Framework overlap

Does ISO/IEC 27003:2017 cover India DPDP Act?

You hold ISO/IEC 27003:2017 and have been told to do India DPDP Act. Here is how much overlaps, control by control.

63% of India DPDP Act you already have

ISO/IEC 27003:2017 already covers about 63% of India DPDP Act, leaving 3 of 8 controls as genuinely new work.

Already covered 0 Likely covered 5 New work 3

No control in ISO/IEC 27003:2017 maps directly to one in India DPDP Act. Everything counted as covered is covered because both map to the same third standard, which is what a crosswalk is, but it is an inference rather than a lookup.

What is genuinely new work

Nothing in ISO/IEC 27003:2017 reaches these. This is the list to scope.

DPDP-Children-PersonsWithDisability-VerifiableConsent-Sec9-Age18-NoTargetedAds-NoTracking
DPDP Act Section 9 + Children + Persons with Disability + Verifiable Consent of Parent/Lawful Guardian + Age 18 Threshold + No Targeted Advertising + No Tracking + Best Interest of
DPDP-DataFiduciary-Obligations-ConsentManager-AAFramework-Sec6Sec7-RPA-AccuracyCompleteness
DPDP Act Section 8 + General Obligations of Data Fiduciary + Accuracy + Completeness + Consistency + Erasure + Reasonable Security + Personal Data Protection Officer + Data Process
DPDP-Scope-1to3-Definitions-IndiaParliament-11August2023-Rules2025-MeitY-Puttaswamy-IT-Act-43A-Repeal
DPDP Act Scope + Sections 1-3 + Definitions + Indian Parliament 11 August 2023 + DPDP Rules 2025 + MeitY Governance + Justice K.S. Puttaswamy + Repeal of IT Act 43A + Extraterritor
Show the 5 you already have
DPDP-CrossBorder-Transfer-Breach-Notification-Sec16-Sec17-DPBI-72Hour-IT-Act-Coord
DPDP Act Sections 16-17 + Cross-Border Personal Data Transfer + Negative List Approach + Personal Data Breach Notification to DPBI 72 Hours + Cooperation with Adjudication + Coord
DPDP-DPBI-Enforcement-Penalties-VoluntaryUndertaking-Appeals-Sec18to42-INR250cr-TDSAT
DPDP Act Sections 18-42 + Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) + Enforcement + Penalties up to INR 250 Crore + Voluntary Undertaking + Appeals to TDSAT + Adjudication + Schedule +
DPDP-DataPrincipalRights-Sec11to14-Access-Correction-Erasure-Grievance-Nominate-Withdraw
DPDP Act Sections 11-14 + Data Principal Rights + Access + Correction + Erasure + Grievance Redressal + Right to Nominate + Withdraw Consent + Duties + Verification of Identity
DPDP-Scope-2023-Sec5-NoticeConsent-LawfulProcessing-PurposeLimitation-DataMinimisation
DPDP Act Sections 4-7 + Notice + Consent + Lawful Processing + Purpose Limitation + Data Minimisation + Legitimate Uses + Sec 4 Lawful Use + Sec 5 Notice + Sec 6 Consent + Sec 7 Le
DPDP-SignificantDataFiduciary-SDF-Sec10-DPO-IndependentAuditor-DPIA-Algorithmic
DPDP Act Sections 10-11 + Significant Data Fiduciary (SDF) + Data Protection Officer + Independent Data Auditor + DPIA + Algorithmic Software Audit + Privacy by Design + Records of

How this is calculated

Already covered means a mapping runs from a control in ISO/IEC 27003:2017 to that control. Likely covered means no direct mapping exists but both frameworks map to the same control in a third standard. New work means neither. We keep those separate rather than adding them into one friendlier number, because blending them would present a two-hop inference as a verified fact.

Coverage is not symmetric. Run it the other way and you will get a different number; both are correct.

From 332,959 cross-framework control mappings across 723 frameworks, 531 of them verified against their source documents. It does not tell you that you are compliant: a mapped control means the two standards ask for the same thing, not that you have done it.

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