DPDP Compliance in Healthcare: Best Practices for Protecting Patient Information

The article outlines growing cybersecurity and privacy challenges in healthcare—citing rising breach trends and India’s DPDP Act—and recommends best practices including a security management system, encryption of PHI/PII, regular backups, access monitoring and controls, risk assessments, incident response planning, and regulatory compliance; it also promotes Seqrite’s solutions (Data Privacy, Endpoint Protection, XDR, MDR, ZTNA) to help healthcare organizations protect patient data and meet compliance obligations.