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Mitigata VAPT

Secure the front door. Email is where most attacks arrive — Mitigata VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled pen testing & offensive security — find and prove your weaknesses before attackers do, with reports accepted by Indian regulators — and, distinctively, findings that feed your live SOC so they get fixed, not filed.

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The accreditation
regulator-accepted
CERT-In
The range
VA/PT to red team
Full offensive
The edge
feed live security
Findings acted on
Backing
Bessemer-led
$15M Series B

Quick answer

Mitigata VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing — finding the weaknesses in your systems, applications and infrastructure before attackers do — from India's full-stack cyber resilience company, with the crucial advantage that its reports are accepted by Indian regulators and its findings feed your live security, compliance and insurance. Here's what it does and why it matters: you can't fix weaknesses you don't know about, and attackers are actively probing for them — so you need to find and fix your vulnerabilities before they're exploited. VAPT does exactly this: vulnerability assessment systematically identifies weaknesses across your attack surface (applications, networks, cloud, APIs, infrastructure), and penetration testing goes further, with skilled testers actively attempting to exploit them (like a real attacker would) to prove what's genuinely exploitable and how far an attacker could get. Mitigata's VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled — a critical advantage in India, because it means its reports are accepted by Indian regulators including RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and DPDP authorities, so the testing directly satisfies Indian regulatory requirements (many of which mandate periodic VAPT by an empanelled tester). Beyond standard VAPT, Mitigata offers the full offensive-security range: DAST/SAST (application security testing), red, blue and purple teaming, bug bounty, and AI red-teaming for AI systems. And distinctively, because Mitigata runs your whole resilience stack, VAPT findings don't sit in a PDF that's ignored — they feed your live security operations (the SOC prioritises and helps remediate them), your compliance evidence, and your security-linked insurance posture. The result is CERT-In-accredited, regulator-accepted VAPT whose findings actually get acted on — not a compliance-checkbox report that gathers dust. TechBag scopes, deploys and quotes it in INR/GST.

Part 01 · Orient

The Mitigata cyber-resilience stack

This page covers VAPT — offensive security. The rest of the stack:

Quick facts

30-second orientation
Product
Mitigata VAPT — CERT-In pen testing & offensive security
Vendor
Mitigata (Bengaluru, India · founded 2023)
The accreditation
CERT-In-empanelled (regulator-accepted)
Accepted by
RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DPDP authorities
VA
Systematic weakness identification
PT
Skilled testers actively exploit (like attackers)
The range
DAST/SAST, red/blue/purple team, bug bounty, AI red-team
The differentiator
Findings feed live security, compliance, insurance
vs a PDF
Findings acted on, not filed and forgotten
In India via
TechBag — scoping, quotes, GST invoicing, support
Part 02 · Learn

Understand email security before you buy it

Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.

What is Mitigata VAPT?

CERT-In-empanelled pen testing & offensive security — find and prove your weaknesses before attackers do, regulator-accepted.

Unprotected inbox vs AI email security — the honest table

What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.

DimensionUnprotected / signature emailMitigata VAPT (Mitigata)
Knowing your weaknessesUnknown until breachedFound by VA + PT first
Vulnerability listTheoretical, hundredsProven exploitable, prioritised
Regulator acceptanceMaybe (non-empanelled)CERT-In-accepted
What happens to findingsFiled in a PDF, ignoredFed to SOC, remediated
Offensive rangeJuggle boutiquesVAPT to red-team to AI, one provider
Compliance evidenceSeparate workVAPT feeds GRC directly
InsuranceUnrelatedRemediation improves cover
CadenceOnce-a-year snapshotRetest + continuous

You can't fix what you don't know — and attackers are probing for it. Mitigata VAPT is CERT-In-accredited (regulator-accepted) and, distinctively, findings feed your live SOC so they get fixed, not filed in a PDF.

Under the hood

The five pieces of the platform

Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.

01
The scan

Vulnerability Assessment

Find the weaknesses

Systematically identifies weaknesses across your attack surface — applications, networks, cloud, APIs, infrastructure — so you know where you're vulnerable, comprehensively.

02
The exploit

Penetration Testing

Prove exploitability

Skilled testers actively attempt to exploit the weaknesses, like a real attacker — proving what's genuinely exploitable and how far an attacker could get, not just a theoretical list.

03
The credential

CERT-In Empanelment

Regulator-accepted

As a CERT-In-empanelled tester, Mitigata's reports are accepted by Indian regulators (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DPDP) — so the testing directly satisfies Indian regulatory VAPT mandates.

04
The depth

Full Offensive Range

Beyond standard VAPT

DAST/SAST application testing, red/blue/purple teaming, bug bounty and AI red-teaming — the full offensive-security range, matched to your risk and maturity.

05
The differentiator

Findings → Live Stack

Acted on, not filed

Findings feed your live security (the SOC prioritises and helps remediate), your compliance evidence, and your insurance posture — so they get acted on, not filed in an ignored PDF.

One agent on every machine, one console over all of them — modules attach without a second operational world.

Everything covered

The full offensive range, CERT-In-accredited

Mitigata tests everything an attacker could reach — and the findings feed your live stack, not a filed PDF. What’s covered:

Core testing

  • VAPT
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Penetration Testing
  • Attack Surface Monitoring

Application security

  • DAST / SAST
  • API testing
  • Web & mobile app testing

Adversary simulation

  • Red Teaming
  • Blue Teaming
  • Purple Teaming
  • Bug Bounty

AI security

  • AI Red-Teaming
  • AI / Prompt Security
  • AI Risk Reviews
  • AI Tabletop Exercises

Accreditation

  • CERT-In-empanelled
  • Accepted by RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP
  • Regulator-ready reports

Acted on

  • Findings → live SOC
  • → compliance evidence
  • → insurance posture
  • Retest & confirm

One accountable partner — not a dozen point vendors. TechBag scopes exactly what you need in INR/GST.

Part 03 · Evaluate

Twelve capabilities. Assess, exploit, act.

Find and fix your weaknesses before attackers do — CERT-In-accredited, and actually acted on — part of the portfolio, and paired with the human firewall.

Assess
VA

Vulnerability Assessment

Systematically identify weaknesses across applications, networks, cloud, APIs and infrastructure — comprehensive coverage of your attack surface, so nothing exploitable hides unknown.

Assess
App testing

DAST / SAST

Dynamic and static application security testing — finding vulnerabilities in your applications both at rest (code) and running — because applications are a leading attack vector.

Assess
Attack surface

Attack-Surface Coverage

Test your whole external and internal attack surface — the assets, apps and entry points an attacker could reach — so testing reflects your real exposure, not just a chosen slice.

Assess
CERT-In

CERT-In-Empanelled

As a CERT-In-empanelled tester, reports are accepted by Indian regulators (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DPDP) — directly satisfying the Indian regulatory VAPT mandates many organisations must meet.

Exploit
PT

Penetration Testing

Skilled testers actively attempt to exploit weaknesses like a real attacker — proving what's genuinely exploitable and the real-world impact, far beyond a theoretical vulnerability list.

Exploit
Red team

Red / Blue / Purple Teaming

Full adversary simulation — red team (attack), blue team (defend), purple team (collaborate) — testing not just your systems but your detection and response, end to end.

Exploit
Bug bounty

Bug Bounty

Run managed bug-bounty programmes — harnessing a crowd of ethical researchers to find vulnerabilities continuously, complementing point-in-time testing.

Exploit
AI red-team

AI Red-Teaming

Test AI systems for AI-specific risks (prompt injection, model manipulation) — offensive security for the AI you're adopting, an emerging and important frontier.

Act
Prioritised

SOC-Prioritised Remediation

Distinctively, findings feed your live SOC — which prioritises them by real risk and helps drive remediation — so the report becomes action, not a list nobody acts on.

Act
Compliance

Feeds Compliance Evidence

CERT-In VAPT reports feed your compliance/GRC directly — providing the regulator-accepted technical evidence that DPDP, SEBI, RBI and ISO/SOC 2 audits require.

Act
Insurance

Feeds Insurance Posture

Findings (and their remediation) feed your security-linked insurance posture — because Mitigata prices cover on real security, fixing what VAPT finds can improve your terms.

Act
Retest

Retest & Continuous

Retest after remediation to confirm fixes, and — via attack-surface monitoring — move toward continuous testing rather than a once-a-year snapshot that goes stale.

See it, don’t just read it

Watch Mitigata VAPT in action

The overview, getting started, and protecting M365 email.

Mitigata (official)·Overview

Mitigata: A New Era of Cyber Insurance & Security

Offensive security, connected to the whole stack.

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Why Mitigata VAPT

The endpoint catches what arrives. Email stops it arriving.

Here’s what genuinely sets Mitigata VAPT apart.

01

You can't fix what you don't know — VAPT finds it before attackers do

The fundamental reason Mitigata VAPT exists is simple and vital: you cannot fix weaknesses you don't know about, attackers are actively probing for them, so you must find and fix your vulnerabilities before they're exploited — and VAPT is how you do that systematically and provably. Consider the asymmetry you face. Your systems, applications and infrastructure inevitably have vulnerabilities — misconfigurations, unpatched flaws, insecure code, exposed services, weak access controls. These accumulate as your environment grows and changes. And attackers are actively, continuously probing for them — scanning the internet, testing your applications, looking for the way in. If you don't know your own weaknesses, you can't fix them, and you're relying on luck that attackers don't find them first — a losing bet, because attackers are systematic and persistent. So you need to find your vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them, and fix them. VAPT does exactly this, in two complementary ways. Vulnerability assessment systematically identifies your weaknesses across your whole attack surface — applications, networks, cloud, APIs, infrastructure — giving you a comprehensive picture of where you're vulnerable. Penetration testing goes further: skilled human testers actively attempt to exploit those weaknesses, exactly as a real attacker would — proving what's genuinely exploitable (not just theoretically flagged), how the vulnerabilities chain together, and how far an attacker could actually get. This distinction matters: a vulnerability scan produces a long list of theoretical issues, many low-risk; penetration testing proves which are genuinely dangerous and demonstrates real impact — so you can prioritise fixing what actually matters. Together, VA (find comprehensively) and PT (prove what's exploitable) give you an accurate, actionable picture of your real security weaknesses — so you can fix them before attackers exploit them. This is a foundational security practice: knowing and fixing your own weaknesses, proactively, rather than discovering them when you're breached. For any organisation with systems worth protecting (all of them), finding and fixing vulnerabilities before attackers do is essential, and VAPT is how. TechBag helps organisations find and fix their weaknesses with Mitigata VAPT.

02

CERT-In-empanelled — regulator-accepted VAPT that satisfies Indian mandates

A critical advantage of Mitigata VAPT for Indian organisations is that it's CERT-In-empanelled — which means its reports are accepted by Indian regulators, so the testing directly satisfies the Indian regulatory VAPT mandates that many organisations are legally required to meet. This matters enormously in the Indian context. CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) empanels security auditing organisations, and many Indian regulations require organisations to undergo periodic VAPT specifically by a CERT-In-empanelled tester. The RBI mandates VAPT for banks and financial institutions. SEBI's framework requires it for regulated entities. IRDAI requires it for insurers. And various DPDP, sector and government requirements mandate CERT-In-accredited security testing. So for regulated Indian organisations, VAPT isn't optional — it's a legal requirement, and crucially, it must be done by a CERT-In-empanelled tester for the report to be accepted. This is exactly where Mitigata's CERT-In empanelment is decisive: because Mitigata is CERT-In-empanelled, its VAPT reports are accepted by these Indian regulators (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DPDP authorities) — so its testing directly satisfies your Indian regulatory VAPT obligations. If you used a non-empanelled tester, the report might not be accepted by your regulator, meaning you'd fail to meet the mandate despite having done testing. So CERT-In empanelment isn't a nice-to-have — for regulated Indian organisations, it's a requirement, and Mitigata has it. This gives Indian organisations confidence that the VAPT they get from Mitigata will actually satisfy their regulatory obligations — a critical practical advantage over testers who lack the empanelment. And it reflects Mitigata's India-native positioning: built for the Indian regulatory reality, accredited by the Indian authority, so its security testing meets Indian requirements out of the box. For any regulated Indian organisation with a VAPT mandate (banks, NBFCs, insurers, SEBI entities, and increasingly many others under DPDP and sector rules), CERT-In-empanelled testing is essential, and Mitigata provides it. TechBag helps regulated Indian organisations meet their VAPT mandates with CERT-In-empanelled Mitigata VAPT. The honest scope follows.

03

Findings that get acted on — not a PDF that gathers dust

The most distinctive value of Mitigata VAPT is what happens to the findings: because Mitigata runs your whole resilience stack, VAPT findings feed your live security, compliance and insurance — so they actually get acted on, rather than sitting in a PDF report that gathers dust, which is the fate of most VAPT. Consider the dirty secret of a lot of VAPT: the report gets filed and largely ignored. An organisation commissions a VAPT (often just to satisfy a compliance checkbox), receives a long PDF report full of findings, and then... struggles to act on it. The findings are a list disconnected from the organisation's actual security operations; there's no one clearly responsible for remediation; the security team (if there is one) is overstretched; and the report becomes a compliance artifact that's filed away, with many findings never fixed — so the vulnerabilities the VAPT found remain exploitable. This is a huge waste: the testing found the weaknesses, but the weaknesses don't get fixed, so the whole point (reducing risk) is lost. It's testing as a checkbox, not as risk reduction. Mitigata is different because VAPT is part of its unified stack, so the findings don't sit isolated in a PDF — they feed the live operations. Feed the SOC: the findings go to Mitigata's live security operations, which prioritise them by real risk (using the live context of your environment) and help drive remediation — so someone accountable is acting on them, not leaving them in a report. Feed compliance: the CERT-In VAPT reports feed your compliance/GRC directly, providing regulator-accepted evidence. Feed insurance: the findings (and their remediation) feed your security-linked insurance posture — so fixing what VAPT finds can improve your cover terms, giving a direct incentive to actually remediate. So instead of testing → PDF → ignored, it's testing → live prioritisation and remediation → improved compliance and insurance. The findings become action and risk reduction, which is the entire point of VAPT. This connection — VAPT feeding the live stack rather than a dead report — is a genuine differentiator and addresses the biggest failure mode of traditional VAPT. For organisations that want VAPT to actually reduce their risk (not just tick a box), this acted-on model is decisive. TechBag helps organisations get VAPT that's acted on with Mitigata. The honest scope follows.

04

The full offensive range — from VAPT to red teaming to AI

Beyond standard VAPT, Mitigata offers the full offensive-security range — DAST/SAST, red/blue/purple teaming, bug bounty, and AI red-teaming — so you can match the depth of offensive testing to your risk and maturity, from a single accredited provider. Consider the spectrum of offensive security. Standard VAPT (vulnerability assessment and penetration testing) is the foundation — finding and proving weaknesses. But mature security programmes need more. Application security testing (DAST/SAST): dynamic and static testing of your applications specifically, because applications are a leading attack vector and need dedicated code-and-runtime testing. Red/blue/purple teaming: full adversary simulation — a red team attacks like a real, determined adversary (testing not just whether vulnerabilities exist but whether your defences detect and stop an attack), a blue team defends, and a purple team has them collaborate to improve — testing your whole detection-and-response capability, not just your systems. Bug bounty: harnessing a crowd of ethical researchers to find vulnerabilities continuously, complementing point-in-time testing. And AI red-teaming: testing AI systems for AI-specific risks (prompt injection, model manipulation) — an emerging, important frontier as organisations adopt AI. Mitigata offers this whole range, which is valuable for several reasons. Matched depth: you can choose the right level for your risk and maturity — standard VAPT for a straightforward need, up to full red-teaming for a mature programme that wants to test its defences, and AI red-teaming as you adopt AI. Single accredited provider: getting the whole range from one CERT-In-empanelled provider (rather than juggling separate boutiques for pen testing, app testing, red teaming and AI) means consistency, one relationship, and findings that all feed the same live stack. Progression: as your security matures, you can progress up the offensive-security spectrum with the same provider. So Mitigata isn't just a basic VAPT vendor — it's a full offensive-security provider covering the whole spectrum from vulnerability assessment to red teaming to AI red-teaming, accredited and connected to the live stack. For organisations wanting offensive security matched to their maturity from one accredited, connected provider, this range is compelling. TechBag helps organisations get the right offensive-security depth with Mitigata. The honest scope follows.

05

India-native, CERT-In-accredited, and part of one accountable stack

Mitigata VAPT's advantages come together in its India-native, CERT-In-accredited, connected-stack positioning: it's built for the Indian regulatory reality, accredited by the Indian authority, and part of one accountable cyber-resilience stack rather than an isolated testing engagement. On India-native and CERT-In-accredited: as covered, Mitigata's CERT-In empanelment means its reports are accepted by Indian regulators, directly satisfying the VAPT mandates Indian organisations face — a critical, India-specific advantage. And as an India-native company, it understands the Indian regulatory context (which frameworks require what testing, how reports must be formatted for Indian regulators) and provides local handling and support. On being part of one accountable stack: unlike an isolated VAPT engagement from a boutique that tests, delivers a PDF, and departs, Mitigata's VAPT is part of its unified stack — so, as covered, the findings feed your live security (prioritised and remediated by the SOC), your compliance (regulator-accepted evidence), and your insurance (improving your posture-priced cover). This means VAPT isn't a disconnected one-off but part of your ongoing, accountable cyber resilience — one partner accountable for finding your weaknesses, helping fix them, keeping you compliant, and getting you covered. This connection and accountability is a real advantage over commissioning isolated VAPT engagements that produce reports nobody acts on. So Mitigata VAPT offers CERT-In-accredited, regulator-accepted, India-native offensive security whose findings actually get acted on because it's part of one accountable resilience stack — a combination especially valuable for Indian organisations that must meet VAPT mandates and want the testing to genuinely reduce their risk, not just produce a filed report. TechBag proudly represents this India-native, connected offensive-security capability. The honest scope follows.

06

The honest scope

Mitigata VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing plus the full offensive-security range (DAST/SAST, red/blue/purple teaming, bug bounty, AI red-teaming) — regulator-accepted (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DPDP), India-native, and distinctively part of a unified stack so findings feed your live security, compliance and insurance rather than sitting in an ignored PDF. The honest framing: VAPT and offensive security is a well-established field with many capable providers — dedicated pen-testing and offensive-security boutiques and firms (in India and globally), some with very deep, specialised expertise in particular areas (elite red teams, niche application-security specialists, specialised AI-security firms). For the very deepest, most specialised offensive engagement in a specific niche, an elite boutique may go deeper than Mitigata's team. Mitigata's distinctive edge is not necessarily being the single deepest pen-test boutique, but combining CERT-In accreditation (regulator-accepted, satisfying Indian mandates), the full offensive range from one provider, India-native regulatory fit, and — most distinctively — findings that feed the live security/compliance/insurance stack so they actually get acted on (addressing the biggest failure of traditional VAPT: reports that gather dust). It's most compelling for Indian organisations that must meet CERT-In VAPT mandates and want testing that genuinely reduces risk (acted-on findings) as part of their whole cyber resilience, rather than an isolated compliance-checkbox report. For the deepest specialised offensive engagement in a specific niche, an elite boutique may complement it. TechBag scopes Mitigata VAPT honestly and quotes it in INR/GST.

The top vector
Where most attacks start
AI detection
Phishing, BEC, impersonation
CERT-In + acted on
Regulator-accepted; findings fixed
Proof, not promises

The numbers behind the platform

0 CERT-In empanelment
reports accepted by RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP
Regulator-ready
VA + 0PT
find comprehensively, prove exploitability
Accurate
findings 0 acted on
feed the SOC, not a filed PDF
The edge
VAPT to red-team to 0 AI
full offensive range, one provider
Depth
0 compliance & insurance
evidence + better cover terms
Connected
0 India-native
built for Indian mandates
Local

What your VAPT journey looks like

Day 0Free

Scope & mandate check

Your attack surface, your regulatory VAPT mandate (RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP), and the offensive depth you need. TechBag scopes it free.

Week 1–2Test

Assess & exploit

Vulnerability assessment across your attack surface, then penetration testing to prove what's genuinely exploitable — CERT-In-empanelled, regulator-accepted.

Week 2+Remediate

Act on findings

Findings feed the live SOC (prioritised, remediated), your compliance evidence, and your insurance posture — not a filed PDF. Retest to confirm fixes.

OngoingAssure

Continuous assurance

Retesting and attack-surface monitoring move you toward continuous assurance, connected to your whole resilience. TechBag models it in INR/GST.

Trusted across regulated industries in 100+ countries

Regulated Indian entities (RBI/SEBI/IRDAI)BFSI & fintechSaaS & technology (app testing)Healthcare & life sciencesPayment/PCI entitiesStartups needing pen-test evidenceAI adopters (AI red-team)Government & PSUsDPDP-obligated data handlers800+ Indian organisationsRegulated Indian entities (RBI/SEBI/IRDAI)BFSI & fintechSaaS & technology (app testing)Healthcare & life sciencesPayment/PCI entitiesStartups needing pen-test evidenceAI adopters (AI red-team)Government & PSUsDPDP-obligated data handlers800+ Indian organisations
Verified reviews

The review scoreboard

Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.

4.6
420+ reviews*
92% would recommend
CERT-In accreditation / regulator fit4.7
Testing depth & offensive range4.6
Findings acted on (not filed)4.7
Reporting quality4.6
5
66%
4
26%
3
5%
2
2%
1
1%

Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?

Talk to an advisor
BFSI
CERT-In empanelment was non-negotiable for us — as an RBI-regulated entity, our VAPT reports must be accepted by the regulator. Mitigata's empanelled testing satisfied the mandate directly.
CISO
BFSI
SaaS
Unlike every past VAPT that ended in a PDF nobody acted on, Mitigata's findings fed their SOC — which prioritised and helped us remediate. The vulnerabilities actually got fixed. That's the whole point.
Head of Security
SaaS
Technology
Penetration testing proved which of our vulnerabilities were genuinely exploitable — not a theoretical list of hundreds, but the handful that actually mattered, demonstrated. We fixed the right things.
Security Lead
Technology
Manufacturing
Getting standard VAPT, application testing AND red teaming from one CERT-In-accredited provider — instead of juggling boutiques — meant consistency and findings that all fed the same stack.
IT Director
Manufacturing
Fintech
The VAPT report fed our compliance evidence directly — regulator-accepted, satisfying our SEBI and DPDP obligations. Testing and compliance working together, not separately.
Compliance Head
Fintech
SaaS
As we adopted AI, their AI red-teaming tested for prompt-injection and model risks our standard testing wouldn't cover. Offensive security for the AI frontier, from the same provider.
Head of AI
SaaS
Healthcare
That fixing what VAPT found improved our security-linked insurance terms gave us a direct incentive to remediate — testing that pays off twice. TechBag scoped the engagement.
CFO
Healthcare
Retail
Retesting after remediation confirmed our fixes actually worked — closing the loop, not just handing us a list. Proper, thorough testing.
Security Analyst
Retail
The market maps

Where everyone sits — the grids

Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the email security market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.

Grid 01 · The market

TechBag Email-Security Grid

Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.

ChallengersLeadersSpecialistsVisionaries
Mitigata VAPTThis page

CERT-In VAPT, acted-on findings, in a unified stack. This page's product.

Grid 02 · The architecture

Detection × Portfolio Integration

The grid nobody publishes — how strong the email detection is vs how integrated with the wider security portfolio.

Easy but shallowDeep & runnableLegacy toolsDeep but heavy
Mitigata VAPTThis page

CERT-In + full range + acted-on + connected.

Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.

Part 04 · Decide

Mitigata VAPT vs the offensive-security field

Pen-test boutiques, scanners, Big-4 and no-testing — honest lanes; the edge is CERT-In accreditation, the full offensive range, and findings that feed the live stack (acted on, not filed).

DimensionMitigata VAPTPen-test boutiqueAutomated scanner onlyBig-4 / consultancyNo testing
PositionCERT-In VAPT in a unified stackSpecialist offensive firmTool-based scanningBroad advisory + testingThe gap
CERT-In-empanelled (regulator-accepted)Yes — RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDPSome areNoSome areN/A
Real penetration testing (not just scan)Skilled human exploitationDeep (their core)Automated onlyYes, variesNo
Full offensive range (DAST/SAST, red team, AI)Yes, one providerTheir specialismsNoSomeNo
Findings ACTED ON (feed live SOC)Yes — SOC prioritises & remediatesPDF, then you act aloneA list, no actionReport + adviceN/A
Feeds compliance evidenceDirectly to GRCReport you submitNoReportNo
Feeds insurance postureYes — remediation → better coverNoNoNoNo
Retest & continuousRetest + attack-surface monitoringRetest (extra cost)Continuous scan (shallow)PeriodicNone
India-native regulatory fitBuilt for Indian mandatesVariesGeneric toolAdvisory-awareN/A
Best fitIndian orgs needing CERT-In VAPT that's acted on, in one stackDeepest specialised offensive engagementCheap surface scanning onlyBroad advisory + testing (at cost)Nobody — untested = unknown weaknesses
Strong Partial / add-on Weak / externalCompiled from public vendor materials and review platforms for orientation; verify before relying on it.

Which email-security approach fits you?

Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.

Choose Mitigata VAPT if…

  • You need CERT-In-empanelled VAPT accepted by Indian regulators (RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP)
  • You want findings ACTED ON (fed to the SOC), not filed in an ignored PDF
  • You want the full offensive range (VAPT, DAST/SAST, red team, AI) from one provider
  • You want testing connected to your compliance and insurance, India-native

Pen-test boutique if…

  • You need the deepest specialised offensive engagement in a specific niche

Automated scanner only if…

  • You want cheap surface scanning (but no proven exploitability or human depth)

Big-4 / consultancy if…

  • You want broad advisory plus testing and can absorb the cost

No testing if…

  • Never — untested systems have unknown weaknesses attackers will find first
Do the math

What do email threats cost you?

Drag the sliders (count users; IT-hour cost as loaded incident rate). Estimates assume ~1.5 hours per user per year handling email threats that reach the inbox without AI filtering, with ~70% removed by stopping the mass at the gateway — the avoided-breach value (most attacks start here) is the larger, unpriced win. Illustrative.

300
2510,000
800
₹300₹2,000

Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models actual device counts and modules.

Current annual email-threat cost
₹3,60,000
Estimated annual savings
₹2,52,000
₹12,60,000 over 5 years
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Pricing & plans

Three ways to consume it

Mitigata VAPT is scoped per engagement — by what's tested, the depth (standard VAPT to red team to AI), and cadence — often within Gordon so findings feed your live stack. Satisfies CERT-In mandates. TechBag scopes it and quotes in INR/GST.

VAPT (CERT-In)

Best for offensive testing

  • Quote-based — scoped to your attack surface & depth
  • CERT-In-empanelled — accepted by RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP
  • Findings feed the live SOC — fixed, not filed

+ Platform add-ons

Best for a broader rollout

  • Scoped to your estate
  • Add-on modules as needed
  • Phased, right-sized deployment

+ The stack

Best complete

  • Findings → compliance evidence & insurance
  • Full range: VAPT to red-team to AI, one provider
  • TechBag scopes the mix

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Evaluation kit

The 8 questions to ask every vendor

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1
Mandate

Confirm your regulatory VAPT mandate (RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/DPDP) needs CERT-In-empanelled testing.

2
Attack surface

Scope your attack surface — apps, networks, cloud, APIs, infrastructure — for comprehensive testing.

3
VA + PT

Get both vulnerability assessment (find) and penetration testing (prove exploitability).

4
Offensive range

Match depth to maturity — DAST/SAST, red team, AI red-team as needed.

5
Act on findings

Ensure findings feed the live SOC for prioritised remediation — not a filed PDF.

6
Compliance

Confirm CERT-In reports feed your compliance evidence.

7
Insurance

Link remediation to your security-linked insurance posture.

8
Retest

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Questions buyers ask

Mitigata VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing — finding the weaknesses in your systems, applications and infrastructure before attackers do — from India's full-stack cyber resilience company, with the crucial advantages that its reports are accepted by Indian regulators and its findings feed your live security, compliance and insurance. VAPT works in two complementary ways: vulnerability assessment systematically identifies weaknesses across your attack surface (applications, networks, cloud, APIs, infrastructure), and penetration testing goes further — skilled testers actively attempt to exploit them like a real attacker, proving what's genuinely exploitable and how far an attacker could get. Mitigata's VAPT is CERT-In-empanelled, a critical advantage in India because it means its reports are accepted by Indian regulators including RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and DPDP authorities — so the testing directly satisfies the Indian regulatory VAPT mandates many organisations must meet. Beyond standard VAPT, Mitigata offers the full offensive-security range: DAST/SAST (application security testing), red/blue/purple teaming, bug bounty, and AI red-teaming. And distinctively, because Mitigata runs your whole resilience stack, VAPT findings don't sit in an ignored PDF — they feed your live security operations (the SOC prioritises and helps remediate them), your compliance evidence, and your security-linked insurance posture. The result is CERT-In-accredited, regulator-accepted VAPT whose findings actually get acted on.

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