# India DPDP Act 2023 SC-005 — Data Processor Register & DPA Management - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-005-data-processor-register-dpa-management - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023) › Scope & Classification (SC) - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **India DPDP Act 2023**·Control `SC-005`·high·Component: **Scope & Classification** ## What this control requires > Maintain a complete register of all data processors and sub-processors. Execute DPDPA-compliant Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with all processors before processing commences. DPAs must include: DPDPA compliance obligation, erasure/cessation upon consent withdrawal, security safeguards, breach notification obligation (24-hour notice to fiduciary), sub-processor approval requirement, and right to audit. Objective: Ensure all processors are contractually bound to DPDPA obligations, minimising fiduciary liability for processor-caused breaches or non-compliance. > > — India DPDP Act 2023, Control SC-005 ### In plain English Maintain a complete register of all data processors and sub-processors. In practice, this means you can prove you maintain data processor register-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters Penalties under the DPDP Act reach ₹250 crore per instance of significant non-compliance, and the Act applies extra-territorially to any entity processing personal data of individuals in India in connection with offering goods or services. This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation. ## What an auditor looks for Indian DPAs and statutory auditors will look for: documented consent capture and revocation flows, a designated Data Protection Officer (for Significant Data Fiduciaries), breach-notification workflows tied to Data Protection Board notification timelines, and Records of Processing that match the consent notice the user saw. Within **Scope & Classification**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control SC-005) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. #### Asset Inventory **AWS.** AWS Config Aggregator across every account + region gives a real-time inventory; ship the daily snapshot to S3 and surface drift in Security Hub. **Azure.** Azure Resource Graph plus Defender for Cloud's inventory blade enumerates every subscription; export to Log Analytics for retention and Workbooks for reporting. **GCP.** Cloud Asset Inventory exports a daily feed of every resource and IAM binding; query via BigQuery and alert on appearance/disappearance. **Endpoints.** Pipe MDM telemetry (Intune / Jamf / Workspace ONE) into your CMDB so laptops and phones are inventoried with the same rigour as cloud resources. ### Operational checklist - **Maintain.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Ensure.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Execute.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** data processor register, dpa management. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policies, procedures, and registers document the safeguard. Focus: Data Processor Register & DPA Management. ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. - Inventories that exclude SaaS, shadow IT and ephemeral cloud resources (Lambda, Cloud Run, K8s pods) miss the assets where most modern incidents start. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) P3.2** — Consent Management for Personal Information Collection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/p3-2-consent-management-for-personal-information-collection) - [**GDPR Article 14** — Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-14-information-to-be-provided-where-personal-data-have-not-been-obtained-from-the) - [**CIS Controls v8 3.2** — Establish and Maintain a Data Inventory](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/3-2-establish-and-maintain-a-data-inventory) - [**BSI C5:2020 AM-01** — Asset Inventory](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/am-01-asset-inventory) - [**ISO/IEC 27701:2025 A.1.3.2** — Comply with obligations](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-3-2-comply-with-obligations) ## Related controls in India DPDP Act 2023 - [**Control SC-002** — Data Principal Identification & Guardian Consent Management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-002-data-principal-identification-guardian-consent-management) - [**Control SC-001** — Digital Personal Data Inventory](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-001-digital-personal-data-inventory) - [**Control SC-008** — Children's Data Processing Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-008-children-s-data-processing-controls) - [**Control SC-003** — Data Fiduciary Role Assignment & ROPA](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-003-data-fiduciary-role-assignment-ropa) - [**Control SC-004** — Significant Data Fiduciary (SDF) Self-Assessment](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-004-significant-data-fiduciary-sdf-self-assessment) - [**Control SC-007** — Lawful Processing Matrix](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-007-lawful-processing-matrix) ## References - [Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (India) — India DPDP Act 2023](https://www.meity.gov.in/content/digital-personal-data-protection-act-2023) - Catalogue identifier: `Control SC-005` Topics: governance riskdata protectionprivacy managementpolicy managementasset inventory ## Related compliance guidance - [India's DPDP Act 2023: a practical compliance guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023): Start with the full DPDP Act implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [GDPR compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr): Most teams extend an existing GDPR programme to India; this guide shows where the lawful bases, timelines and breach rules differ. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): Rule 6's reasonable security safeguards map almost one-to-one onto ISO 27001 Annex A controls you may already operate.