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Assurance you can put in front of a regulator, and a board.

Plenty of firms can run a scan or hand you a policy template. Fewer can stand behind the result when an RBI inspector, an enterprise customer’s vendor-risk team, or the NHA asks to see the evidence. That is the line SICHERTEN is built on.

Welcome to Sicherten

Ten years of hands-on security work.

We’re a Hyderabad-based cybersecurity firm with ten years of hands-on experience across assurance, compliance and advisory. We test systems thoroughly, explain what we find in plain terms, and help you fix it.

Join us in the commitment to your digital safety, where expertise meets a decade-long legacy of excellence — and the journey of cybersecurity, guided by genuine expertise, evolves uniquely with you.

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Vision

A world where digital interactions are marked by trust, security and resilience. We envision being at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, setting the standard for protecting businesses in a changing threat environment.

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Mission

To deliver modern cybersecurity, helping individuals and organizations with confidence. Our dedication protects clients against evolving threats, fostering a secure digital future with the limitless potential of safe connectivity.

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In short

An empanelled partner for the whole compliance lifecycle.

Offense and governance under one roof, anchored in India’s regulatory reality, delivered as evidence rather than assertions.

CERT-In empanelledIndependently verifiable accreditation the regulators accept.
Offense + GRC in one teamTesters and auditors who talk to each other.
India-first regulatory depthRBI, SEBI, IRDAI, NPCI, ABDM, DPDPA, as a specialism.
Certified practitionersThe work is done by named, qualified people.
Evidence that survives inspectionReports written for the people who scrutinise them.
AI-governance readyISO 42001 and AI risk, ahead of the curve.
The difference

Six reasons clients choose us.

CERT-In empanelled, and it matters

Empanelment by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is not a badge; for a growing set of engagements, ABDM WASA, ISNP, several RBI and SEBI expectations, the regulator will only accept an assessment from an empanelled auditor. Ours is real and independently verifiable, and our reports carry that identity.

Offense and GRC under one roof

Most firms are either penetration testers or compliance consultants. We are both, and the two functions inform each other. Our auditors know what a real exploit looks like; our testers understand the control frameworks the findings map to. You get a security assessment that speaks the language of compliance, and compliance advice grounded in how systems actually break.

India’s regulatory landscape is our specialism

RBI, SEBI CSCRF, IRDAI, NPCI, ABDM/ABHA, CERT-In and the DPDP Act are not a sideline for us, they are the core of the practice. We track the circulars, know how the thresholds and exemptions actually apply, and write deliverables an Indian supervisor recognises. That depth is hard to find in generalist global firms and hard to fake.

Certified practitioners, named on the work

Engagements are delivered by qualified professionals, not junior staff working from a checklist behind a senior logo. You know who is doing your assessment, what they hold, and that the person who signs the report is the person who did the work.

Evidence built to survive inspection

A report is only as good as what it lets you prove. We write in two registers, a technical body your engineers can remediate against line by line, and an executive summary a board or regulator can act on, with findings ranked, evidenced, and tracked to closure. When an inspector or customer asks “show me”, you can.

Ready for what’s next: AI governance

As organisations adopt AI, a new assurance layer arrives with it. We are ISO 42001 and AI-risk ready, and clear-eyed about our own position as an AI user, not a developer, so we can help you govern AI adoption before the obligations catch up with the technology.

What sets us apart

Depth across frameworks, not breadth without it.

5practice pillars, offense, audit, advisory, CERT-In services and GRC augmentation
20+frameworks in active practice, RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, ISO, SOC 2, PCI, DPDPA, NIST, OWASP
2registers in every report, one for engineers, one for the board
1team for testing and compliance, no hand-offs, no translation loss
How we work

Right-sized, not off-the-shelf.

We do not run every engagement through the same template. A two-branch bank does not need the programme a large NBFC needs, and a health-tech startup clearing ABDM does not need what a listed company’s SEBI CSCRF filing requires. We scope to the entity, its size, its regulator, its risk profile, and we say so plainly when a control is proportionate rather than mandatory.

The result is assurance that holds up without gold-plating: enough to satisfy the people who scrutinise you, sized to what you actually are.

Who we help

Built for regulated India.

Our clients share one thing: someone is going to check their homework. We make sure it holds up.

Banks & NBFCsRBI IS audits, cyber framework, VAPT.
Capital marketsSEBI CSCRF audits and VAPT.
Insurers & intermediariesIRDAI cyber and ISNP audits.
Health-tech & hospitalsABDM/ABHA WASA certification.
Fintech & paymentsPCI DSS, NPCI, digital-payment security.
SaaS & enterprisesSOC 2, ISO 27001, DPDPA readiness.
FAQ

Straight answers

What does “CERT-In empanelled” actually get me?
For certain engagements, ABDM WASA, ISNP audits, and a number of RBI and SEBI expectations, the regulator will only accept an assessment from a CERT-In empanelled auditor. For everything else, it is a nationally recognised, independently verifiable mark of competence. Our empanelment reference is provided in every proposal and can be checked on the CERT-In list.
You do both penetration testing and compliance, isn’t that a conflict?
The two disciplines reinforce each other, and we manage independence where a specific standard requires it. What you avoid is the far more common problem: a testing firm that does not understand your control framework, or a compliance firm that has never seen a real exploit. One team means findings that map cleanly to obligations, and advice grounded in how systems actually fail.
We’re small. Will your programme be overkill?
No. We scope to the entity. A small bank or an early-stage startup gets a proportionate, defensible programme, enough to satisfy an inspector or an enterprise customer, sized to what you are. We will tell you plainly when a control is proportionate rather than mandatory.
Do you only work with financial-sector clients?
BFSI and regulated sectors are our specialism, but not our limit. Any organisation facing an audit, an attestation, or an enterprise customer’s security review, SaaS, health-tech, fintech and beyond, is squarely in scope.

Let’s make your compliance defensible.

Tell us who’s asking and by when, a regulator, a customer, an auditor, and we’ll scope the work with you.