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Check your inbox in a few minutesCompliance advisory aligned with Indian Information Technology law provisions. Ensure robust data protection, strict cybercrime controls, and absolute legal defensibility for your business.
The Information Technology Act, 2000 (and its 2008 Amendment) is the primary cyber law in India governing cybercrime and electronic commerce. Any body corporate handling sensitive personal data in India must adhere to its strict provisions, specifically Section 43A (compensation for failure to protect data) and Section 66 (computer-related offenses).
Our compliance advisory services help organizations navigate these complex legal requirements. We assess your current security posture, ensure the implementation of "Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures" (SPDI Rules), and establish mechanisms for digital evidence readiness, significantly reducing your legal exposure and corporate liability.
Focus Areas:
We systematically evaluate your organization's current IT infrastructure, data handling processes, and security policies against the specific provisions of the IT Act 2000 and the 2008 amendments.
This thorough discovery phase identifies critical areas of legal vulnerability, ensuring that leadership is aware of where the organization falls short of statutory requirements.
Section 43A mandates compensation for failure to protect sensitive personal data. We implement "Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures" (such as IS/ISO/IEC 27001) as required by the SPDI Rules of 2011.
We assess how data is collected, stored, processed, and transferred, ensuring encryption and access controls are sufficient to protect your organization from civil liability in the event of a breach.
The IT Act criminalizes actions like hacking, data theft, virus dissemination, and identity theft (Sections 66, 66C, 66D). We design and implement technical controls specifically meant to deter and detect these offenses.
By establishing rigorous intrusion detection and continuous monitoring, we ensure your organization is equipped to identify malicious actors and prevent computer-related offenses before they cause damage.
If a cyber incident occurs, your logs and electronic records must be admissible in a court of law. We structure your audit trails and digital forensics capabilities to comply with Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act.
We ensure that system logs are immutable, chain of custody procedures are documented, and evidence is preserved in a legally defensible manner for potential prosecution or regulatory review.
A robust cyber governance framework is essential. We help draft and refine your organizational IT policies, acceptable use policies, and incident response playbooks to reflect Indian legal standards.
We also ensure your reporting mechanisms are aligned with CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team - India) mandates, guaranteeing that mandatory cyber incidents are reported within the legally required timeframes.
Core dimensions of the IT Act evaluated to protect your organization from liability.
Focuses purely on the protection of Sensitive Personal Data or Information (SPDI). We help organizations implement "reasonable security practices" to ensure they are not held liable to pay massive compensation by way of damages in the event of a data leak or breach.
Targeting the criminal liabilities outlined in the Section 66 series (hacking, computer source code tampering, identity theft). We validate the technical safeguards that prevent unauthorized access, ensuring corporate leaders are shielded from criminal negligence claims.
For platforms hosting third-party data, we ensure compliance with Section 79 (Intermediary Safe Harbour) guidelines. Simultaneously, we validate your infrastructure's ability to produce legally admissible electronic records (Section 65B), ensuring you have the evidence required to defend your security posture in court.
Minimize the risk of severe financial penalties, civil litigation, and criminal liability by rigorously aligning with statutory mandates.
Establish a mature, formalized IT governance framework that proves due diligence to regulators, board members, and stakeholders.
Protect the sensitive personal data of your Indian clients and customers through legally recognized security practices.
Ensure that in the event of an incident, your logs and digital trails are preserved correctly and are legally admissible in a court of law.