With accelerated advancement in the tech world, there is also an unconscious evolution to cyber-crimes. Continuous development of new attacks and techniques that not only allows attackers to infiltrate adequately-controlled environments but also cause damage yet still remain untraceable.
India has seen a 37% increase in cyberattacks in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, as compared to the fourth quarter (Q4) of last year. (Source) As a business and being a victim of cyber-crime, you not only lose business; you lose REPUTATION and most importantly you lose your customer’s TRUST.
Data Security Council of India (DSCI), is a not-for-profit, industry body on data protection in India, set up by NASSCOM®, committed to making cyberspace safe, secure, and trusted by establishing best practices, standards, and initiatives in cybersecurity and privacy.
To protect the privacy of personal information from unauthorized use, disclosure, modification, or misuse, DSCI has conceptualized its approach towards privacy in the DSCI Privacy Framework (DPF©) which is based on the global privacy best practices and frameworks.
The Framework includes the best privacy practices in the following 9 areas:
1. Visibility over Personal Information (VPI)
2. Privacy Organization and Relationship (POR)
3. Privacy Policy and Processes (PPP)
4. Regulatory Compliance Intelligence (RCI)
5. Privacy Contract Management (PCM)
6. Privacy Monitoring and Incident Management (MIM)
7. Information Usage and Access (IUA)
8. Privacy Awareness and Training (PAT)
9. Personal Information Security (PIS)