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Military Grade Review — An elevated assurance standard for environments where failure isn't an option
SIRI Security's Military Grade Review applies an elevated, defence-grade assurance standard for organisations whose environments demand a higher bar than standard commercial security testing.
62%Of cloud detections
70%Of malware detections
29.44LIncidents CERT-In handled
Why elite-tier assessment is now board-visible
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Growing gap
62% CLOUD
Cloud misconfiguration and IAM exploitation account for 62% of detections in cloud environments (DSCI) — exactly what an attacker's-POV assessment is designed to find first.
Baseline
70% MALWARE
Trojans and file infectors make up 70% of malware detections (Seqrite 2026) — a common finding once ransomware readiness is actually tested.
Effective
31 JUL 2026
RBI's 2026 Framework raises the bar on demonstrable resilience — elite-tier assessment is increasingly how regulated entities evidence it.
Baseline
6 HR WINDOW
CERT-In's notification window makes threat modelling and readiness testing a precondition for meeting the deadline once, not after, an incident starts.
Evidentiary standard
BSA 2023
Where an elite assessment surfaces material later relevant to a dispute, the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 governs how that evidence is treated.
Tested at the standard a real adversary would use
What does a Military Grade Review involve?
Some environments — defence-adjacent, critical infrastructure, national-security-relevant, or simply operating under an internal risk appetite that demands it — need a more rigorous, exhaustive assurance standard than typical commercial VAPT.
This engagement applies a heightened testing standard: deeper manual testing depth, stricter evidentiary documentation, and assessment against defence-grade frameworks and threat models, executed by our most senior specialists.
Assume breach, then test the assumption
62% of cloud detections trace to misconfiguration and IAM exploitation (DSCI) — the exact blind spot an attacker's-POV, military-grade assessment is built to surface before a real adversary does.
SIRI Security delivers Military Grade Review to this standard directly — practitioner-led, documented, and connected to SIRI Law LLP's legal and regulatory response if a finding ever needs to go further.
What organisations get wrong
Four assumptions elite-tier assessment exists to correct
Routine testing answers 'did we pass'; elite assessment answers 'could we actually survive this.'
01 — CONFIDENCE
“Our standard testing programme already covers this”
Elite-tier assessment goes further than routine testing by design — chaining findings the way a real, motivated adversary would, not stopping at the first clean scope boundary.
02 — READINESS
“We'd cope fine if ransomware hit us”
Ransomware readiness untested is ransomware readiness assumed — and 70% of malware detections are trojans and file infectors (Seqrite 2026), the common precursor.
03 — THREAT MODEL
“Generic threat intelligence is specific enough”
A threat model built around your actual environment, assets, and adversary incentives finds what generic industry threat feeds miss.
04 — EVIDENCE
“The findings are just for our internal team”
Where an elite assessment surfaces something serious, the way it was documented matters if it ever needs to support a legal or insurance position.
What Military Grade Review covers
What's included, start to finish
Assessed the way a real, motivated adversary would approach it — not a generic checklist.
01
Elevated testing depth
Manual testing rigour beyond standard commercial VAPT scope.
02
Nation-state-informed threat modeling
Threats modeled against sophisticated, well-resourced adversary profiles.
03
Strict evidentiary documentation
Documentation standards suited to audit, legal, or regulatory scrutiny.
04
Senior specialist execution
Delivered exclusively by our most experienced assessment team.
05
Confidential handling protocols
Engagement handled under strict confidentiality and need-to-know protocols.
Evidence, not guesswork
Routine testing vs. self-assessed confidence vs. a SIRI elite assessment
The difference shows up exactly when a real, sophisticated threat actually arrives.
| Approach | No elite-tier assessment | Self-assessed confidence | SIRI Military Grade Review |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attacker's-POV methodology | No | No | Included |
| Ransomware readiness tested | No | Assumed | Verified directly |
| Custom threat model | No | Generic feeds only | Built for your environment |
| Evidentiary documentation | N/A | Informal | Litigation-ready where relevant |
| Executive narrative reporting | No | Rare | Included |
Sources: DSCI cloud detection data; Seqrite 2026 threat report; RBI (Commercial Banks — Cybersecurity, Technology: Risk, Resilience and Assurance Framework) Directions, 2026; Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. Summarised for comparison.
Numbers every board should know
What elite-tier assessment is actually catching
62%
Of cloud detections
Trace to misconfiguration and IAM exploitation (DSCI).
70%
Of malware detections
Are trojans and file infectors (Seqrite 2026) — the common ransomware precursor.
29.44L
Incidents CERT-In handled
In the latest reporting year — the scale elite assessment work is measured against.
6 HR
CERT-In notification window
The deadline a tested readiness posture is built to meet.
Why SIRI for Military Grade Review specifically
Assessed by the same team that runs real incident response
The practitioners who run elite assessments are the same ones who contain real breaches — not a separate red-team vendor with no downstream accountability.
01
Led directly by SIRI's Head of Cybersecurity
Vikram Rao, SIRI's Head of Cybersecurity, directs offensive security and incident response and leads CERT-In breach containment for enterprise clients.
02
Court-admissible findings when it matters
Ananya Krishnan, SIRI's Digital Forensics Lead, prepares court-admissible forensic reports and testifies as an expert witness when findings end up in front of a judge.
03
Findings connected directly to legal exposure
SIRI Security runs under the same roof as SIRI Law LLP — when a finding carries real legal exposure, the engagement can be brought under attorney-client privilege from day one, not bolted on after the fact.
04
Built for RBI's specific resilience bar
Assessment scope and reporting are built to the standard RBI's 2026 Framework expects from regulated entities, not a generic red-team template.
Who this is built for
Organisations this elite assessment service is built for
Banks & NBFCs
High-profile or high-value targets
Boards demanding an honest resilience view
Organisations that have never tested ransomware readiness
Enterprises facing a sophisticated or persistent threat
How we work
From scoping to ongoing delivery
01
Scoping & Rules of Engagement
We define scope, objectives, and rules of engagement together, so the exercise targets what actually matters to your business.
Week 102
Assessment Execution
Our senior team executes the assessment, simulating realistic adversary behaviour rather than a generic scanner run.
Weeks 2–303
Findings & Debrief
We walk your team through findings in a live debrief, not just a written report dropped in an inbox.
Week 4+04
Remediation Roadmap
A prioritised roadmap ties every finding to a concrete next step, ranked by actual risk.
OngoingFrequently asked
Military Grade Review, answered directly
Is this only for defence or government organisations?
Primarily, but any organisation whose risk profile or client requirements demand an elevated assurance standard can request this engagement.
Can this be delivered under NDA or on-site only?
Yes — engagement terms including on-site-only delivery, NDA, and confidentiality protocols are scoped to your requirements.
How long does this take?
Most engagements in this category run 3 to 6 weeks depending on scope, with senior specialists involved throughout.
Who on our side needs to be involved?
We typically work with your security lead and relevant technical owners; for tabletop-style exercises, leadership involvement is part of the value.
Test the assumption, not just the perimeter
Scope Military Grade Review.
Most engagements start with a short scoping call to agree objectives and rules of engagement.
Talk to SIRI Security: +91 79819 12046
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