Briskinfosec

Briskinfosec is a cyber risk management company headquartered in Chennai, India, with a second base in the UAE. Set up in 2017, it works only on security, covering offensive testing, compliance and continuous monitoring. The firm reports serving more than 640 organisations in over 30 countries.

What Briskinfosec offers

• Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing — checks of web applications, hosts and other digital assets, run by testers who each hold CREST certification.
• Red teaming — simulated attacks that test how an organisation copes with a determined intruder.
• Managed security and SOC — ongoing monitoring delivered as a managed security service provider.
• Compliance and GRC consulting — governance, risk and regulatory advice, including mandated security audits.
• bSAFE maturity score — a seven-layer review of 73 controls mapped to OWASP ASVS, giving a score out of 100.
• Lura portal — an online workspace where clients follow assessment progress and collect their reports.

Who it works with

Clients range from SaaS businesses to large enterprises. Its CERT-In empanelment lets it carry out the security audits that RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and UIDAI require of regulated firms.

Key facts

• Based in: Chennai, India
• Founded: 2017, by Arulselvar Thomas
• Offices: India and UAE
• Accreditations: CREST approval for VA and PT, CERT-In empanelment, ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015
• Track record: more than 5,800 security assessments completed