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11 articlesUpdated 23 Oct 2026

GuidesBanking & Fintech

Banking & NBFC API Security Advisory: Hardening FinTech Endpoints Against BOLA and Data Leaks

A comprehensive technical guide to hardening banking and NBFC APIs against BOLA, broken authentication, token replay, and co-lending data leakage.

23 Oct 202615 min read

Mei-Lin Chen

GuidesBanking & Fintech
RBI IT Governance & Cybersecurity Master Direction for NBFCs: Implementation Playbook
A comprehensive implementation guide for NBFCs navigating RBI Master Directions on IT governance, 6-hour incident disclosure, vendor audits, and VAPT.
Priya Raman23 Oct 202614 min read
GuidesCloud & SaaS
EU AI Act GPAI Compliance Roadmap: Technical Audits, Systemic Risk and Watermarking
A technical engineering roadmap for complying with EU AI Act General-Purpose AI (GPAI) model mandates, systemic risk audits, and Article 50 synthetic content watermarking.
CST Editorial Desk1 Oct 202613 min read
GuidesBanking & Fintech
CERT-In and RBI Enforce Unified 6-Hour Cybersecurity Breach Reporting Playbook for Critical Sectors
A technical compliance guide for Indian enterprises implementing automated SIEM/SOAR playbooks to meet CERT-In and RBI 6-hour mandatory breach disclosure deadlines.
Aisha Noor28 Sep 202610 min read
GuidesIndustrial & OT
IEC 62443 Architecture Hardening: Deploying Micro-Segmentation and Conduits in Industrial Control Networks
A technical engineering guide on implementing IEC 62443-3-2 Zones and Conduits to isolate critical PLC and SCADA assets against cyberattacks.
Daniel Okafor27 Sep 202610 min read
GuidesIndustrial & OT
IEC 62443-3-2 Zones and Conduits: Engineering Micro-Segmentation Against OT Lateral Movement
An engineering deep dive into IEC 62443-3-2 zones and conduits, establishing hardware micro-segmentation and SL-T targets to protect physical industrial processes.
Daniel Okafor24 Sep 202618 min read
GuidesIndustrial & OT
Implementing IEC 62443-3-2: A Guide to Zones, Conduits and Purdue Boundaries
Engineering blueprint for implementing IEC 62443-3-2 zones, conduits, and Purdue Model boundaries across industrial automation and SCADA systems.
Mei-Lin Chen15 Sep 202610 min read
GuidesGov & Defence
CERT-In's six-hour clock meets DPDP: one intake process, two notification deadlines
India's six-hour CERT-In reporting clock has run since June 2022. From May 2027 a second DPDP clock starts on the same incident. Build one intake process now.
Tom Verhoeven11 Sep 20266 min read
GuidesCloud & SaaS
Playbook: surviving a 900-CVE Patch Tuesday without breaking your change process
A repeatable triage model for very large monthly releases — what to expedite, what to schedule, and how to prove coverage afterwards.
Priya Raman10 Sep 20268 min read
GuidesIndustrial & OT
Playbook: hardening the edge appliance you cannot put an agent on
Two of this year’s fastest CISA remediation deadlines hit devices that cannot run EDR. A practical checklist for the class attackers reach for first.
Aisha Noor8 Sep 20267 min read
GuidesCloud & SaaS
Hardening guide: locking down your npm and CI/CD supply chain
A practical, ordered checklist for defending against malicious packages and install-time credential theft — with the exact commands and settings.
Mei-Lin Chen7 Sep 20269 min read