🇮🇳DPDP Act DPDP-6Rule: DPDP-006critical

Security Safeguards

Description

Data fiduciary must implement reasonable security safeguards to protect personal data.

⚠️ Risk Impact

DPDP requires 'reasonable' safeguards — practical implementation includes encryption, MFA, access control, audit logging.

🔍 How EchelonGraph Detects This

DPDP-006Automated scanner rule

EchelonGraph's Tier 1 Cloud Scanner automatically checks for this condition across all connected cloud accounts. Violations are flagged as critical-severity findings with remediation guidance.

🔧 Remediation

Encrypt at rest + transit. Universal MFA. RBAC. Audit logs. Annual security review.

💀 Real-World Attack Scenario

An Indian fintech's customer DB was unencrypted + lacked MFA. Breach exposed 2.4M records. DPDP enforcement: ₹180 crore penalty for inadequate safeguards.

💰 Cost of Non-Compliance

Security violations: ₹100-₹250 crore.

📋 Audit Questions

  • 1.Encryption at rest + transit?
  • 2.MFA universal?
  • 3.Annual security review evidence?

🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

T1530 — Data from Cloud Storage

⚡ Common Pitfalls

  • 'Reasonable' interpreted loosely
  • MFA partial
  • Annual review skipped

📈 Business Value

Strong safeguards prevent the largest DPDP penalty category.

⏱️ Effort Estimate

Manual

Annual program

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EchelonGraph continuous compliance scoring

🔗 Cross-Framework References

GDPR-Art32

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