CERT-In Cyber Audit
Assess your security posture against the CSA-BR framework
Key highlights
- Assessment against the CERT-In Cyber audit with CSA-BR baseline requirements framework
- Gap analysis, risk classification and evidence-based compliance review
- Findings prioritised by business impact, built for decision-makers
- Formal audit report suitable for regulatory submission
- CERT-In empanelled, ISO 27001 certified
The challenges Indian businesses face
Unclear audit scope: Many organisations are not sure which entities, systems, and processes fall within the scope of a CERT-In cyber audit, which leads to incomplete coverage and avoidable findings later.
Fragmented policies and ownership: Security policies often sit on paper without clear owners, review cycles, or alignment with how business and IT teams work day to day.
Weak evidence and documentation: Audit teams struggle to show that controls are operating effectively, especially around access reviews, log management, asset classification, and incident handling.
Limited detection and monitoring maturity: Log management, SIEM coverage, account monitoring, and network monitoring are often partial, which makes it difficult to demonstrate real detection capability during an audit.
Untested response and recovery plans: Incident response and disaster recovery plans are written down but rarely tested, which leaves gaps in escalation, communication, and recovery timelines when an incident actually happens.
Inconsistent lessons learnt practices: Post-incident reviews and year-on-year improvements are not always tracked, so it becomes hard to show continuous improvement under the CSA-BR framework.
Growing regulatory pressure: CERT-In directions and sector-specific regulatory expectations keep evolving, which adds pressure on leadership teams to show baseline cybersecurity maturity in a structured way.
The Matrix3D solution
Clear audit scope defined upfront, no surprises later: We start every CERT-In cyber audit engagement with a structured scoping exercise that identifies which entities, systems, applications, and processes fall within audit boundaries. Your leadership team gets a clear scope document before fieldwork begins, so coverage is complete, expectations are aligned, and avoidable findings are caught early.
Policies with real ownership, not just paper: Matrix3D helps you review and rebuild security policies so that each one has a named owner, a defined review cycle, and a clear link to how business and IT teams work every day. Access control, acceptable use, change management, vendor risk, and incident response policies are aligned to CERT-In expectations and made operational, not just documented.
Evidence and documentation ready for auditor scrutiny: We set up structured evidence trails for access reviews, log management, asset classification, patching, and incident handling, so your team can demonstrate that controls are not just designed, but actually operating effectively. Clear formats, defined frequencies, and a central evidence repository that stands up to any CERT-In cyber audit review.
Stronger detection and monitoring maturity: Our consultants assess and strengthen your log management, SIEM coverage, account activity monitoring, and network monitoring, so detection capability is real and demonstrable during an audit. Where gaps exist, we help you prioritise fixes that deliver both audit readiness and genuine security improvement.
Tested response and recovery plans, not just written ones: We help you run tabletop exercises and simulated drills for incident response and disaster recovery, so escalation paths, communication protocols, and recovery timelines are validated before a real incident hits. Test results and lessons learnt are documented in the format CERT-In auditors expect.
Structured lessons learnt and continuous improvement: Matrix3D helps you set up a repeatable post-incident review process, track year-on-year improvements, and maintain a clear improvement log aligned to the CSA-BR framework. This turns audit findings and real incidents into evidence of maturity, not repeat observations.
Ahead of evolving regulatory expectations: As a CERT-In empanelled audit partner, we track evolving CERT-In directions and sector-specific regulatory changes, and translate them into practical action for your leadership team. Your organisation stays ahead of the compliance curve, with a structured cybersecurity maturity story ready for regulators, clients, and the board.
What you gain
Clear posture visibility
Get an evidence-based view of your cyber security posture against the CERT-In CSA-BR framework, across all six control areas of the security lifecycle.
Focused risk prioritisation
Use High, Medium and Low risk classifications mapped to your business processes to focus remediation effort where the impact is highest.
Stronger governance
Strengthen policies, ownership and documentation so that controls hold up under audit, regulatory review and board scrutiny.
Improved detection and response maturity
Identify gaps in monitoring, incident response and recovery planning, and build a clear path to improve readiness over time.
Regulatory submission readiness
Get a formal audit report structured for regulatory submission, internal assurance and leadership reporting
Continuous improvement built in
Build a structured approach to lessons learnt and year-on-year improvement of your cyber security posture.
Industries we support
- Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)
- Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing and Industrial Operations
- Technology and SaaS Companies
- Retail and E-Commerce
- Government and Public Sector
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Why choose Matrix3D
We assess your posture across all six CSA-BR control areas in one structured engagement, not just a few selected controls.
We use an evidence-based approach across policies, configurations, logs and operational records, so findings are practical and defensible.
Our risk classification is mapped to your business processes, so remediation effort is aligned with what matters to your operations.
Our audit reports are built for decision-makers and regulators, with clear gap analysis and actionable remediation guidance, not just technical jargon.
With CERT-In empanelment, ISO 27001 certification and over 35 years of enterprise security experience, we bring credibility and depth to every engagement.