Okta SSO rollout in India: a Pune NBFC’s audit-week story
How a 280-person Pune NBFC moved 64 business apps under Okta Workforce Identity Cloud in fourteen days to clear a DPDP audit IAM material gap. Priya’s day-in-the-life on a clean walkthrough.
Palo Alto Prisma Access India: the amber alert we read wrong on a Saturday afternoon
A Mumbai NBFC postmortem: a Saturday amber DLP alert on Palo Alto Prisma Access turned out to be a data scientist exfiltrating the credit scoring model in five chunks.
Check point firewall migration india: a Mumbai cooperative bank’s Sunday cutover
A 320-person Mumbai cooperative bank’s Sunday cutover from Sophos XG to Check Point Quantum. RBI audit pressure, SmartConsole rule cleanup, branch leased-line failover, and the compliance officer’s two-screenshot question.
IT asset disposal DPDP India: a Bengaluru SaaS storeroom and 280 signed certificates
IT asset disposal DPDP India: how one Bengaluru SaaS IT head moved 280 retired laptops from a storeroom to a signed certificate in 9 hours.
USB data theft prevention for Indian companies: a Pune pharma IT manager’s 9-hour Monday
How USB data theft prevention for Indian companies looks in practice: a Pune pharma IT manager’s 9-hour Monday from EDR alert to signed PO.
06:42 AM. The DPDP audit email arrived before my chai had cooled.
A Mumbai life-insurance IT head’s 9-hour Monday. The fears, the CFO pushback, the vendor call, the signed PO at 6:30 PM. Inside an Indian BFSI’s DPDP audit walkthrough.
How to Stop Data Leaks Over Email in India: A 2026 Playbook
How to stop data leaks over email in India, with the four controls Indian SMBs actually need, what email DLP costs, and the DPDP penalty you are avoiding.
DPDP Readiness Checklist for HR and IT Teams: The 14-Item Audit Your Auditor Will Ask For
The DPDP readiness checklist for HR and IT teams Indian companies actually use before the auditor lands. 14 line items, split by who owns what.
DPDP Penalties for Indian SMBs: What You Actually Pay When Things Go Wrong
By Priya Sharma, Compliance Lead, Sirius Star Last verified 01 June 2026 DPDP Penalties for Indian SMBs: What You Actually Pay When Things Go Wrong The short version The headline cap is Rs.250 crore. The Data Protection Board does not start there for a 30-person company. It starts with proportionality. For an Indian SMB the…
DPDP audit India: the 11-domain prep playbook that walks a first-time CIO through cleanly
By Priya Sharma, Compliance Lead, Sirius Star Last updated 29 May 2026 A CIO at a 320-person Pune pharma logistics firm got a Tuesday-morning email from his top-3 BFSI customer’s vendor risk desk. Subject line, in plain English: “DPDP audit walkthrough scheduled, Wednesday next week, 11 AM”. Seven working days. His CEO was already CC’d,…
