Opinion

The mandate has moved past whether AI is coming for Finance. The real question is whether you have started.

AI platforms used in a corporate ecosystem should meet high reliability and security requirements. Protection should be comprehensive: from securing the AI infrastructure to defending against large language model‑specific attacks (such as indirect prompt injection) and from switching from publicly available cloud services to on‑premise deployments of……

To build resilience against advanced persistent threats, organizations should consolidate platforms, automate responses and embed AI-driven detection, shifting from reactive firefighting to intelligence-led protection at scale.

In an AI-driven world, organizations must go beyond data residency to achieve full data sovereignty to unlock their economic value. By identifying sensitive data and workloads where control is crucial, and building gradually, they can operationalize sovereignty and remain competitive.   

Rather than reducing the importance of human creativity, AI will increase it. That starts with mindset: encouraging curiosity, rewarding experimentation and giving people the confidence to explore what these tools can do.

While cybersecurity companies leverage AI to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponizing the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks —highlighted by the fact that 43 percent of organizations believe hackers are using AI-driven methods to boost their effectiveness. To stay protected, organizations must adopt AI-powered…

The question is no longer whether nuclear has a role in Southeast Asia. The arithmetic of AI-era power demand settles that. The question is which market builds the financing architecture, the blended-finance layers, the offtake frameworks, the risk-sharing structures, to get the first plant in the ground. The first to do so will not just host a reactor. It…

Looking past the Middle East crisis, central banks are continuing their gold purchases, which bodes well for the precious metal. Innovation never stops.

Cyber threats will continue to evolve, and no organization can eliminate risks entirely. However, organizations can improve their ability to prepare, respond and recover. Protecting modern economies and ensuring resilient digital infrastructure is a shared responsibility that requires commitment from every stakeholder.

In an increasingly digital APAC economy, communications resilience is not a technical concern. It is a strategic imperative - one that sits squarely at the intersection of revenue, trust, and competitive differentiation. The businesses that treat it that way will be the ones still standing when their competitors are not.