Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence - Personal Banking
Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
Advancing Cyber Resilience. Enabling Secure Digital Transformation.
The Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (CSCoE) is a strategic institutional capability established to strengthen governance-led cyber resilience, accelerate structured innovation, and enable intelligence-driven defence across the enterprise and the BFSI ecosystem.
CSCoE serves as a centralized hub for cyber policy, research, innovation, benchmarking, and cyber defence aligned with enterprise governance frameworks and national cyber resilience priorities.
Snapshot of Focus Areas
Key Areas:
- Cyber Policy Hub aligned with regulators and global standards
- Regulatory interpretation and policy lifecycle management
- Cyber Academy imparting certifications, simulations, and gamified learning
- Leadership-focused cyber risk education
- Citizen-centric cyber awareness and multilingual outreach
- Collaboration with Regulatory Bodies, Banks, Fintechs, Central Agencies, Academia & Tech Partners
Objective:
- Embed governance-led resilience while fostering a cyber-aware workforce and protected customer ecosystem.
Key Areas:
- Innovation and live Proofs of Concept (PoCs)
- Applied research in quantum-safe security, behavioural fraud analytics, and emerging domains
- Industry and academic collaboration
- Cyber maturity benchmarking aligned with NIST, CMMI, and RBI frameworks
- Cyber Pulse dashboards and innovation lab infrastructure
Objective:
- Translate emerging technologies and threat intelligence into scalable, enterprise-grade capabilities.
Key Areas:
- Threat intelligence, Threat Detection & Threat Hunting
- Forensics and Malware Analysis
- Deception Technologies
- Ethical Hacking / Red team simulations and exercises
- Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), Indicators of Attacks (IoAs) & Threat Feeds
- Threat intelligence advisories, Malware / ransomware analysis
Objective:
- Build adaptive, intelligence-driven defence ensuring enterprise and field-level cyber readiness & resilience.
Vision and Mission
- Cyber Resilience & Defence Excellence
- Innovation & Future-Ready Technology
- Research & Applied Cyber Intelligence
- Benchmarking & Maturity Upliftment
- Policy, Governance & Regulatory Alignment
- Cyber Academy & Talent Development
- Citizen-Centric Cyber Trust & Fraud Awareness
- Advisory & Ecosystem Collaboration
- CSCoE operates within institutional governance frameworks and aligns with regulatory standards.
- The Centre functions as a structured innovation and knowledge interface under enterprise oversight, ensuring compliance and operational integrity.
Initiatives
Leading strategic programs to address evolving cyber threats and risks
Intelligence-Led Defence
- Predictive detection and coordinated response capabilities.
Secure Digital Transformation
- Cybersecurity embedded into digital banking initiatives.
Research & Emerging Technologies
- Quantum-safe cryptography, AI-driven fraud detection, next-gen architectures.
Governance & Compliance
- Policy oversight and enterprise regulatory alignment.
Talent & Capability Development
- Future-ready cyber workforce enablement.
Fraud Prevention & Customer Protection
- Proactive fraud mitigation and trust enhancement.
Ecosystem Collaboration
- Industry, academia, and national cyber partnerships.
Operational Advisory & Technical Enablement
- Actionable cybersecurity intelligence for operational units.
Collaboration Avenues
Enabling partnerships to foster knowledge sharing and cybersecurity knowledge.
Submit inquiries via email: isd.cscoe@sbi.co.in
Emails should include:
- (i) Name
- (ii) Organisation
- (iii) Designation
- (iv) Contact Details
- (v) Nature of Inquiry (Academic / Industry / Regulatory / General)
- (vi) Brief Description
All submissions are reviewed in accordance with institutional security and governance protocols.
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Last Updated On : Wednesday, 01-07-2026
