Ransomware Readiness, Air-Gapped Backup Validation & Indian Corporate CCMP Checklist
Practical checklist for hardening Indian enterprise infrastructure against double-extortion ransomware syndicates. Covers Active Directory tiering, immutable backup repositories, endpoint volume shadow copy protections, Cyber Crisis Management Plans (CCMP), and CERT-In reporting.
Interactive Technical Checklist (6 Verification Checkpoints)
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[Identity] Implement Tiered Active Directory administration: Domain Admin credentials never touch workstations.Mandate: Tier-0 AD Security
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[Identity] Disable legacy NTLMv1 and restrict SMBv1 across all corporate subnets.Mandate: Protocol Hardening
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[Backups] Verify backup storage (Veeam/Rubrik/S3) is configured as immutable Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) in India.Mandate: Immutable Backups
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[Backups] Perform quarterly cold restore drills to test bare-metal recovery without production network connection.Mandate: Disaster Recovery Drill
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[Endpoints] Enable EDR behavioral rules blocking 'vssadmin delete shadows' and 'bcdedit' tampering.Mandate: Shadow Copy Protection
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[Regulatory Reporting] Trigger CERT-In 6-hour incident report and notify RBI/SEBI if regulated financial data is impacted.Mandate: Mandatory Escalation
Ransomware is an explicitly designated reportable incident category under CERT-In Directions 2022. Entities must notify CERT-In within 6 hours. Paying ransoms carries severe legal, tax, and anti-money laundering risks under Indian law.
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