"AI-Cyber Convergence Poses Escalating Threats to Global Security Architecture"
Agentic AI
AI that autonomously pursues multi-step goals without continuous human direction, distinct from Generative AI.
Zero-Day Vulnerability
A previously unknown software flaw exploitable before any patch exists.
The global security landscape has historically been shaped by physical and kinetic threats — territorial aggression, conventional warfare, and nuclear deterrence. The emergence of cyberspace as a fifth domain of conflict, alongside land, sea, air, and space, fundamentally altered this calculus. Early cyber threats were relatively contained: isolated malware, opportunistic data theft, and limited state-sponsored intrusions. However, the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with cyber capabilities has created a qualitatively different threat environment — one where attacks can be autonomous, adaptive, and exponentially more destructive than anything legacy security architectures were designed to handle.
International frameworks have attempted to keep pace. The Bletchley Declaration (2023) established the principle that frontier AI developers bear primary responsibility for evaluating dangerous capabilities before deployment. The Seoul AI Safety Summit (2024) reinforced this, and the AI Action Summit (Paris, 2025) — co-chaired by India — built further institutional scaffolding. Most recently, the AI Impact Summit (New Delhi, 2026) produced the New Delhi Declaration structured around seven pillars, including 'Secure and Trusted AI', signalling that AI safety is now a mainstream diplomatic priority. In India, the IndiaAI Mission and the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence have emphasised responsible AI development, though binding domestic regulation of frontier model testing remains nascent.
The Information Technology Act, 2000 and its amendments, along with the National Cyber Security Policy (2013) and the Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-In), constitute India's primary institutional response to cyber threats. However, these frameworks predate the era of agentic AI and large language models, creating a significant regulatory lag.
The convergence of AI and cyber threats operates through several distinct but reinforcing mechanisms. First, AI-powered malware can adapt in real time to its environment — learning from defensive responses, mutating its signature, and evading traditional antivirus detection. Unlike static malware, which can be identified and patched against, adaptive AI-driven malware presents a moving target that overwhelms signature-based defences.
Second, Agentic AI — as distinct from Generative AI — represents a qualitative leap in threat potential. While Generative AI produces content (text, images, code) in response to prompts, Agentic AI pursues multi-step goals autonomously, making decisions, executing actions, and adapting strategies without continuous human direction. This autonomy means that an agentic system deployed maliciously can conduct reconnaissance, identify zero-day vulnerabilities (previously unknown software flaws for which no patch exists), exploit them, and move laterally across networked systems — all without human intervention at each step. …
In India, the term 'Public Key Infrastructure' is used in the context of
In India, it is legally mandatory for which of the following to report on cyber security incidents?
1.Service providers
2.Data centres
3.Body corporate
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Consider the following statements with respect to the AI Impact Summit, 2026 held in New Delhi:
1.The Summit's intellectual framework was based on three foundational Sutras: People, Planning, and Progress.
2.The Preamble of the Summit stresses Democratising AI Resources, which acknowledges the Charter for Democratic Diffusion of AI as a binding framework to support locally relevant innovation and strengthen resilient AI ecosystems while respecting national laws.
3.The New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact was structured around seven Chakras (Pillars), which included Access for Social Empowerment, AI for Science, and Secure and Trusted AI.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the AI Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025:
I.Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit held in 2023 and the Seoul Summit held in 2024.
II.Along with other countries, US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The terms 'WannaCry, Petya and EternalBlue' sometimes mentioned in the news recently are related to
With reference to 'Agentic AI', consider the following statements:
1.Agentic AI pursues multi-step goals autonomously without requiring continuous human direction at each step.
2.Agentic AI is functionally identical to Generative AI, differing only in the scale of its language model.
3.Agentic AI systems can potentially detect zero-day vulnerabilities and exploit them without human intervention.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following correctly describes a 'Zero-Day Vulnerability' in the context of cybersecurity?
Consider the following pairs regarding international AI governance summits and their key outcomes:
1.Bletchley Declaration (2023) — First formalised frontier AI developer responsibility for pre-deployment safety evaluation
2.Seoul AI Safety Summit (2024) — Produced the New Delhi Declaration structured around seven pillars
3.AI Action Summit, Paris (2025) — Co-chaired by India; US and UK signed the inclusive and sustainable AI declaration
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Assertion (A): The 'Zero Trust' security model assumes that no user or system inside or outside a network perimeter is inherently trustworthy.
Reason (R): Agentic AI systems, by autonomously mimicking legitimate user behaviour and exploiting insider threat vectors, can potentially undermine Zero Trust protocols.
Which of the following is correct?
With reference to India's cybersecurity institutional framework, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1.CERT-In functions as India's nodal agency for cybersecurity incident response under the IT Act, 2000.
2.The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) operates under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
3.Under existing legal provisions, body corporates are mandated to report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-In.
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