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How to Build a 90-Day DPDP Compliance Technology Roadmap

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act has shifted privacy from a legal discussion to a technology execution mandate. Organizations are now expected to demonstrate visibility, control, and accountability over personal data – across hybrid infrastructure, legacy platforms, SaaS ecosystems, and partner networks.

The challenge?
Most enterprises don’t fail at intent – they fail at operationalizing compliance inside IT systems.

This 90-day roadmap provides a structured, execution-focused approach to help organizations transition from policy readiness to technical enforcement.

Why a 90-Day Approach Works

DPDP compliance is not a one-time project. It’s a transformation.
A 90-day roadmap helps organizations:

  • Achieve rapid visibility into personal data risks
  • Prioritize high-impact remediation instead of boiling the ocean
  • Establish defensible safeguards aligned with regulatory expectations from Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
  • Build a scalable privacy-by-design foundation

The 90-Day DPDP Compliance Technology Roadmap

Phase 1 (Days 0-30): Data Visibility & Risk Baseline

Objective: Establish a comprehensive “Ground Truth” for personal data by uncovering its location, movement, and security status.

  • Automated Data Discovery: Deploy scans across the entire ecosystem including cloud storage, legacy databases, and employee endpoints to catalogue both structured and unstructured data.
  • Centralized Data Registry: Construct a master inventory that classifies data types and validates the legal justification for their retention.
  • Data Lineage Mapping: Visualize how data traverses internal systems and where it exits to third-party partners or international jurisdictions.
  • Vulnerability Assessment: Pinpoint “hot zones” such as unencrypted repositories, forgotten (Shadow IT) databases, and redundant data.

Phase 2 (Days 31-60): Control Implementation & Process Alignment


Objective: Transition from visibility to active enforcement by embedding DPDP-compliant controls into the tech stack.

  • Consent Lifecycle Management: Deploy a robust architecture to capture, timestamp, and store granular consent. Ensure “Withdrawal Synchronization” so that if a user opts out, the preference propagates to all downstream systems.
  • Automated Rights Fulfilment: Streamline Data Principal Rights (SRRs) by building automated workflows for data access, correction, and the “Right to Erasure,” supported by secure identity verification.
  • Privacy-by-Design Implementation: Enforce data minimization by stripping non-essential fields from UI/UX and backend schemas, ensuring collection is strictly tethered to a defined business purpose.
  • Advanced Data Protection: Institutionalize “Security-by-Default” through end-to-end encryption, strict Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and continuous audit logging of all PII access.

Phase 3 (Days 61-90): Automation, Monitoring & Governance Readiness

Objective: Institutionalize data protection through automation, ensuring the organization remains “compliant by default.”

  • Proactive Security Telemetry: Deploy User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA) to detect anomalous access to personal data. Maintain immutable, forensic-grade logs for real-time threat detection and post-incident analysis.
  • Resilient Incident Response: Formalize a “Privacy-First” breach framework. This includes automated impact assessments and predefined workflows to meet strict regulatory notification timelines.
  • DevSecPrivacy Integration: Embed data protection into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Implement automated data masking in staging environments and “Privacy Gates” within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Executive Oversight Dashboards: Launch centralized reporting to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as Right-to-Erasure fulfilment speeds and overall data risk scores.

How Galaxy Helps Accelerate DPDP Compliance in 90 Days

Galaxy enables organizations to translate DPDP obligations into deployable technology controls through a structured, outcome-driven approach.

1. Rapid Discovery & Classification Instantly locate and categorize personal data across on-prem, multi-cloud, SaaS, and legacy systems to create a unified “Source of Truth.”

2. Consent & Lifecycle Engineering Systemically embed consent capture, validation, and withdrawal directly into your digital architecture to eliminate manual compliance gaps.

3. Automated Data Flow Mapping Visualize how data traverses applications, vendors, and borders to identify and close hidden exposure points.

4. Data-Centric Security Safeguards Harden protection using Zero Trust principles, end-to-end encryption, and real-time monitoring of all sensitive data interactions.

5. Automated Rights Fulfilment Deploy seamless workflows for Data Principal requests (Access, Correction, Erasure) without disrupting core business operations.

6. Privacy-by-Design (DevOps) Integrate privacy engineering and data masking into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring every new release is compliant by default.

7. Audit-Ready Governance Equip leadership with real-time dashboards tracking risk posture, consent metrics, and regulatory accountability.

With the right technology roadmap and execution partner, DPDP compliance can move from uncertainty to structured transformation—in just 90 days.