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RBI Cyber Security Framework for Banks

Reserve Bank of India · India

Baseline cybersecurity and resilience controls mandated by RBI for banks.

Issuer

Reserve Bank of India

Applies in

India

Category

India regulatory

The practitioner view

Working with RBI Cyber Security Framework for Banks

01

What RBI Cyber Security Framework for Banks is

Baseline cybersecurity and resilience controls mandated by RBI for banks. It is issued by Reserve Bank of India and applies across India. Our assessors work against it directly, so what follows is the practitioner view rather than a restatement of the text.

02

Who it binds

Applicability turns on what you process and who regulates you, not on your size. If Reserve Bank of India sets your rules, or a customer contract names RBI Cyber Security Framework for Banks, you are in scope. We map that boundary first, because an over-drawn scope is the single most expensive mistake in any programme.

03

What an assessor looks for

Evidence that the control operated, not that it was written down. Expect sampling across the period, interviews with the control owners, and a request for the artefacts that prove the control ran on the days it was supposed to. Policies without operating evidence are the most common finding we raise.

04

How to get ready

Scope it, assess the gap against the current version, remediate in priority order, then collect evidence continuously rather than in the fortnight before the audit. Evidence lag is what slips dates, not the controls themselves.

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