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State-run Bank of Baroda has scaled up its cybersecurity framework across technology, personnel, and operational processes following a July 2026 incident, with overall IT defence spending set to exceed 10 per cent of its operating profit, a senior official said. It is very difficult to estimate the exact jump in tech spending above normal thresholds at this point in time, its managing director and chief executive Debadatta Chand told PTI, adding that the July incident involving a compromised employee email was a "huge wake-up call". Listing out the additional spends being incurred by the lender, Chand said, "Obviously, it (technology spend) will be going above 10 per cent of the operating profit". Tech spending, including capital investments and operating expenses, has been restricted to within 10 per cent of operating profit for many years and accordingly, the bank makes its annual budgets, Chand said. Some of the spends will be incurred in FY27, while some may also go into the ne