Snapshot of skills and competence of CERT-In empanelled IT Security Auditing Organisation

  1. Name, Location of the empanelled IT Security Auditing organisation : Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

  2. Carrying out Information Security Audits since : January 2001

  3. Technical manpower deployed for IT security audits :
    CISSPs : 9
    BS7799 / ISO27001 LAs : 2
    CISAs / CISM : 65
    DISAs / ISAs : 1
    Total Nos. of Technical Personnel : 145

  4. Outsourcing of External IT Security Auditors / Experts : No

  5. IT Security Audit Tools used (owned, in possession) :
    Freeware : 9
    Commercial : 8
    Proprietary: 9
    Total Nos. of Audit Tools : 26
    (Click here for details of the IT Security audit tools)

  6. IT Security Audit Methodology : Beyond Standard

  7. IT Security Audits carried out since empanelment till now :
    Govt. : 4
    PSU : 7
    Private : 68
    Total Nos. of Security Audits : 79

  8. Business domain of auditee organisations : Banking, Financial Services, Software Development, Telecom, FMCG, Manufacturing.

  9. Typical applications in use by auditee organisations : Online Banking Solutions, Stock Trading Platforms, Online / Mobile Payment Solutions, ERP, CRM, Billing Systems, Corporate Websites.

  10. Typical bandwidth (maximum) of any auditee organisations :
    Internal Bandwidth (LAN / Intranet) : 150 Mbps
    External Bandwidth (WAN / Internet) : 20 Mbps

  11. Networked Infrastructure details of an organizations audited with most complex network :
    No. of Computer Systems : 10000
    No. of servers : 600
    No. of switches : 400
    No. of routers : 400
    No. of firewalls : 15
    No. of IDS' : 24

  12. Ability to carry out vulnerability assessment and penetration test : Yes


Key : NA = Not Available (data not provided by the CERT-In empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisation).