How Security Validation Can Support India’s DPDPA Compliance
Summary
A practical guide to India's DPDPA security duties explains safeguards, breach reporting, monitoring and audit requirements, and how security validation can help organizations test controls and document improvements.
Key points
- The DPDPA requires Data Fiduciaries to take reasonable security safeguards to prevent personal data breaches, including when a processor handles the data.
- The article says most core duties, including security safeguards and breach notification, take effect 18 months after the November 2025 Gazette publication.
- Rule 6 measures described include data protection, access controls, logging and monitoring, continuity, one-year retention of relevant logs and data, and processor safeguards.
- The article recommends testing whether controls prevent or detect data theft and whether vulnerabilities expose systems holding personal data.
- For breach reporting, it describes initial notification without delay and a fuller report to the Data Protection Board within 72 hours, unless more time is granted.
- Significant Data Fiduciaries must undertake a Data Protection Impact Assessment and audit every 12 months, according to the article.
- Picus tools are presented as a way to test controls, identify gaps, validate fixes, and produce records that can support compliance reviews.
Article Details
- Topic
- Using Picus security validation capabilities to support compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA).
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Numi AIPicus Swarm brings autonomy to this process through five specialist AI agents coordinated by Numi AI.Picus Autonomous Penetration TestingWhere a suitable public exploit is available for a CVE, Picus Autonomous Penetration Testing uses AI agents to run the exploit and validate attack paths within boundaries set by your team.Picus Breach and Attack SimulationPicus Breach and Attack Simulation tests whether your security controls prevent or detect the latest techniques attackers use to steal data from organizations.Picus Detection Rule ValidationAdditionally, Picus Detection Rule Validation examines the health of detection rules without running an attack simulation.Picus Exposure ValidationPicus Exposure Validation supports these cases by determining whether a CVE is exploitable in your environment without running a live exploit against the critical system.Picus Mitigation LibraryAfter finding gaps, the Picus Mitigation Library supplies prevention and detection content for your specific security products, along with vendor-neutral Sigma rules, to deploy the fix with one click.Picus PlatformThe Picus Platform combines Breach and Attack Simulation, Autonomous Penetration Testing, and Exposure Validation.Picus SwarmPicus Swarm brings autonomy to this process through five specialist AI agents coordinated by Numi AI.Picus Threat LibraryThe Picus Threat Library, maintained by Picus Labs and refreshed daily, keeps these tests aligned with current malware, threat groups, and attack techniques.