Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launches Incident Reporting and Cyber Suraksha Portals to strengthen cybersecurity incident reporting

Exam-focused facts from the 20 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched the Incident Reporting Portal and Cyber Suraksha Portal on August 17, 2026.
The Incident Reporting Portal will make cybersecurity incident reporting more structured and timely, aligning it with the Financial Stability Board's format.
The Cyber Suraksha Portal will act as a central hub for sharing cybersecurity knowledge, vulnerability warnings, policy measures, and incident insights across the securities market ecosystem.
SEBI chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the regulator's approach must move beyond individual organisational security to broader ecosystem resilience.
SEBI has made quantum resilience a core pillar of its cybersecurity strategy, with post-quantum cryptography needing to become a migration programme.