Industry pathway

Control confidence for regulated, high-availability environments.

BFSI cybersecurity programmes for banks, NBFCs, insurers and fintech teams connect control assurance with identity, data protection, third-party risk and incident readiness.

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A financial-services security dependency map connects identities, access controls, digital channels, resilient service processing, data, third parties, telemetry, incident coordination, recovery and evidence.

Five decisions. One control story.

  • Obligation: What must be demonstrated?
  • Identity: Who can act, and with what privilege?
  • Data: What needs protection and traceability?
  • Dependency: Where can another party affect the outcome?
  • Response: Can the organisation decide and act in time?

Who it helps

Is this relevant to your team?

Banks, NBFCs, insurers, fintech teams and other financial-service organisations.

Banks: Accountability and assurance; NBFCs: Lending and access controls; Fintech: Digital service dependencies; Insurance: Data and third-party access. Connect ownership, dependencies and evidence.
01RBI IT Governance, Risk, Controls and Assurance Master Direction

Banks

RBI does not ask if you patched; it asks who is accountable for what remains. Put a named owner against the requirement.

View Banks 02RBI Digital Lending Directions

NBFCs & financial services

Growth can outpace access controls. Build the map of who can touch what before review begins.

View NBFCs & financial services 03Investor and partner-bank due-diligence expectations

Fintech

Keep evidence ready before a diligence request turns into a delivery delay.

View Fintech 04IRDAI Information and Cyber Security Guidelines

Insurance

Claims move across systems, agents and brokers. Make responsibility visible at each handoff.

View Insurance

Problems addressed

What needs attention

Identity, data, third-party dependencies and incident decisions cross multiple control owners. Prioritise continuity and the evidence needed for review.

  • Regulatory and control assurance
  • Identity and privileged-access exposure
  • Data protection and third-party dependencies
  • Detection, validation and incident readiness

Expected outputs

What the engagement can produce

Outputs are selected and agreed for your scope. They describe planned deliverables, not completed customer work.

Control and ownership map

Question answered
What should this make clear?
Typical contents
Connect priority financial-service controls with accountable teams.
Intended user
Banks, NBFCs, insurers, fintech teams and other financial-service organisations.
Decision enabled
Agree ownership and the next action.

Dependency review

Question answered
What should this make clear?
Typical contents
Identify critical service handoffs, access dependencies and escalation routes.
Intended user
Banks, NBFCs, insurers, fintech teams and other financial-service organisations.
Decision enabled
Agree ownership and the next action.

Readiness plan

Question answered
What should this make clear?
Typical contents
Define validation, incident exercises and evidence review priorities.
Intended user
Banks, NBFCs, insurers, fintech teams and other financial-service organisations.
Decision enabled
Agree ownership and the next action.

Next step

Start with your context

Bring your financial-service segment, critical services and the control decisions under review.

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Relevant capabilities

Continue with the right requirement

Explore the capabilities most relevant to this operating context.

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Governance, Privacy & AI Risk

Turn obligations and emerging risk into owned controls and reviewable evidence.

View Governance, Privacy & AI Risk 02

Identity, Endpoint & User Security

Reduce identity-led exposure across users, devices and privileged access.

View Identity, Endpoint & User Security 03

Network Security & Threat Operations

Connect visibility, validation and response around the operating requirement.

View Network Security & Threat Operations 04

VAPT & Red Teaming

Validate exploitable exposure, then exercise how detection and response hold up.

View VAPT & Red Teaming

Related reading

Practical notes for this operating context

Use reviewed insights to frame the next priority, evidence question or delivery decision.

01Regulation & Assurance · 5 min read

PCI DSS Scope: What Actually Counts

Map PCI DSS scope across storage, processing, transmission and security-impacting systems, with practical checks for logs, integrations and payment providers.

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02Regulation & Assurance · 4 min read

RBI 2026: Bank Access and Third-Party Evidence

Build a bank access and third-party control evidence pack under RBI’s 2026 directions, with named owners, tested permissions and documented exceptions.

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Security validation

Explore VAPT and Red Teaming.

Choose a scoped assessment to validate exposure or an objective-led exercise to test detection and response readiness.

Next step

Discuss your industry priorities

Bring the requirement, constraint or unresolved decision. We will help structure what comes next.

Discuss your industry priorities