AI-SOC as a Service
Round-the-clock monitoring that filters real threats from noise. Our team stays in control of every response.
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India ยท DPDPA 2023 & Rules 2025
DPDPA compliance, without the ₹250 Cr risk.
Advisory-led DPDPA readiness, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and security - built for Indian businesses. No SMB exemption. No reseller pitch. We diagnose first, then recommend only what the assessment supports.
DPDPA - Compliance platform
AI-SOC - Autonomous security operations
Ransomware - Resilience & recovery
₹250CrMax penalty per DPDPA violation
May 2027Full enforcement deadline
No exemptionApplies to all sizes processing Indian data
<12 mthsRealistic runway left to be ready
Why this matters
Until full DPDPA enforcement begins, 1 May 2027. Updates live - TODO (dev): confirm exact enforcement date/time on notification and adjust the ISO string in the script below.
Cybersecurity is now a board-level, balance-sheet problem
Not a scare tactic - a spending pattern. Regulators, insurers and boards are all treating cyber risk as a financial risk now, not just a technical one.
$244.2B
Global spend on information security in 2026, up 13.3% year-on-year.
Gartner, Feb 2026Personal liability
Regulators increasingly hold boards and executives personally accountable for cyber failures, not just the company.
Gartner, Feb 202640%
Share of enterprise applications expected to run task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from under 5% in January.
Gartner, 4Q 2025 forecast$4.44M
Average global cost of a single data breach.
IBM Cost of a Data Breach, 2025For India specifically, the clock is literal - here's what's actually left before full DPDPA enforcement:
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One page, every seat at the table
What this means for your role - analyst to CISO
No separate deck per stakeholder. Whoever's reading, here's the specific takeaway before you go further.
SOC Analyst
Fewer queues, faster triage
The AI agent clears the noise so you spend time on the alerts that need judgment, not the ones that don't.
Security Engineer
Continuous, not once-a-year
AI-assisted testing surfaces exploitable paths on an ongoing basis - you validate findings, not repeat manual scoping every cycle.
Compliance / DPO
One evidence base
DPDPA, ISO 27001 and vendor-risk evidence live in one place - audit-ready without a scramble before the deadline.
CIO / CTO
Security that doesn't stall delivery
Controls are embedded into cloud and application work, not bolted on as a late-stage gate.
CISO / Board
One accountable partner
Board-ready reporting and a prioritised roadmap - one relationship to manage instead of five vendors to coordinate.
CEO / Owner
Protects revenue, not just data
Avoids a ₹250Cr penalty, keeps deals moving, and cuts insurance premiums 15-30%. Regulators are also moving toward personal liability for boards - this protects you directly, not just the company (Gartner, 2026).
a 60-second self-check
Where do you actually stand?
What's your DPDPA readiness score?
Five questions, instant result, no email required to see your score. Answer honestly - this isn't a sales quiz.
0 of 5 answered
1. Do you know exactly what personal data you collect and where it's stored?
2. Do you have a working consent-management process for user data?
3. Could you notify a breach within DPDPA's required window if one happened today?
4. Have you appointed or identified who your Data Protection Officer would be?
5. Do your vendor/processor contracts include DPDPA-compliant data clauses?
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so, what's the actual deadline
DPDPA enforcement timeline
Where India is in the compliance countdown
Understanding the timeline is the fastest way to prioritise - early movers implement calmly, late movers scramble under the May 2027 deadline.
Aug 2023DPDPA enacted
Jan 2025DPDP Rules 2025 notified
Nov 2026Consent Manager provisions active
May 2027Full enforcement begins
Where to start
Diagnose, quantify, recommend - never product first
1
DiagnoseA 2-hr workshop maps your current DPDPA coverage, consent flows and evidence gaps.
2
QuantifyFindings connected to exposure - which gaps are penalty-relevant, which are operational hygiene.
3
RecommendA prioritised roadmap with rationale - alternatives considered, nothing bundled by default.
here's what that produces
AI-native security operations
Techsolve AI-SOC
Techsolve AI-Pentest
Techsolve AI Threat Hunt
Techsolve AI-GRC
AI-run monitoring, testing and hunting - checked by our analysts
Techsolve's AI security agents share one context across triage, offensive testing and hunting. Our team owns rollout, governance and escalation. Diagnosis still comes first - we recommend only the agents that close your specific gaps.
Gartner named agentic AI oversight its No. 1 cybersecurity trend for 2026 - the same AI agents expanding your attack surface are also what close the gap fastest, if governed correctly. (Gartner, Feb 2026)90%Alerts triaged & resolved autonomously in production
154→12 minEnd-to-end response time, independently evaluated
DaysTypical deployment time, ROI within week one
1 contextSOC, pentest & threat hunt share one reasoning engine
Continuous AI Pentesting
Ongoing security testing instead of one check a year. Weaknesses get found as they appear, not months later.
Learn more →Continuous Threat Hunting
We actively search your systems for hidden threats, instead of waiting for an alert to fire.
Learn more →Automated Vendor Risk Checks
Speeds up vendor security reviews, and feeds the results straight into your compliance audits.
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Services for the India market
DPDPA
GRC
Managed
Vendor risk
Leadership
Advisory
Compliance, protection and leadership - the rest of the stack
DPDPA compliance
We map your data, manage consent, and handle user-rights requests, breach reporting and privacy-officer advisory.
Learn more →Governance, risk & ISO 27001
We organise your controls and evidence, then report progress in plain, board-ready language.
Learn more →Ransomware protection
Catches attacks early, keeps a safe backup of your data, and gets you running again within minutes.
Learn more →Social & vendor audits
We check that your vendors handle data as carefully as you do, and keep every contract compliant.
Learn more →vCISO as a service
Senior security leadership without a full-time hire - in place and reporting to your board within two weeks.
Learn more →AI risk & awareness advisory
We test how your team responds to real attacks, and review AI risk - the human check on the automated tools above.
Learn more →what it means on your P&L
The business case, not just the technical case
What each service is actually worth to the business
Security spend looks like a cost - until you see what it avoids or unlocks. Here's that comparison, service by service.
₹250CrDPDPA compliance
Avoided, not spent
Max penalty per violation vs. a compliance programme priced in lakhs, not crores. Also unlocks enterprise deals that require certified compliance.
133%GRC & ISO 27001
ROI on the programme
ROI from GRC implementation, plus 70% less audit prep time freeing finance and engineering hours.
Forrester / MetricStream, 2025$5.08MRansomware protection
Average cost of one attack
Downtime alone runs 50x the actual ransom demand - protection is priced as a fraction of a single incident.
70-80%vCISO retainer
Cheaper than a full-time hire
₹10-20L/yr retainer vs ₹60L-1.2Cr for a full-time CISO plus a 3-6 month hiring cycle - operational in two weeks instead.
15-30%Vendor & social audits
Cut in insurance premiums
Insurers price vendor-risk programmes into cyber cover - and large buyers now screen for this in RFPs before they'll sign.
and why it holds together
Why teams choose Techsolve in India
One partner across compliance, AI-native operations and leadership
Right-sized for India: DPDPA-first compliance, AI-native security operations, and ransomware resilience. Selected and governed by our team. Never sold as a bundle by default.
IndiaDelivery teams across the country
2 wksTypical time to operational vCISO
90-dayPrioritised remediation roadmap
1 partnerCompliance + AI-native operations + protection
Insights
Practical reading, not product pitches
Explanation before advocacy - the same standard we hold client conversations to. Written by our advisory and delivery teams.
DPDPA
Is my company a Significant Data Fiduciary? A decision tree
Walks through the criteria that trigger the heavier DPDPA obligations - before you assume either way.
Read the guide →AI Security
What an AI-SOC actually does at 2am, and what it doesn't
Where autonomous triage genuinely helps, and where human escalation still has to happen.
Read the guide →GRC
The 72-hour breach notification clock: what to do first
A practical first-24-hours checklist for the DPDPA breach workflow, before the deadline pressure sets in.
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Advisory-led · No product pitch
Start with a DPDPA Gap Assessment
2-hour workshop with your team. Written report, prioritised action plan. Diagnosis first - no product pitch.