State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday announced the inauguration of a cybersecurity centre of excellence to strengthen its ability to anticipate emerging threats and stay ahead of the evolving cyber landscape.

'CyRIS' will focus on emerging digital safety and capability areas, including threat intelligence, cyber defence, digital forensics, malware analysis, ethical hacking, fraud analytics, AI security and quantum-safe technologies.

The bank also said that in FY26, 1.81 lakh of its 2.45 lakh employees completed cybersecurity e-learning.