IRDAI Information Security Audit
IRDAI compliance for insurers, brokers, web aggregators, TPAs.
End-to-end audit per IRDAI's Information & Cyber Security Guidelines (2023). Insurance regulators require annual + event-driven audits across insurers, intermediaries, web aggregators and TPAs — Macksofy delivers them all with a single engagement.
- IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines (2023)
- IRDAI Cyber Crisis Management Plan
- Insurance Act + IRDAI Regulations
- CERT-In Empanelment requirement
- ISO 27001:2022 (mapped controls)
- DPDP Act 2023 (overlap with privacy)
Compliance is leverage, not paperwork.
IRDAI Cyber Security Guidelines (2023) cover not just IT controls but governance, third-party risk and incident reporting within 6 hours of detection. Insurance entities face sanctions including licence suspension for material non-compliance. Macksofy's IRDAI audit team includes auditors who have delivered to top private and PSU insurers across India.
- Life + general + health insurers (Indian + foreign)
- Reinsurers operating in India
- Insurance brokers + corporate agents
- Web aggregators (PoS / IMF)
- Third-Party Administrators (TPAs)
- Insurance marketing firms
Aligned to the regulations that matter.
How we run a IRDAI Audit engagement.
Interactive walkthrough — every phase clickable, every activity documented, every artefact regulator-ready.
1 · Scoping
- 01Insurer category (life / general / health / reinsurer)
- 02Distribution channel inventory (online / agents / corporate)
- 03TPA + claim processing surface
Everything you need to satisfy auditors.
- IRDAI-format audit report
- Cyber Crisis Management Plan (template + validation)
- Findings register · severity · ETA · management response
- DPDP overlap remediation plan
- IRDAI inspector support package
- Free retest within 30 days · closure letter
Annual IRDAI audit + DPDP readiness
Outcome: All findings closed within 60 days; first-attempt clearance from IRDAI on-site inspection
The shape of a IRDAI Audit engagement.
Every number below is grounded in how Macksofy actually runs the engagement — not aspirational marketing copy.
What we actually examine.
Each pillar is a distinct workstream inside the engagement — scoped, evidenced, and signed off independently before the audit pack is assembled.
- IRDAI cyber framework alignment3 pts
- Information & cyber security audit3 pts
- Outsourcing & cloud3 pts
- Business continuity & DR3 pts
- Reporting & disclosure3 pts
- Insurance product security3 pts
The IRDAI 2017 cyber-security framework + 2022 ISNP refresh.
- 31-control board-approved policy review
- CISO appointment + reporting evidence
- Annual self-assessment to IRDAI
What IRDAI inspections actually test on the ground.
- Policyholder-data protection posture
- PII / financial-data encryption evidence
- Insurance-application secure-SDLC
The vendor-risk angle IRDAI cares about more than most regulators realise.
- Outsourcing-policy + vendor-risk register
- Cloud due-diligence + data-residency
- Sub-processor + access-management
Continuity expectations on insurance ops + claims processing.
- BCP plan + drill evidence
- Claims-processing recovery RTO/RPO
- Customer-communication playbook
What you tell IRDAI, when, and in what format.
- Half-yearly compliance status to IRDAI
- Cyber-incident reporting workflow
- Annual cyber-resilience report
Securing the product surface — apps, partner portals, agent tools.
- Mobile + web application security
- Agent / broker portal access review
- PoS / partner integration security
From kick-off to regulator-ready report.
The horizontal flow below shows the typical week-by-week shape of a IRDAI Audit engagement. Click any station for detail in the methodology section above.
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