How does the SEBI CSCRF self-assessment work?

Answer 22 control questions across 6 domains with Yes, No or N/A. You get an instant readiness percentage, a domain-by-domain breakdown and a prioritised list of gaps to close.

Is the SEBI CSCRF self-assessment free?

Yes — it is a free, no-obligation readiness indicator. A formal gap assessment by a qualified auditor is required before certification.

How long does the SEBI CSCRF self-assessment take?

About ten minutes. There are 22 control questions plus a few profiling questions, and the score appears immediately — there is no form to complete before you see the result.

Does a high score mean we are SEBI CSCRF compliant?

No. A self-assessment records what you believe is in place; an audit tests evidence that it operates as described. Treat the score as an indicator of where to look, not as an attestation.

Free SEBI CSCRF Self-Assessment — Cyber Resilience Readiness

Step 1: Industry

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What this SEBI CSCRF self-assessment covers

Assess readiness against SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework for regulated entities — anchored on the NIST functions plus SEBI-specific mandates. It runs to 22 control questions across 6 domains, scored against the 100 requirements that make up SEBI CSCRF, so the percentage you see reflects the size of the standard rather than the length of this questionnaire.

Governance — 3 questions
Identify — 3 questions
Protect — 5 questions
Detect — 3 questions
Respond & Recover — 3 questions
SEBI-Specific Mandates — 5 questions

Who it is for

It is built for the person who has been asked where the organisation stands on SEBI CSCRF and needs a defensible answer this week — typically a security lead, compliance owner, CTO or founder facing a customer security review, a regulator, or a board question. You do not need prior SEBI CSCRF experience to complete it; the questions are written in plain terms and you can mark anything genuinely out of scope as N/A so it does not count against you.

How to read your score

Readiness is calculated as the proportion of applicable questions answered Yes, so marking items N/A narrows the scope rather than inflating the result. Bands run from Initial through Developing, Defined and Managed to Optimised. The domain breakdown matters more than the headline number: a strong overall score with one weak domain is a more accurate description of most organisations than any single percentage, and it tells you where the work is.

What a self-assessment cannot tell you

This is an indicator, not an audit, and the difference is evidence. A self-assessment records what you believe is in place; an assessor tests whether it operated over a period and asks for the tickets, logs and approvals that prove it. Teams are also, in our experience, consistently optimistic about documentation and access reviews — two areas where the answer feels like Yes until someone asks for the artefact. Use the gap list as the agenda for that conversation.

If the result raises more questions than it answers, Talk to a SEBI CSCRF auditor — a scoping conversation is usually quicker than a second self-assessment.