Partnership aims to strengthen data protection, AI governance and cybersecurity skills ahead of DPDP Act enforcement.
Key Highlights
- Veeam Software and the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) signed an MoU to strengthen cyber resilience in India.
- The collaboration comes ahead of the full enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act in May 2027.
- The partnership will focus on cyber resilience, data governance, AI security, and workforce development.
- A joint blueprint titled “DPDP-Ready in the AI Era” will provide guidance for organisations preparing for the new law.
- Initiatives include cybersecurity awareness in schools, women-focused skilling programmes, and graduate certification bootcamps.
- Veeam also plans to launch a Cyber Resilience Leadership Handbook and expand its Bharat CyberSuraksha initiative.
New Delhi: Veeam Software has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) to strengthen cyber resilience, data governance and cybersecurity talent development as businesses prepare for the full enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act in May 2027.
Announced during the VeeamON Tour Delhi, the partnership aims to help Indian organisations improve cyber resilience, adopt artificial intelligence securely and meet evolving data protection requirements.
Under the agreement, Veeam and DSCI will collaborate across four key areas—capacity building, industry engagement, policy research and workforce development. The organisations will jointly publish “DPDP-Ready in the AI Era: A Sovereign, Secure and Resilient Blueprint for India,” offering practical guidance on compliance and cyber resilience.
The partnership also includes initiatives to strengthen India’s cybersecurity talent pipeline. These include cyber awareness programmes for government school students, specialised cyber resilience training for women engineering graduates from Northeast India, and the Cyber Grad Bootcamp certification programme for science and engineering graduates.
Veeam cited research showing that while 93% of Indian organisations are using or testing AI agents, 98% face data-related challenges that are slowing AI adoption, highlighting the growing importance of secure data governance and recoverability.
In addition, Veeam will publish a two-volume Cyber Resilience Leadership Handbook, featuring contributions from more than 50 business and technology leaders. The publication will be distributed across universities and colleges as part of the company’s Bharat CyberSuraksha initiative, which aims to establish 100 Centres of Excellence, facilitate 100,000 cybersecurity certifications, and create 25,000 job pathways in enterprise security.
The collaboration reflects growing industry efforts to strengthen digital trust, cybersecurity capabilities and responsible AI adoption as India’s digital economy continues to expand.
