Mumbai – September 11, 2025: Veeam® Software, the #1 global leader by market share in data resilience, continued the India leg of its flagship VeeamON 2025 in Mumbai, bringing together industry leaders, government representatives, and innovators to advance the conversation on securing India’s digital future. At the event, Veeam spotlighted its India-specific whitepaper “Strategies to Counter the Ransomware Threat in India” and the Veeam Data Resilience Maturity Model (DRMM), a first-of-its-kind framework, designed to help Indian organizations objectively measure and strengthen their data resilience.
Discussions led by Veeam leaders Sandeep Bhambure (Vice President & Managing Director, India & SAARC), David Allott (Field CISO, APJ), and Ben Young (Field CTO, APJ) focused on the convergence of data resilience, AI-driven security, and regulatory readiness, aligning with India’s priorities under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the upcoming Digital India Act. They also emphasized the importance of fostering cross-sector partnerships and building a strong talent pipeline to combat the rising ransomware wave, while highlighting how data resilience is key to unlocking the full potential of AI for Indian enterprises.
Key findings from Veeam’s new study on the ransomware threat in India include:
Bharat CyberSuraksha – Saksham Bharat MoI: National Momentum
At the event, Veeam highlighted that as part of its Bharat CyberSuraksha – Saksham Bharat initiative, it has made a three-year commitment to:
Alongside this initiative, Veeam is driving what it calls the “6 Ps” of a cyber-resilient India: focusing on Partnerships, People, Platforms, Policy, Progress, and Purpose. Veeam has committed to building strong partnerships across industry, academia, and government; empowering people through skills and certifications; delivering secure, AI-powered platforms; aligning with policy frameworks like DPDP; ensuring measurable progress through DRMM benchmarks; and anchoring all efforts in a shared purpose of safeguarding data as a critical business asset.
Speaking at the event, Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President & Managing Director, India & SAARC, Veeam, said: “India’s digital future depends on radical resilience. With the Veeam DRMM, we are providing business leaders with a practical, vendor-agnostic framework to elevate their resilience posture, while the Bharat CyberSuraksha, Saksham Bharat initiative will ensure that the people, skills, and partnerships needed to secure this future are in place. Data resilience is not only the foundation of business continuity, but also of AI innovation, compliance, and long-term competitive advantage.”
VeeamON: Building Data Resilience Nationwide
VeeamON stands as the definitive global forum for data resilience, innovation, and collaboration. The event took place successfully across Bengaluru and New Delhi and closes its India chapter with this final leg in Mumbai, advancing the vision of a Future Ready, Cyber Surakshit, and Viksit Bharat.
Download the full whitepaper “Strategies to Counter the Ransomware Threat in India” here: https://www.veeam.com/resources/wp-strategies-counter-ransomware-threats-india.html.
Register for the events here: https://www.veeam.com/resources/events.html.
About Veeam Software
Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes every business should be able to bounce forward after a disruption with the confidence and control of all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam calls this radical resilience, and we’re obsessed with creating innovative ways to help our customers achieve it.
Veeam solutions are purpose-built for powering data resilience by providing data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. With Veeam, IT and security leaders rest easy knowing that their apps and data are protected and always available across their cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments.
Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, including 67% of the Global 2000, that trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Radical resilience starts with Veeam. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.
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