC 42001 Might Have Prevented

Introduction Builder.ai’s meteoric rise and rapid collapse provide a timely and sobering lesson for the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Once celebrated as a unicorn with a valuation exceeding $1 billion and backed by heavyweights like Microsoft and Qatar’s sovereign wealth...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 26, 2025 No Comments

Why Every AI Startup Needs a Strategic CISO Before Series B

In today’s AI gold rush, innovation moves at breakneck speed. Startups are racing to deploy breakthrough models, close funding rounds, and win market share. But in this pursuit of hypergrowth, one critical foundation is often overlooked — trust. While founders...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 25, 2025 No Comments

Why AI Management Systems (ISO/IEC 42001) Are the Future

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from being a niche innovation to becoming the operating system of the modern digital enterprise. But as AI scales, so do its risks—bias, opacity, regulatory uncertainty, and ethical blind spots. For years, we’ve treated AI...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 13, 2025 No Comments

The Cyber Doctor prescription day 6 of 7-Prescriptions for a Safer Digital Future

The Cyber Doctor’s 7-Day Series Prescriptions for a Safer Digital Future Welcome to Day 6 of 7 in my cybersecurity story series. Each piece in this journey has been personal, but this one is especially close to my heart. Today,...

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By Cyber Doctor Lalit Gupta May 12, 2025 No Comments

The Cyber Doctor prescription day 5 of 7-Prescriptions for a Safer Digital Future

The Cyber Doctor’s 7-Day Series Prescriptions for a Safer Digital Future Welcome to Day 5 of 7 in this journey through my career in cybersecurity. Today’s story is more personal. It’s about risk—not the kind we map on dashboards, but...