Hyderabad, Dec. 11 -- Telangana is working to position itself as a national model in digital safety, IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu said on Thursday, stressing that cybersecurity has become a crucial pillar of the State's long-term development strategy.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) Conclave 2025 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the Minister said a detailed roadmap to strengthen digital safety has been incorporated into the Telangana Rising Vision-2047 document.

Citing alarming national and state-level statistics, he said India recorded over 265 million cyber-attacks this year, while Telangana alone faced more than 17,000 ransomware attacks ...