Cybersecurity for Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI)
Few industries carry as much simultaneous regulatory weight as BFSI — RBI guidelines, CERT-IN directives, PCI DSS for payment data, and DPDP Act obligations for customer data, all enforced against an industry that's a permanent, high-value target for attackers.
Why BFSI Is Different
Financial institutions hold data and move money in ways that make every vulnerability immediately monetizable for an attacker. Regulatory scrutiny is correspondingly heavy: CERT-IN empanelment requirements, RBI cybersecurity frameworks, and sector-specific incident reporting timelines leave little room for a "we'll get to it next quarter" approach to security testing.
What We Cover
- Continuous VAPT through Alastor Pulse, meeting the frequency expectations regulators increasingly hold financial institutions to.
- CERT-IN aligned testing — engagements structured to satisfy India's CERT-IN empanelment and incident reporting requirements, detailed in our CERT-IN compliance program.
- PCI DSS coverage for any institution handling cardholder data, mapped to our PCI DSS Checklist.
- Fraud-adjacent attack surface testing — Attack Surface Management and Dark Web Monitoring catch exposed systems and leaked credentials before they enable fraud.
- Compliance automation through Alastor Shield mapped simultaneously to CERT-IN, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and DPDP Act (DPDPA).
Common Requirements We See
- CERT-IN empanelled auditor engagements for regulatory reporting
- PCI DSS certification for payment processing systems
- DPDP Act (DPDPA) readiness for customer financial and personal data
- Continuous monitoring requirements from RBI cybersecurity frameworks
Where to Start
Most BFSI engagements start with a CERT-IN-aligned VAPT baseline, followed by continuous coverage and compliance automation across PCI DSS and DPDP Act simultaneously.
Talk to our team about a CERT-IN aligned security program for your institution.