04/05/2018

IT Group Releases Free GDPR Preparedness Tool

Tech professionals are preparing for new privacy regulations that start next month

With the May 25 deadline for the European Union’s new data-privacy regulations rapidly approaching, one association has launched a free tool to help organizations determine whether they’re compliant.

The GDPR Assessment, created by IT governance association ISACA, is a 46-item checklist addressing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. Starting May 25, all businesses based in the EU will have to adhere to the new rules relating to how individual information is processed, stored, and shared, or face stiff penalties. So will any organization with members or customers who reside in EU countries.

ISACA Director of Product Management Tanya Rose said the assessment is the brainchild of a 15-member volunteer work group that was launched last year to explore ways to educate its members and the IT community at large about GDPR. “As part of that process with the work group, we had a couple of passionate members who really wanted us to focus on creating something that would allow people to understand gaps that they may have as it relates to GDPR and help prioritize where they could focus their efforts,” she said.

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