Banking & Finance · India — scheduled commercial banks, UCBs, NBFCs, PSOs

RBI Cybersecurity Framework

RBI's cybersecurity framework spanning circulars for banks, urban co-operatives, NBFCs, and payment system operators.

Regulator
Reserve Bank of India
Jurisdiction
India — scheduled commercial banks, UCBs, NBFCs, PSOs
Status
Active (multi-circular framework, periodically updated).
In force since
Active
Regulator's source
Who it applies to

All RBI-regulated entities.

Audit / certification status

Continuous evidence pipeline available; audit support included for all customers.

What it requires

What RBI CSF actually requires.

These are the obligations a regulated entity owes — the things an assessor or supervisor will ask about.

01

Board-level Cyber Crisis Management Plan.

02

Periodic VAPT and red-teaming for SCBs and PSOs.

03

Cyber incident reporting within 2–6 hours depending on circular.

04

Cyber Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) or equivalent monitoring.

05

IT governance with named CISO and CTO.

How Safeguard maps to it

Pre-mapped controls. Continuous evidence.

Each requirement above is bound to live telemetry — not screenshots. The mapping below is what your auditor or regulator sees.

RBI incident-reporting timer (2/6/24 hour cadence).

C-SOC posture evidence with continuous monitoring metrics.

VAPT register with red-team engagement linkage.

Evidence we produce

Artifacts your auditor accepts.

Each evidence artifact is signed and timestamped. Auditors can verify integrity without trusting Safeguard.

Cyber Crisis Management Plan.

VAPT execution evidence.

C-SOC operational metrics.

Ready for RBI CSF?

Bring the framework. We'll walk the controls with you — section by section, evidence packet by evidence packet, with the regulators you actually have to answer to.

Safeguard | Software Supply Chain Security Platform | Zero CVE + Self-Healing