NIRMATA helps Indian organisations understand where they stand on cybersecurity and data protection โ and exactly what to do next. Free, practical, and built for Indian realities.
NIRMATA (National Information Risk Maturity and Trust Assessment) is an open cybersecurity maturity framework built for Indian organisations. It gives you a structured way to measure where you are, understand where you need to go, and prove it to customers, regulators, and partners.
Unlike generic frameworks that require expensive consultants to interpret, NIRMATA is designed to be used directly by your team โ whether you're an IT manager at an MSME or a CISO at a large enterprise.
TRUST-IN Bharat is the public programme that maintains NIRMATA and the platform where you take the assessment. The framework is licensed Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 โ free forever.
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Rate your organisation at each question from 0โ5. Use the guides if you're unsure what any question means.
Instant OML score and CMI% across all 12 pillars. See exactly where you're strong and where to focus.
Follow the guide for each gap. Reassess. Build toward certification and third-party verification.
Every guide is written for Indian business realities โ DPDP Act compliance, CERT-In directions, Indian regulatory context, and tools that work on Indian budgets.
The framework is CC BY-SA 4.0. The self-assessment platform is free. No freemium tricks. Elytra Security offers paid verification services separately.
191 question-by-question guides that explain what auditors look for, what evidence you need, and what steps to take โ not abstract policy language.
The NIRMATA scoring formula is published. OML = 5ร(ฮฃWp/100). No black boxes. You can verify your score independently.
Designed for organisations that don't have a dedicated security team. Lean controls, free tooling, and prioritised by business impact.
Maintained by Elytra Security in partnership with NCSRC. Framework changes are versioned, published, and open for community review on GitHub.
Take the NIRMATA self-assessment free. Get your score across all 12 pillars in one session.