India-China engagement must not compromise strategic vigilance: Cybersecurity Expert KS Manoj

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (UNI) India can deepen dialogue, trade and cooperation with China, but must maintain stringent safeguards for critical infrastructure and strategically sensitive technologies, particularly as cyberspace has emerged as a new domain of strategic competition, cybersecurity expert K S Manoj said. Manoj, an engineering physicist and industrial cybersecurity specialist, said India's experience from the 1962 war and the Doklam and Galwan confrontations to reported cyber activity targeting Indian power-sector organisations showed the need for continuous strategic vigilance alongside diplomatic engagement. "The answer should be clear-dialogue can continue, but national security cannot depend on trust alone," he said in…