What does Telecom & Network Operators need from cyber security?
Key takeaways
- The engagement is scoped around infrastructure that carries everything, not a generic checklist.
- A written scope, a fixed price band and a delivery date before work starts.
- A technical report for your engineers and a one-page summary for decision makers.
- A retest after remediation is included as standard on assessment work.
As of 24 October 2026: the service descriptions, prices and turnaround figures on this page are current.
What actually matters for telecom & network operators?
Generic security guidance is written for a generic organisation, which is nobody in particular. Applied to your situation it turns into a checklist you cannot use. Below is the exposure we actually treat as real here, and how each item is handled.
- Core network and management plane review
- Customer and subscriber data protection
- Fraud and signalling abuse analysis
- Supplier and interconnection risk
- Regulatory evidence for CERT-In and TRAI
Which services fit this situation?
The exposure is not the same for every organisation in this category, and the scope should reflect that. This is the usual shape of an engagement here.
| Service | When it is the right answer | Indicative range (ex-GST) |
|---|---|---|
| VAPT and penetration testing | You want to know what an attacker would actually find | Rs 45,000 - 6,00,000 |
| Cyber security audit and gap assessment | You need the map before you commission the test | Rs 60,000 - 2,50,000 |
| Managed security operations | You need someone watching between engagements | Rs 2,50,000 - 12,00,000 per year |
| Incident response retainer | You need a 4-hour response when something happens | Rs 2,50,000 - 6,00,000 per year |
| DPDP and CERT-In readiness | Regulatory deadlines are the driver | Rs 1,00,000 - 5,00,000 |
| Awareness training and phishing simulation | Your people are the most likely route in | Rs 25,000 - 1,50,000 |
How do you approach it?
We begin by talking about what you are protecting, whether anything has already gone wrong, and what a genuine failure would cost you in money, reputation or downtime. That conversation is enough to scope the work within a budget you can actually carry. It is often a smaller scope than the one you asked for, and that is deliberate.
Once the scope is signed, delivery starts. The finding log is live throughout, so the serious issues are visible to your team while there is still time to act on them, rather than arriving all at once at the end.
Which services fit this situation?
VAPT & Penetration Testing
Authorised vulnerability assessment and penetration testing for web, mobile, API and network.
Web Application Security
Web app testing that reads like a breach report, not a scanner dump.
Mobile App Security Testing
iOS and Android testing of the app binary, the API behind it, and the data it stores.
API Security Testing
Where most modern breaches actually happen, and where most scanners never look.
Network Penetration Testing
Internal network, external perimeter, firewall and segmentation testing.
Cloud Security Assessment
AWS, Azure and GCP configuration review, plus container and Kubernetes testing.
Incident Response & Retainer
24/7 help when something is already happening — and a retainer to stop it happening.
Ransomware Recovery & File Unlock
When files are encrypted, the priority is containment first and recovery second.
What questions do we get asked by telecom & network operators?
Talk to an analyst about telecom & network operators
A short call will normally settle what you need. We will tell you if the sensible scope is smaller than what you asked for, because that happens more often than not.
Request a quote See pricingLast reviewed: 24 October 2026. Information on this page is general guidance, not legal advice. Prices are indicative bands for a typical scope and are confirmed in a written quote before any work begins.