Balaji Rao Area Vice President, India & SAARC, Commvault
“AI is rewriting the rules of cybersecurity. Attacks are becoming faster and more sophisticated, but within enterprises AI agents and applications are gaining access to growing volumes of business data. This creates a new security challenge. Organisations can no longer rely on perimeter defences alone; they must control what data people and AI systems can access, how it is being used, and whether that access is appropriate.
For Indian enterprises, data access governance must become a foundational security control. With Commvault Data Access Manager, powered by Satori, organisations can continuously discover and classify sensitive data across cloud, SaaS and other environments, identify exposure risks, and apply consistent access policies to human users and AI systems. Dynamic masking and redaction can protect sensitive information within AI prompts before it reaches a model, while centralised audit trails help teams demonstrate that governance controls are being enforced, rather than simply documented, and support evolving regulatory obligations.
However, access governance and prevention are only part of the equation. No defence can eliminate every risk, so organisations must identify trusted recovery points and restore business-critical data without reintroducing threats. By bringing data access governance, data security and cyber recovery together, Commvault helps organisations address risks across the data lifecycle. As India accelerates its AI adoption, the priority is to enable innovation without losing control of sensitive data, while ensuring businesses can recover with confidence.”
