With the deadline to become GDPR-compliant fast approaching, privacy and security professionals must act now. However, the task feels overwhelming. Where should I start?
What should I include as part of my strategy? Is there anything that I am forgetting? This report helps privacy and security professionals answer these questions and lays out the key milestones they must achieve to hit the May 2018 GDPR deadline.
1. The Five Milestones To GDPR Success
To Meet The May 2018 Deadline, Security And Risk Pros Must Prepare Today
by Enza Iannopollo
April 25, 2017
For Security & Risk Professionals
forrester.com
Key Takeaways
GDPR Success Requires Companies To
Achieve Five Milestones
Organizations worried about GDPR requirements
must take a systematic approach that begins
with a maturity assessment and gap analysis,
encompasses testing, and includes ongoing
processes for continued improvement.
Long-Term Success Requires Risk-
Management Discipline
Privacy and security pros are right to tackle
GDPR as a discipline of risk management. To
determine which risks they need to address most
urgently, they must balance privacy risks with
high-value business initiatives.
Why Read This Report
With the deadline to become GDPR-compliant
fast approaching, privacy and security
professionals must act now. However, the task
feels overwhelming. Where should I start? What
should I include as part of my strategy? Is there
anything that I am forgetting? This report helps
privacy and security professionals answer these
questions and lays out the key milestones they
must achieve to hit the May 2018 GDPR deadline.
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