India, April 24 -- To strengthen the cybersecurity infrastructure of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a public sector enterprise (PSU) in the oil and gas sector in Northeast India, Airtel Business has implemented its Secure Intelligent Security Operations Centre (iSOC). This strategic initiative comes amid a sharp rise in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. Citing data from the Data Security Council of India, Airtel highlighted that attacks on government institutions have surged by 48% in recent years, with the oil and gas sector alone incurring losses exceeding Rs 1.25 lakh crore.

Due to its remote location in Assam and the associated challenges in sourcing cybersecurity talent, NRL faced difficulties in developing in-hous...