FILING CYBERSECURITY PATENTS

The number of cybersecurity-related patents filed worldwide grew 27.2 per cent since 2016, according to the State of Cyber Security Report 2019 by IT services firm Wipro, reflecting the increasing focus on cybersecurity-related research and product innovation. Majority of these patents were in the areas of data and content security. In terms of cumulative patent filing in this space over 2016-18, India stood third. China and the US led in the area, the report added.