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| 01 | Risk-Based Methodology | We prioritise findings by business impact, not just CVSS score — so your team fixes what matters first. |
| 02 | Technical Depth | Our assessments go beyond surface-level checklists: manual testing, architecture review, and control validation. |
| 03 | Remediation-Oriented Delivery | Every finding includes actionable remediation guidance — not just gap identification. |
| 04 | Compliance Acceleration | SoAs, policies, risk registers — ready to use, calibrated to your sector and audit timeline. |
| 05 | Cross-Jurisdiction Expertise | RBI, DPDP, GDPR, ADHICS, HIPAA, PCI DSS — we know the frameworks and how regulators interpret them. |
| 06 | Embedded Security Leadership | As your vCISO, we attend board meetings, vendor calls, and audits — not just send reports. |
| 07 | Audit-Proven Processes | Our documentation has passed Big-4, CERT-In, and third-party auditor reviews across multiple engagements. |
| 08 | Business-Aligned Security | Security programmes calibrated to your revenue stage, risk appetite, and operational capacity. |
Organisations that treat security and compliance as separate workstreams — one owned by engineering, one owned by legal — consistently underperform on both. The CISO who builds a technically excellent security programme but cannot explain it to a regulator creates risk. The compliance team that produces beautifully formatted policies no engineer has ever read creates the same risk from the other direction.
The answer is not to merge the teams. It is to establish a shared language: risk. When every control, every policy, every finding is framed in terms of business risk — impact, likelihood, and the cost of treatment versus tolerance — security becomes legible to the board, compliance becomes tractable for engineers, and privacy becomes operational rather than theoretical.
In the Indian regulatory context, this convergence is no longer optional. The RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI now issue guidelines that simultaneously invoke technical controls (encryption standards, VAPT mandates) and governance obligations (board risk oversight, audit committee reporting). The DPDP Act 2023 creates legal obligations that map directly onto ISO 27001 Annex A controls. Companies building compliance programmes that do not begin with a unified risk taxonomy are building twice.
Resilience — often reduced to BCP and DR documentation — is the third pillar that secures everything else. A company that can recover from a ransomware incident in four hours has a materially different risk profile than one whose RTO is measured in days, regardless of how similar their audit certificates look. Regulators are beginning to test this distinction explicitly.
At Cyberaon, our engagement model begins with a single question: what breaks if this control fails? The answer shapes everything — the testing methodology, the compliance priority, the policy language, and the board reporting. It is the only question that keeps security, compliance, privacy, and resilience aligned.
A vulnerability assessment identifies and classifies weaknesses without actively exploiting them — it produces a prioritised list of issues. A penetration test goes further: it actively attempts to exploit vulnerabilities to demonstrate real-world impact, including chaining multiple weaknesses to achieve privilege escalation or data access. Most regulatory frameworks (RBI, ISO 27001, PCI DSS) specify which type they require and at what frequency.
Yes. All penetration testing engagements for Indian regulated entities (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI) are coordinated through CERT-In empanelled vendors as required by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act and sector-specific guidelines. Cyberaon manages the full engagement — scoping, coordination, report review, and remediation tracking — while technical testing is conducted by an empanelled vendor to ensure regulatory acceptance.
The RBI Storage of Payment System Data circular requires all payment system data to be stored only in India — no foreign copy permitted. Compliance requires: data flow documentation, cloud infrastructure confined to Indian regions (ap-south-1/ap-south-2), SLA agreements with India-only localisation clauses, and periodic audit evidence submitted to the RBI.
For a mid-size SaaS or fintech company starting from scratch: 4–9 months total. 1–2 months gap assessment and scoping; 2–4 months policy drafting and control implementation; 1–2 months internal audit and management review; 4–8 weeks Stage 1 and Stage 2 external audit. Companies with existing security programmes or SOC 2 certification typically compress this to 3–5 months.
ISO/IEC 42001 is the world's first international standard for AI Management Systems. It requires organisations to establish governance, risk management, and accountability frameworks for AI systems — covering model lifecycle management, algorithmic risk, bias monitoring, and transparency. Most relevant to companies building or deploying AI/ML products, especially those selling to regulated sectors where enterprise customers now require AI governance evidence in procurement questionnaires.
SOC 2 Type 1 is a point-in-time report confirming controls are suitably designed as of a specific date. SOC 2 Type 2 covers an audit period (typically 6–12 months) and confirms controls operated effectively throughout that period. Enterprise customers — particularly in the US market — almost universally require Type 2. Most companies pursue Type 1 first if they need a report quickly, then convert to Type 2 in the following audit cycle.
Yes. GDPR applies extraterritorially. If your company processes personal data of EU residents — even if incorporated in India — GDPR obligations apply. This is relevant for SaaS companies with European customers, software exporters, and BPOs processing EU client data. Cyberaon provides full GDPR compliance support including ROPA drafting, DPIA facilitation, Standard Contractual Clauses, and Data Subject Rights workflow design.
A security consultant delivers a specific deliverable — a report, a policy — and exits. A vCISO is an embedded security leader on retainer, owning the full security programme: governance, compliance, vendor management, audit representation, and ongoing risk oversight. The Cyberaon vCISO attends board meetings, responds to client questionnaires, represents you in external audits, and builds institutional security capability — not just passes a single audit.
A BCP/DR drill is a planned test validating that your organisation can recover from a disruptive event within your declared RTO and RPO. ISO 27001 (A.5.29, A.5.30), SOC 2 (A1.3), RBI guidelines, and PCI DSS require evidence of tested and functional DR plans — not just documented ones. Cyberaon designs, executes, and documents drill outcomes as auditor-ready evidence with formal test reports.
Third-Party Security Assessments arrive as questionnaires covering 50–300+ controls across security, privacy, cloud, and governance. Cyberaon manages the full response cycle: initial triage and gap identification, evidence collection, response drafting aligned to the requesting entity's framework, and follow-up on auditor queries. We have handled TPSA submissions for IDFC FIRST Bank, Mastercard, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprise clients.