Financial Sector & Critical Infrastructure Regulatory Pressure

Regulatory tightening in financial and critical infrastructure sectors. RBI's new cybersecurity framework for Indian banks effective 2026 mandates board-level IT strategy committee with 50% domain expertise, independent CISO, and 6-hour incident reporting via DAKSH. UK FCA designates major cloud providers as critical third parties. Sen. Wyden calls for federal ban on legacy VPNs linked to 85% of ransomware. Illinois AI Safety Act requires third-party audits for frontier AI. Hungary farm subsidy attack underscores state-linked ransomware targeting critical infrastructure. These developments signal increasing regulatory scrutiny and compliance requirements.