CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and SISA launch Digital Threat Report 2024 for the BFSI sector
On 7 April 2025, the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, prepared by CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and cybersecurity company SISA, was launched in New Delhi.
Summary
To strengthen cybersecurity resilience in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, CERT-In (Ministry of Electronics and IT), CSIRT-Fin and SISA, a global cybersecurity company, collaborated to launch the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the BFSI sector. It was launched by M. Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, and S. Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, along with Dr Sanjay Bahl, Director General, CERT-In, and Dharshan Shanthamurthy, Founder and CEO of SISA. The report integrates cyber intelligence from SISA's forensic investigations, CERT-In's cybersecurity oversight and CSIRT-Fin's financial-sector incident response expertise.
Key facts
- Report
- Digital Threat Report 2024 (BFSI sector)
- Prepared by
- CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and SISA
- Launched by
- M. Nagaraju (Secretary, DFS) and S. Krishnan (Secretary, MeitY)
- DG, CERT-In
- Dr Sanjay Bahl
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Digital Threat Report 2024 launched on 7 April 2025 by CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and SISA focuses on which sector?
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Correct answer: D — Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)
Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI); it aims to strengthen cybersecurity resilience in the sector.
Consider the following statements about the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the BFSI sector: 1. It was prepared by CERT-In alone, without any private-sector partner. 2. It was launched by the Secretaries of the Department of Financial Services and the Ministry of Electronics and IT. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. The report was a collaboration of CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and the cybersecurity company SISA; it was launched by M. Nagaraju (DFS) and S. Krishnan (MeitY).
Who was the Director General of CERT-In at the launch of the Digital Threat Report 2024 in April 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Dr Sanjay Bahl
Dr Sanjay Bahl; S. Krishnan is Secretary, MeitY, M. Nagaraju is Secretary, DFS, and Dharshan Shanthamurthy is Founder and CEO of SISA.