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Digital Forensics — Find out exactly what happened, with evidence that holds up
After a suspected breach or insider incident, SIRI Security's forensics team preserves evidence properly, reconstructs exactly what happened, and — where needed — produces reporting that stands up in court or before a regulator.
62%Of cloud detections
70%Of malware detections
29.44LIncidents CERT-In handled
Why advanced assessment now needs a legal lens
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Evidentiary standard
BSA 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 governs how digital and forensic evidence is admitted in Indian courts — findings that may end up in litigation need to be collected to that standard from day one.
Growing gap
62% CLOUD
Cloud misconfiguration and IAM exploitation account for 62% of detections in cloud environments (DSCI) — a growing share of what advanced assessment work uncovers.
Baseline
70% MALWARE
Trojans and file infectors make up 70% of malware detections (Seqrite 2026) — relevant context for forensic and red-team engagements alike.
Effective
31 JUL 2026
RBI's 2026 Framework raises the bar on what regulated entities are expected to test and evidence, including deeper assessments beyond routine VAPT.
Baseline
6 HR WINDOW
CERT-In's notification window applies regardless of how technically complex the underlying finding was — advanced assessment work still has to feed a fast decision process.
Depth, held to an evidentiary standard
What is Digital Forensics investigation?
Digital forensics is the disciplined process of preserving, analysing, and documenting digital evidence after a suspected incident — a breach, insider threat, fraud, or data theft — in a way that answers what actually happened and, where needed, holds up as evidence.
Chain of custody matters as much as technical skill here: evidence handled incorrectly can become inadmissible even if the technical findings are correct. Our forensics work is coordinated with SIRI Law LLP wherever the outcome may end up in litigation, a regulatory filing, or a CERT-In notification.
Advanced findings often become legal findings
Digital forensics, red-team, and AI/LLM assessment work regularly surfaces material that ends up in a regulatory filing or a courtroom — evidence handling has to be right from the first byte collected.
SIRI Security delivers Digital Forensics 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 that undermine advanced assessment work
Depth without the right evidentiary discipline can end up unusable when it matters most.
01 — EVIDENCE
“We'll worry about admissibility later”
Evidence collected without proper chain-of-custody discipline from the start often can't be rehabilitated afterward — the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 cares about how it was gathered, not just what it shows.
02 — SCOPE
“Standard VAPT already covers this”
Red-team operations, AI/LLM audits, hardware security, and digital forensics each require specialised methodology that routine testing doesn't attempt.
03 — TOOLING
“New technology just needs the same checklist”
AI/LLM systems and specialised hardware introduce failure modes — prompt injection, model extraction, physical debug exposure — that generic assessment frameworks weren't built for.
04 — URGENCY
“We can take our time on a complex finding”
CERT-In's notification clock doesn't pause for investigative complexity — advanced assessment work still has to feed a fast decision process.
What Digital Forensics covers
What's included, start to finish
Depth-first work, documented to a standard that holds up beyond the engagement itself.
01
Evidence preservation & chain of custody
Forensically sound imaging and documentation from the first response onward.
02
Timeline reconstruction
Rebuilding exactly what happened, when, and by whom or what, from available artefacts.
03
Root cause analysis
How the incident actually started, not just what it touched.
04
Malware & artefact analysis
Reverse-engineering any malicious tooling found on affected systems.
05
Legally-coordinated reporting
Findings structured for litigation, regulatory filing, or insurance claims where relevant.
Evidence, not guesswork
Generic assessment vs. a documented SIRI engagement
The difference shows up when findings need to go somewhere — a board, a regulator, or a court.
| Approach | No specialised assessment | Generic technical review | SIRI Digital Forensics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodology | None | Generic checklist | Specialised, purpose-built |
| Evidentiary discipline | None | Inconsistent | Chain-of-custody from collection |
| Litigation/regulatory readiness | No | Unlikely | Built in, via SIRI Law LLP |
| Named practitioner accountability | N/A | Varies | Yes |
| Satisfies board-level scrutiny | No | Partially | Yes |
Sources: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023; RBI (Commercial Banks — Cybersecurity, Technology: Risk, Resilience and Assurance Framework) Directions, 2026; DSCI and Seqrite 2026 threat data. Summarised for comparison.
Numbers every board should know
What advanced 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).
29.44L
Incidents CERT-In handled
In the latest reporting year — the scale advanced assessment work sits against.
6 HR
CERT-In notification window
The deadline advanced findings still have to feed into.
Why SIRI for Digital Forensics specifically
Depth backed by an evidentiary standard, under one roof
The same team that runs the assessment can carry a real finding into a legal or regulatory response without a handoff.
01
Court-admissible from the first byte collected
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.
02
Led by named offensive-security practitioners
Vikram Rao, SIRI's Head of Cybersecurity, directs offensive security and incident response and leads CERT-In breach containment for enterprise clients.
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 the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam's standard
Evidence handling is designed to the admissibility standard India's evidence law sets, not a generic international template retrofitted afterward.
Who this is built for
Organisations this assessment service is built for
Banks & NBFCs
Organisations facing a sophisticated threat
AI/LLM product teams
Hardware & IoT manufacturers
Enterprises preparing for litigation or regulatory scrutiny
How we work
From scoping to ongoing delivery
01
Evidence Preservation
Immediate, forensically sound preservation of affected systems and logs before anything else is touched.
Week 102
Analysis & Timeline Reconstruction
Detailed analysis of preserved evidence to reconstruct the incident timeline and root cause.
Weeks 2–303
Attribution & Scope Assessment
Establishing what was actually accessed or exfiltrated, and by what means.
Week 4+04
Reporting
A findings report structured for its intended use — internal remediation, litigation, regulatory filing, or insurance.
OngoingFrequently asked
Digital Forensics, answered directly
Can this support a legal case or insurance claim?
Yes — where litigation, regulatory action, or an insurance claim is likely, we coordinate directly with SIRI Law LLP so evidence handling and reporting hold up.
How fast can you respond?
Our emergency response protocol activates within 15 minutes of your call, 24/7, for active or suspected incidents.
How long does this take?
Most engagements in this category run 1 to 3 weeks depending on scope; we'll give you an exact estimate once scoping is complete.
Who actually does the work?
Senior SIRI Security specialists carry out every engagement personally — this is never outsourced or run purely by automated tooling.
Get depth that holds up
Scope Digital Forensics.
Most engagements start with a short scoping call to confirm objectives, environment, and evidentiary requirements.
Talk to SIRI Security: +91 79819 12046
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