Operation Sindoor wake-up call, need to be self reliant in digital-defence: Cybersecurity executive

A top cybersecurity executive has cautioned about heavy import dependence in securing the banking, financial services and insurance sector, saying it could be vulnerable if India had to engage in a war against a formidable rival.

Drawing parallels with Operation Sindoor, Dharshan Shanthamurthy, founder and CEO of SISA, a cybersecurity solutions company, said the defence of India’s banking and financial services sector was equally important in times of conflict as any attack on the payment ecosystem could have a crippling effect.

“We did equally good in…