What are 'reasonable security safeguards' under the DPDP Act? Section 8 of the DPDP Act 2023 requires every Data Fiduciary to protect personal data with reasonable security safeguards to prevent breaches. The Act does not list specific controls, so CISOs must implement and evidence a defensible control set — access control, encryption, logging, secure configuration, vendor security, and incident response. This pack maps DPDP expectations to concrete technical and organisational controls with an evidence checklist.
Turn the DPDP Act's 'reasonable security safeguards' into a concrete, evidenced control set — mapped to ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
1.1 The DPDP Act requires 'reasonable security safeguards' without prescribing them. This map translates that duty into a concrete control set across access, encryption, logging, configuration, vendor security and incident response.
1.2 Each control notes its DPDP relevance and an ISO 27001 / SOC 2 reference so one control programme satisfies multiple frameworks.
2.1 Least-privilege, role-based access, MFA for systems holding personal data, and periodic access reviews — with the specific configuration expectations a CISO can hand to engineering.
2.2 Includes the joiner/mover/leaver controls auditors and enterprise buyers look for.
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The DPDP Act's deliberate vagueness on security puts the onus on the CISO to define and evidence a reasonable control set. After a breach, the question is not whether you were perfect but whether your safeguards were reasonable and demonstrable.
A documented control programme — mapped to recognised frameworks and backed by evidence — is the difference between a defensible position and an exposed one. This pack gives CISOs that programme without starting from a blank page.
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