RBI asks banks, payment firms to forensically clear tech environments in case of a data breach

What happened: The RBI asked banks and payment firms to forensically clear their tech environments after a data breach, including removing management and administrative interfaces from public internet access. Why it matters: The measures require multi-factor authentication for administrative access and least-privilege restrictions on cloud and backend systems, tightening security expectations for regulated financial entities.

RBI mandates forensic clearing of bank and payment firm tech environments after data breaches.

RBI mandates forensic clearing of bank and payment firm tech environments after data breaches. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.