Haryana cybersecurity

Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh) — In a major move to reinforce public cyber defenses and modernize governance infrastructure, Haryana’s State Level Information Technology Steering Committee (IT PRISM) on Thursday approved two major initiatives totaling ₹738 crore to establish a centralized cybersecurity command center and deploy a next-generation state data repository. Chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi during the committee’s 51st review meeting, the panel greenlit the ₹269-crore "Haryana Digital Kavach" Security Operations Centre (H-SOC) alongside the ₹469-crore Haryana State Data Centre 2.0 (HSDC 2.0) project. The H-SOC initiative will receive ₹25 crore in funding from the World Bank under the Haryana…