Accenture is establishing a specialized robotics and physical AI security lab at its Bengaluru Cyber Fusion Centre, marking a strategic expansion into emerging cybersecurity threats. The announcement was made by Paolo Dal Cin, global lead for cybersecurity at Accenture, during the World Economic Forum 2026 annual meeting in Davos.
The new lab will be integrated into Accenture’s existing Cyber Fusion Centre in Bengaluru, which already houses specialized laboratories focusing on AI security, quantum security, and operational technology security. According to Dal Cin, the Bengaluru facility represents the company’s premier cybersecurity hub globally.
Accenture’s cybersecurity division represents a significant portion of its global operations, with substantial investments in talent and infrastructure. The company’s cybersecurity business demonstrates the scale of its commitment to addressing evolving digital threats.
The expansion comes as cybersecurity faces unprecedented challenges from AI-enhanced attacks. Dal Cin highlighted that threat actors are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate and orchestrate cyber intrusions, fundamentally changing the speed and sophistication of attacks.
The global cybersecurity environment has intensified due to several factors:
● Rising geopolitical tensions and trade conflicts
● Increased nation-state threat actor activity
● Targeting of private companies and critical infrastructure
● AI-powered offensive and defensive capabilities
Accenture’s move into robotics and physical AI security addresses what the company identifies as an emerging risk category. As robots increasingly integrate physical capabilities with AI intelligence, they present new security challenges for enterprises, citizens, and governments. The company aims to position itself among the first players specifically focused on securing such systems.
The global cybersecurity industry faces significant talent shortages, with approximately 5.00 million cyber job postings remaining unfilled worldwide. While India continues to serve as a strong talent base for Accenture, the company emphasizes the need to expand hiring beyond traditional STEM degree requirements through deeper university partnerships and broader talent pools.
Enterprises are rapidly moving to secure AI applications and large language models, with particular concern about prompt injection attacks that can lead to unauthorized extraction of sensitive information and intellectual property. Accenture expects companies to build additional security layers on top of both commercial and open-source language models to improve trust across AI environments.
The company emphasizes that cybersecurity represents a systemic risk requiring collaboration across industries, national security agencies, and supply chains, including threat intelligence sharing and coordinated crisis simulations.
