SEBI CSCRF Compliance Software for SEBI-Regulated Entities

SEBI's Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF) sets out how SEBI-regulated entities must build and prove cyber resilience. Sigmify GRC automates that proof — SIEM-driven monitoring, HRM strategies, real-time risk visibility, and continuous audit-ready governance, risk, and compliance workflows, built around the Cyber Capability Index.

5

CSCRF applicability tiers

22

SEBI-regulated entity categories covered

5

CERT-In cyber resiliency goals

Twice yearly

Audit cadence for MIIs & Qualified REs

Applicability

Every Tier Has a Different Bar to Clear

SEBI CSCRF applicability extends across 22 categories of SEBI-regulated entities, graded into five tiers — most notably stock brokers, depository participants, and stock exchanges, alongside mutual funds & AMCs. Obligations, SOC requirements, and audit frequency scale with tier rather than applying uniformly.

Tier	Example entities	Cyber Capability Index	SOC requirement	Audit frequency
Market Infrastructure Institutions	Stock exchanges, depositories, clearing corporations	3rd-party, every 6 months	Dedicated/managed SOC	Twice yearly
Qualified REs	Large brokers, AMCs above client/AUM thresholds	Annual self-assessment	SOC integration	Twice yearly
Mid-Size REs	Mid-tier brokers, AMCs (internet/algo trading)	Self-assessment as applicable	Recommended	Twice yearly (internet/algo) or once
Small-Size REs	Smaller brokers, depository participants	Self-assessment as applicable	Lightweight monitoring	Once yearly
Self-Certification REs	Smallest-scale REs	Self-certification	Not mandated	Exempt — CERT-In VA + self-certification

Framework foundation

Five Goals Set by CERT-In

The CSCRF isn't a checklist of isolated controls — every requirement in it maps back to one of five cyber resiliency goals. Sigmify GRC maps controls and dashboards to each goal directly.

01

Anticipate

Identify risk before it’s exploited.

02

Withstand

Absorb an attack without losing function.

03

Contain

Stop an incident from spreading.

04

Recover

Restore operations to a known-good state.

05

Evolve

Feed every incident back into the program.

Why the cycle repeats

One Continuous Loop, Not a Once-a-Year Exercise

The five CERT-In goals aren't a sequence you finish. They feed each other in a loop: what you learn while recovering from an incident becomes next quarter's anticipation, and Sigmify GRC keeps every stage fed from the same live SIEM and HRM data instead of five separate spreadsheets.

Why this can't wait for audit season

Cyber Resilience Is Assessed Continuously, Not Once a Year

An audit finding and an incident-response gap tend to surface the same underlying weakness: controls that only get attention right before they're checked. Policy, risk management, data security, SOC, audits, defense fine-tuning, and incident response draw on the same SIEM and HRM signal, so Sigmify GRC runs all seven off one continuously current data foundation instead of reassembling evidence ahead of each deadline.

Risk visibility that doesn't go stale

SIEM/HRM-correlated risk management continuously assesses risk, identifies critical assets, and defines acceptable risk levels from correlation engines, vulnerability tools, and threat intel feeds.

One SOC, feeding every workstream

Centralized log management, event correlation, and threat detection feed red-team tuning and incident response from the same data — not separate tools per requirement.

Audit evidence, always current

Automated evidence collection and continuous compliance tracking mean audit readiness doesn’t get rebuilt from scratch before each cycle.

Requirement to capability

What CSCRF Requires, Mapped to What Sigmify GRC Does

Every CSCRF requirement traces to a specific Sigmify GRC capability — nothing is covered by implication.

SEBI CSCRF requirement	Sigmify GRC capability
Board-approved cybersecurity policy	Policy library with senior-management sign-off workflows and version history
Risk management & critical asset identification	SIEM/HRM-correlated risk register with continuous re-assessment
Data security (encryption, access controls)	Real-time anomaly and unauthorized-access monitoring across SIEM and HRM sources
SOC: centralized log management, event correlation	SIEM/HRM-integrated SOC workflows with real-time incident monitoring
Regular cybersecurity audits	Automated evidence collection and continuous audit-readiness tracking
Ongoing adversarial testing of defenses	Folded into our continuous detection-and-response fine-tuning process, not run as a standalone exercise
Incident response & cyber crisis management	Automated incident workflows and real-time regulatory reporting replace this content

Deadlines

Tracking a Compliance Date That Keeps Moving

SEBI's CSCRF circular has been amended and extended multiple times since its original issuance, including the SBOM compliance deadline, which has been extended for many REs. Deadlines are tier-specific and subject to further amendment — confirm the current one for your tier before your next audit cycle.

CIRCULAR TRACKING

Every Amendment, Tracked Automatically

Sigmify GRC tracks every circular update automatically, so compliance deadline exposure never depends on manually monitoring SEBI’s circular calendar, and its control library is updated as SEBI issues new guidance.

CONTROL LIBRARY

Checklists That Update With the Framework

Sigmify GRC defines and manages updates to control libraries and checklists, including your SEBI CSCRF checklist — so a circular amendment doesn’t mean rebuilding tracking from scratch.

Common questions

Before You Start

What's covered under SEBI CSCRF, in one place

The framework outlines guidelines for SEBI-regulated entities — including stock brokers, mutual funds/AMCs, and stock exchanges — to improve cybersecurity and build lasting cyber resilience.

Nothing to rebuild for CSCRF specifically

Sigmify GRC’s operational platform performs SEBI CSCRF SOC requirements and audit checklist tasks, and records evidence for every requirement — from SOC monitoring to incident response — inside the same governance, risk, and compliance workflows used across other frameworks.

Visibility mapped to CERT-In's own five goals

Sigmify GRC improves visibility into your compliance program with dashboards mapped to each CERT-In cyber resiliency goal — anticipate, withstand, contain, recover, and evolve — rather than a generic control list.

Know your tier. Know your gap.

See how Sigmify GRC helps you stay compliant with SEBI CSCRF and other regulatory frameworks.