The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents the most significant change in global privacy law in 20 years. It introduces new and wide ranging privacy requirements for any organization handling the personal data of individuals living in the EU. The GDPR will broaden and add requirements to its predecessor, the EU Data Protection Directive or DPD, and because it is a regulation, not a directive, it will have binding legal force throughout every member state.

The GDPR was adopted in April 2016 and goes into effect on May 25, 2018. Given the complexity and detailed requirements of the regulation, organizations need to begin now to plan, budget, and implement the process and technology changes needed to meet regulatory guidelines.

What Does the GDPR Mean for Compliance and Security Professionals?

As those who have studied the details of the GDPR know, the regulation is a legal framework that does not specify many technical details as far as how to achieve compliance. However, it does clearly spell out a new set of data protection principles and procedures that must be followed.

In order to get started with GDPR requirements, organizations need to have a clear understanding of how they process, store and secure personal data. Once the organization has catalogued all personal data used for processing, it must ensure that this data is adequately secured. The GDPR mandates that “appropriate technical and organizational measures” be put in place to protect data, and it requires documentation that demonstrates this compliance. Lastly, the GDPR requires organizations to monitor and detect any breaches of personal data that occur and to notify authorities and in some cases data subjects when a breach occurs.

SailPoint offers a complimentary brief that lists several GDPR requirements and maps them to specific ways identity governance can help prepare for and meet those requirements. Please contact Mr. Bread Wong ([email protected]) for the free brief.

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