Built for India

Phishing simulation built for Indian businesses

Email and WhatsApp phishing simulation, India-specific scam templates, and DPDP Act-aligned reporting — for teams across India.

No credit card required. DPDP-aligned compliance reports included.

500M+
WhatsApp users in India — a primary scam channel
2,000+
cyberattacks per organisation each week (Check Point)
22%
of cyber incidents in India are phishing
₹1.2 Lakh Cr
projected annual cybercrime losses (I4C)

Sources: Meta (2024); Check Point Research (2025); CERT-In Digital Threat Report 2024; Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), 2024.

The threat landscape

Why Indian organisations need phishing simulation

Phishing is the leading way attackers get in, and the scams hitting Indian teams follow local patterns — not the generic global playbook.

UPI & payment-portal impersonation

Fake UPI mandate approvals and payment-app alerts pressure staff into authorising transfers. PhishSkill recreates these so finance and operations teams meet them in training first.

KYC & bank fraud over email and WhatsApp

Attackers pose as bank officials demanding urgent KYC updates or OTPs. Simulating these builds the instinct to stop and verify before acting.

Aadhaar & government-portal lures

Fake UIDAI (Aadhaar) updates and GST-portal credential pages are uniquely Indian patterns. The library models them directly.

IT/ITES vendor-invoice fraud

India's IT and services firms handle cross-border payments, making fake 'client invoice' and vendor-change requests a high-value target. Training reinforces out-of-band verification.

Anatomy of a KYC / UPI scam

The message your team needs to recognise

India's most common scams arrive on WhatsApp and SMS as urgent "bank" messages — a KYC suspension, an OTP request, or a UPI mandate to approve. PhishSkill puts these in front of staff safely, so the first time they see one isn't with real money on the line.

  • A look-alike link, not the bank's real domain
  • Manufactured urgency — 'account suspended today'
  • A request for an OTP, PIN, or UPI mandate approval
  • Pressure to act before verifying through the bank
Built for India

Built for India, not adapted to it

WhatsApp simulation

One of the few platforms that runs authorised phishing simulations on WhatsApp as well as email — the channel Indian business and customers actually run on.

India-specific templates

Scenarios modelled on real local patterns — UPI scams, bank KYC fraud, Aadhaar and GST portals — instead of generic global lures.

DPDP & CERT-In aligned reporting

One-click reports that give you documented evidence of testing and training to support DPDP Act and CERT-In readiness.

Regional threat relevance

Templates reflect campaigns active against Indian organisations, kept current rather than frozen in a static catalogue.

Risk scoring

Per-employee and per-department risk scores show exactly where your real exposure is, so training goes where it's needed.

Custom on request

Need a scenario specific to your sector or a regional bank? Request it and we deliver in days, not quarters.

India-specific simulation templates

HDFC, ICICI and SBI account-alert phishing
Aadhaar / UIDAI update credential harvesting
GST portal / GSTN invoice-approval fraud
UPI mandate scams (PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm)
Income-tax / TDS refund lures
IT/ITES vendor and client-invoice fraud
Compliance context

Frameworks our reports help you evidence

Employee-awareness evidence for India's key data and security regulations.

FrameworkWhy awareness training matters
DPDP Act 2023Expects 'reasonable security practices' and staff awareness to protect personal data.
CERT-In Directions 20226-hour incident-reporting window makes early employee detection critical.
RBI Cybersecurity FrameworkRequires periodic employee security training for regulated entities and their partners.
IT Act 2000 (Sec. 43A)Liability for failing to maintain reasonable security practices over sensitive data.

PhishSkill supports your compliance evidence with documented testing and training records — it is not a certification or a guarantee of compliance.

Who we serve

Industries we serve in India

IT & ITES

Software services, BPOs and global captive centres handling cross-border data and payments — prime targets for vendor-invoice and credential phishing.

Banking, financial services & insurance

RBI-regulated institutions and fintechs, with training targeting UPI fraud, KYC scams and wire-transfer social engineering.

Pharma & life sciences

High-value IP makes pharma a target for credential theft. Training adapts to research and manufacturing teams.

E-commerce & fintech

Platforms built on UPI and digital payments, where employee and customer-facing phishing is a constant pressure.

Healthcare

Hospitals and health-tech handling patient data and billing, increasingly targeted by phishing and fraud.

SMEs & startups

SMEs make up the vast majority of Indian businesses and are disproportionately targeted. The Starter plan gives them enterprise-grade simulation at SMB pricing.

Get started

Live in under 30 minutes

1

Start your free trial

30 days, no credit card, full platform access.

2

Add your employees

Upload via CSV — your first campaign is minutes away.

3

Pick an India template

A UPI mandate scam, a bank KYC alert, or a GST-portal lure.

4

Launch your first simulation

Most teams go live in under 30 minutes.

5

Review results and reports

Per-employee evidence, ready for management and auditors.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Compliance reporting gives you documented evidence of regular phishing awareness testing and employee training — the kind of 'reasonable security practices' and staff-awareness measures expected under India's DPDP Act 2023 and the IT Act. It supports your compliance evidence; it is not a certification.
Yes. The template library includes India-specific lures — UPI mandate scams, bank account-alert phishing, KYC-update fraud, Aadhaar and GST portal credential harvesting, and income-tax refund lures — instead of generic global templates.
Yes. PhishSkill runs authorised phishing simulations over WhatsApp in addition to email — important in India, where WhatsApp is a primary business and customer communication channel and a growing scam vector.
CERT-In directions require many organisations to report cybersecurity incidents within six hours of detection. That short window makes early employee awareness the most cost-effective defence — catching a phishing attempt before it becomes a reportable incident.
Yes. The Starter plan is priced per user per month with no minimum commitment and no long-term contract, so it works for a team of 10 or 500. It begins as a 30-day free trial.
Most teams go live in under 30 minutes — start the trial, upload employees by CSV, pick an India-specific template, and launch.

Protect your Indian business

Run your first email and WhatsApp simulation in minutes. No credit card required.