Chinmay InfoSec is a cybersecurity consultancy built for Indian startups and SMEs who need to know exactly where they stand — before an attacker does. We don't sell compliance theatre. We find real gaps and help you close them.
Of all cyberattacks target small businesses. Most have no idea until it's already too late.
// Verizon DBIR 2024Average cost of a data breach for an Indian SME — before reputational damage, regulatory exposure, or customer loss enters the picture.
// IBM Cost of Data Breach ReportOne compromised employee account. That is all it takes to lose everything you have built.
// The threat is already inside.Most businesses treat security as a one-time event — a scan, a report, a checkbox for an investor or a client. That's not how attackers think, and it's not how we work. Every service we offer is built around one question: how would a motivated adversary get in? We answer that question. Then we help you make the answer harder to use against you.
We look at your company the way an attacker would — from the outside, using only public information.
Start HereTwo to four weeks. We try to break into your business — systems, people, and vendors — and show you exactly what we found.
Core EngagementA dedicated security expert who knows your business, shows up when it matters, and helps you make the right decisions as you scale.
Ongoing AdvisoryThree to six months. We find your weaknesses, help you fix them, train your team, and build security that keeps working after we leave.
TransformationIf you've built something valuable, someone has already looked you up. We audit your personal exposure and lock it down before it becomes a problem.
Personal SecurityWe show you the evidence. The real exposure. The actual gaps — in plain language, ranked by what matters, with a path to fixing it. No jargon. No theoretical frameworks. No 200-page reports that nobody reads.
Every report, every debrief, every conversation is designed for decision-makers — not IT departments. You will understand exactly what's at risk and exactly what to do about it, without needing a technical translator in the room.
Our methodology is built on real offensive security — CEH Master certified, eJPT certified, OSCP in progress. We use the same techniques, tools, and mindset as the threat actors targeting your business. Because understanding how attackers think is the only way to stay ahead of them.
We are not a vendor who delivers a PDF and disappears. We stay through remediation, re-testing, and escalation. The only metric that matters to us is whether your security posture has genuinely improved.
I built Chinmay InfoSec because the Indian startup ecosystem deserves better than generic compliance audits and off-the-shelf security products. Founders work too hard and risk too much to have their businesses compromised by gaps that were entirely preventable. My approach is offensive by training and honest by design — I find what's broken, explain it in plain language, and stay until it's fixed.
I started this firm because I believe every business deserves to know exactly where they stand — and exactly what to do about it.
Chinmay InfoSec is the cybersecurity practice within the Chinmay Advisory Group — a broader advisory firm spanning security, strategy, and business intelligence. Visit the parent company to learn more about the full scope of the group's work.
The Attack Surface Snapshot costs nothing. It takes a company name and a conversation. At the end of it, you'll know what a motivated adversary can find out about your business in thirty minutes. That knowledge alone changes how you think about risk.
What does a motivated adversary see when they look at your business?
We work through five distinct engagements — each one built around a different answer to that question. Whether you're starting from zero or building a security operation that lasts, this is how we work.
What can a motivated stranger find out about your business from the open internet in one sitting?
ComplimentaryWe look at your company from the outside — exactly the way a hacker, a competitor, or a scammer would. We use only publicly available information. We never touch your systems. We never run a scan. We're answering one question: what can someone who wants to hurt your business find out about it before they even try? Most founders are surprised by the answer.
Any Indian startup or SME that has never looked at itself through an attacker's eyes. If you've never had an external security review — or simply don't know what your exposure looks like from the outside — this is the right place to begin. No technical knowledge required. No cost. No commitment.
Two to four weeks. We try to break into your business. Then we tell you exactly what we found — and what to do about it.
Core EngagementThis is not a vulnerability scan. It's not a compliance checklist. We spend two to four weeks attempting to compromise your business the way a real attacker would — not just your website, but your people, your internal tools, your vendors, and every gap between them. At the end, you don't receive a report nobody reads. You receive an Adversarial Dossier: a precise, ranked picture of how your business could be compromised and what to do about it, in order of actual risk.
Startups handling customer data, financial transactions, or sensitive information. Companies preparing for funding rounds, enterprise sales, or compliance requirements that demand security evidence. Any business that has never had a professional offensive assessment — and wants to know the truth before someone else finds it.
A dedicated security expert who knows your business, shows up when it matters, and costs a fraction of hiring in-house.
Ongoing EngagementYou get a senior security expert who actually understands your company — not a vendor cycling through accounts. They attend your monthly reviews. They're available when something goes wrong. They push back on decisions that create risk. They help you make the right security calls as you grow. All the strategic value of a full-time CISO without the full-time cost.
Most growing companies reach a point where one-off assessments are no longer enough — but hiring a full-time CISO isn't justifiable yet. That gap is exactly where businesses get compromised. The Fractional CISO closes that gap permanently.
Scaling startups and SMEs building fast and wanting security woven into operations — not bolted on at the end. Companies without a dedicated in-house security function. Founders who are currently making security decisions alone and know that isn't sustainable.
Three to six months. We don't just find your weaknesses — we help you fix them, train your team, and build security that keeps working after we leave.
Transformation EngagementMost security engagements end with a report. This one ends with a company that is genuinely harder to attack than it was when we started. Over three to six months, we identify your weaknesses, close them alongside your team, train your people to think like attackers, and build internal processes that don't require us to stay in the room. The goal is not a deliverable. The goal is a measurable change in your security posture.
Companies that have already had assessments, know their gaps, and now want to close them systematically and permanently. Organisations preparing for a high-stakes environment — enterprise customers, regulated industries, significant fundraising, or expansion into new markets. Leadership teams who understand that reactive security is a liability they can no longer afford.
If you've built something valuable, someone has already looked you up. The question is what they found.
Personal SecurityCompetitors. Disgruntled employees. Scammers. State actors. Journalists. They can find out more about you personally than you realise — and that information can be used against you, your family, and your company. We audit your personal digital exposure completely, identify every surface that can be exploited, and lock it down before someone else does it first.
The most effective attack on a company often doesn't begin with a system. It begins with a person. Your home address on a company filing. Your personal email in a breach database. Your daily patterns inferred from public social media. A spear phishing email crafted from everything a stranger found about you in forty minutes of open-source research. You are the highest-value target in your organisation — and most founders have zero protection at the personal level.
Founders, co-founders, and C-suite executives at Indian startups who handle critical decisions, investor communications, or sensitive financial operations. Anyone whose personal compromise could cascade directly into a business crisis.
Every engagement begins with the same foundation: understanding your current exposure. The Snapshot costs nothing. The conversation costs nothing. Clarity is priceless.
Chinmay InfoSec was founded on a simple observation: the Indian startup ecosystem is full of businesses that know security matters — and almost none of them know exactly where they're exposed. Generic audits, compliance checklists, and vendor-sold tools create a feeling of security without the substance. We exist to close that gap.
I started Chinmay InfoSec because I believe every business deserves to know exactly where it stands — and exactly what to do about it. Not a sanitised summary. Not a score on a dashboard. The real picture, explained in plain language, with a path forward that makes sense.
My background is in offensive security — understanding how attackers think, what they look for, and how they move through a target environment. That lens changes how you look at every system, every process, and every person in an organisation. It's not a theoretical framework. It's the actual mindset of the people trying to get in — and the only way to stay ahead of them is to understand it completely.
I founded this firm because the startups I spoke to kept saying the same thing: they had done a security audit, they had ticked a box, and they still had no idea whether they were actually safe. That's the problem I'm here to solve.
"Every business deserves to know exactly where it stands. That's why Chinmay InfoSec exists."
linkedin.com/in/chinmayarora1 ↗Every assessment, every review, every conversation starts from the attacker's perspective. Not 'what controls do you have?' but 'how would someone get around those controls?' That shift in framing reveals a completely different set of risks.
A finding that a founder can't understand is a finding that won't get fixed. Every piece of output we produce — from a Snapshot summary to a full Adversarial Dossier — is written to be understood and acted on by the person who runs the business, not just the person who manages the servers.
Our engagement doesn't end when the report is delivered. We re-test. We track remediation. We stay involved until the risk is genuinely reduced — not just documented.
Chinmay InfoSec is the dedicated cybersecurity practice within the Chinmay Advisory Group — an advisory firm working across security, strategy, and business intelligence. The Group operates on the belief that good advice is honest, specific, and built around the actual situation of the client — not a templated product sold at scale.
If you want to understand the full scope of what the Chinmay Advisory Group does, or explore how cybersecurity fits into a wider strategic engagement, we'd direct you to the parent firm.
Chinmay InfoSec operates as a focused vertical within the Group. The parent company is the home for clients whose needs extend beyond cybersecurity into broader business advisory.
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