Do you do business with customers in any European Union countries? If you do, you must be prepared, by 25th of May 2018, to adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to safeguard personal information of the European Citizens this law will protect. Your enterprise could face massive fines if you fail to restructure your data protection policy in adherence to the GDPR.
Understanding GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation
General Data Protection Regulation is a primary law of the European Union (EU) that regulates how enterprises protect European Union citizen's information and personal data that will be in effect next month. This regulation will apply to any enterprise that processes EU citizen's personal data by controllers and processors in the EU, regardless whether the processing takes place in the EU or not. Any enterprise who processes or intent to process or store customer data in the EU or of any EU citizens must be ready for this as it may cost an enterprise up to 20 Million Euros worth of fines.
How does an enterprise know if it is GDPR compliant?
As an enterprise, you need to be aware of these key questions:
- Where do you store your customer's data?
- Are you storing it in an unprotected cloud?
Your enterprise needs a secure place to store your client's data that is safely protected by hackers, cybercriminals and other entities that may steal or process your customer's information.
- How is your data being accessed?
You need to be aware, who is accessing your data, when is it being accessed and what is the reason for access. You need to be able to track the movement of your data and whom among your organisation handles it.
- How are you going to protect this data/information?
Your enterprise needs to have security measures and tools in place to do this.
If your answer to these questions is mostly, 'I don't know or I am not sure' then you may want to start thinking about it seriously as restructuring your data storage and protection plans may take time to implement. You need to start thinking about securing your data NOW!
How can Red Piranha help?
Red Piranha offers a cost-effective product enterprise can purchase and set up with very little effort. This product is called Crystal Eye. It offers a Unified Threat Management solution and is a go-to tool for being compliant with this law.
Crystal Eye UTM Platform is designed for enterprises that need extreme security of their data and that could be easy to use and affordable at the same time. Its key features are security techniques with layers of protection to keep your data safe. It is a multi-layered security next-generation firewall that increases security awareness and reduces the risk of exposure from advanced cybercrime and other cyber threats. By using Crystal Eye Platform, you will be able to get in compliance right away.
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