BFSI · Series C Fintech
Zero-to-one cybersecurity team for a fintech scale-up
Built the entire security engineering function from scratch for a payments company preparing for RBI compliance audits.
- SIEM
- Kubernetes Security
- AWS Security Hub
- Terraform
- Python
Engagement card
Series C Fintech
- Security Engineers Hired
- 8
- RBI Audit Result
- Passed
- Vulnerabilities Closed
- 340+
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Talpro team
- 2
Representative outcome · attributed on request
The situation
What the client walked in with.
A Series C fintech company holding an RBI payment aggregator license had zero dedicated security engineers. With an RBI compliance audit 10 weeks away, they needed an entire security engineering team — CISO, AppSec engineers, cloud security specialists, and SOC analysts — immediately.
What we ran
The engagement.
Talpro leveraged our cybersecurity talent network (one of the hardest verticals to staff in India) and ran a parallel search across all 8 positions. We pre-validated candidates on compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001), ran scenario-based interviews, and staggered start dates to ensure knowledge transfer.
Representative outcome · attributed on request
What it left the client with.
- 8 security engineers hired across 4 specialisations in 10 weeks
- Company passed RBI compliance audit on first attempt
- 340+ security vulnerabilities identified and remediated before audit
- Built SOC capability that now monitors 24/7
- CISO candidate (placed by Talpro) promoted to VP Security within 8 months