A best-fit method for choosing a managed security provider, worked rupee estimates for typical MSMEs, build-versus-buy sums, retainers, insurance and due-diligence checklists.
The right managed security service is the one that covers your real risks at a cost you can sustain for three years. That depends on how many people and devices you have, where your data lives (office servers, cloud, SaaS), what your customers and regulators expect, and who inside the business can act on an alert at 2 a.m.
Start with the best-fit selection method, which links to every guide in this section. You will find worked estimates for a 40-person services firm and a 180-endpoint manufacturer, a build-versus-buy comparison with an in-house SOC, incident-response retainers, cyber insurance basics and a provider due-diligence checklist.
Use the managed security cost estimator, the renewal uplift calculator, the GST and FX price calculator, the build-versus-buy payback calculator and the provider due-diligence checklist. All figures in the examples are illustrative; replace them with written quotes.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
A step-by-step method to choose the managed security provider that fits your business — risk profile, scope, weighted criteria, test questions and a scored shortlist — without relying on rankings.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
Basics of business cyber insurance in India — first-party and third-party cover, exclusions, proposal-form security questions, panels, and how MDR, MFA and backups affect cover and premium.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
An illustrative 3-year managed cybersecurity budget for a 40-person Indian consulting or IT services firm on Microsoft 365 — MDR, email security, VAPT, vCISO, GST and options.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
An illustrative managed security budget for an Indian MSME manufacturer — MDR, SOC-as-a-service log volume, firewalls at two plants, OT network separation, VAPT and 3-year contract maths.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
What a 24×7 in-house security operations centre really costs an Indian MSME — staff rotation, tools, training, attrition — compared with a managed SOC or MDR, with a payback worked example.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
How incident-response (IR) retainers are priced for Indian MSMEs — prepaid hours, response SLAs, forensics, rollover, travel and overlap with MDR and cyber insurance — with illustrative sums.
Cost Estimates, Best-Fit Selection and Checklists
The questions to send managed security, MDR and SOC providers before you sign — scope, analysts, response, logs and CERT-In, data protection, pricing, exit — with what a good answer looks like.
