Bharti Airtel wins multi-year contract from Indian Railways for IT protection ecosystem

Bharti Airtel Ltd. on Monday, October 6, said its Airtel business has secured a multi-year contract from Indian Railway Security Operations Centre.

It said it Airtel will design, build, implement and operate a greenfield, multi-layered, cybersecurity 24X7, 365-day protection ecosystem that will serve as a resilient defence barrier to safeguard the Indian Railways' IT backbone, while ensuring uninterrupted, secure and seamless digital operation.

It added more than 1 billion Indians will benefit from the enhanced data security for seamless ticket booking, payments, train tracking and more.

"Our robust security layer will advance security efficiency in ticketing and data management, shield all railway digital operations from evolving cyber threats while delivering safe and seamless digital services to millions of daily railway commuters," Sharat Sinha, the CEO and director of Airtel Business, said.

Dilip Kumar, EDIP — Railway Board, said the establishment of IRSOC will help provide a centralised security operations centre to continuously monitor Indian Railways assets, detect and respond to cyber security threats efficiently, gather threat intelligence an ensure proper collaboration with National Cyber Security Agencies.

Shares of Bharti Airtel were trading 0.2% up at ₹1,899.8 apiece around 12.20 pm. The stock has gained 19.1% this year, so far.

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