Cyber Governance & Audit
DPDP Readiness Assessment
The DPDP Act, 2023 and its 2025 Rules impose real obligations - consent, data-principal rights, breach notification, and extra duties for Significant Data Fiduciaries (DPO, DPIAs, audits). We run a structured readiness assessment - gap analysis, program build, then evidence and sign-off - the same model we use for ISO 27001.
Typical timeline
4–12 weeks
Engagement model
Gap → remediate → audit
How it runs
Classify → assess → close → certify
Overview
India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and its implementing Rules establish a strict privacy regime. Organizations must implement robust mechanisms for consent management, data-principal rights, breach notifications, and extra duties for Significant Data Fiduciaries.
Our DPDP Readiness Assessment runs the same gap-analysis-to-audit-ready model as our ISO 27001 track, applied to data privacy: personal-data mapping, consent workflows, data-principal rights response systems, privacy notices, and the governance frameworks (DPO, DPIA, audits) that protect your business from major fines.
At a glance
- Gap analysis against the DPDP Act, 2023 and Rules 2025
- Personal-data mapping and lawful-basis review
- Consent, data-principal rights and breach-notification workflows
- Significant Data Fiduciary readiness (DPO, DPIA) and audit sign-off
Coverage
What we cover
Personal Data Inventory
Mapping how personal data is collected, stored, processed, and shared across your systems.
Consent & Notice Architecture
Reviewing consent request mechanisms, opt-outs, and multi-lingual privacy notices.
Data Principal Rights
Designing processes to handle access, correction, erasure, and grievance redressal requests.
Breach Response & Notification
Developing incident response plans to meet DPDP breach notification requirements.
Significant Data Fiduciary Rules
Assessing criteria for SDF status, establishing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA).
Third-Party Data Contracts
Auditing data processing agreements and security controls with vendors and processors.
Outcomes
What you get
Methodology
How the engagement runs
Gap analysis
Map personal data, flows and processors, then assess against the DPDP Act and Rules 2025.
Build
Consent, rights, breach-notification and governance policies.
Operate
Run the program and collect compliance evidence.
Validate
DPO support, DPIAs and readiness sign-off ahead of any audit or SDF obligation.
Deliverables
What lands in your inbox
- DPDP gap analysis
- Data inventory & flow maps
- Policies & consent-workflow set
- Audit / SDF readiness sign-off
Why A5
Why teams pick us
Auditor + engineer
We close the technical gaps and prepare the paperwork - one accountable partner, not two vendors.
Regulator-ready evidence
Documentation structured the way CERT-In, RBI, SEBI and certification bodies expect.
No checkbox theatre
Controls that actually reduce risk, mapped to the standard - defensible under scrutiny.
First-time pass
Mock audits and remediation tracking so the real audit holds no surprises.
FAQ
Frequently asked
Are we a Significant Data Fiduciary?
We help you determine SDF status and, if applicable, stand up the additional obligations like a DPO, DPIAs and independent audits.
Is there a DPDP certificate, like ISO 27001?
No - unlike ISO 27001, the DPDP Act has no independent certification scheme. Readiness is demonstrated through documented compliance and, for Significant Data Fiduciaries, an independent data audit, which this engagement prepares you for.
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