5 Practical Tips For Ensuring Data Compliance

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• In the era of digitization, the value of data is
  skyrocketing. However, keeping the data secure is
  now becoming challenging.
• The increasing professionalism and sophistication
  of cybercriminals mean a rise in unethical data
  hacking and ransomware.
• For the protection and safeguarding of customer
  and test data, appointing a data protection
  officer has become necessary.
• A data protection officer ensures that a firm
  abides by the provision of data compliance
  standards like GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, CCPA, and PCI
  DSS.
• Consider the following best practices while
  implementing data compliance standards.

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• 5 Practical Data Compliance Tips
• Create An Incident Response Plan
• Organizations adhering to compliance standards
  need to report any personal data breaches within
  72 hours of detection to the relevant authority.
• Therefore, firms should implement an incident
  response for quick response to any data breach
  incident.
• The incident response plan should clearly define
  the steps you have to take in case of such a
  critical event.
• The company should mention who is responsible for
  making decisions making and incidence management.
  
• An incident response plan helps inform and
  educate employees, improve organizational
  structures, reduce any potential financial impact
  of a significant incident, and improve customer
  relationships.

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• Train your Staff And Keep Training Them
• To keep your staff updated with the data
  compliance standards and minimize any data breach
  incidents, security staff awareness training
  should be mandatory.
• With repeated training, the staff is
  well-informed about the regulations, legal
  requirements, company policies, and their role in
  data compliance workflow.
• Companies need to establish that their employees
  and data projection officers have read and
  understood data compliance standards.
• Implementation Of An Effective Policy Management
  System
• Traditional corporate communication methods like
  emails make compliance a challenging task.
• On the other hand, a policy management system,
  easy to use, centralized solution for creating,
  storing, and distributing essential policy
  documents.

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• A dedicated policy management software can
  efficiently target the high-risk areas to data
  security, and demonstrate compliance with
  legislative requirements and streamline internal
  processes.
• Additionally, implementing an effective policy
  management system provides a consistent policy
  creation method, makes compliance monitoring
  simple and adds structure to company procedures.
• Defend All Access Points
• Companies dealing with data must ensure that all
  endpoints are protected to achieve complete
  adherence to compliance standards. However,
  unpatched systems can be responsible for multiple
  data breaches.
• Updates and patches are necessary for discovering
  new vulnerabilities. Hackers can exploit new
  vulnerabilities for breaking into an unpatched
  system.
• The firms must document every patch they deploy
  since auditors may demand reports of applied
  patches. Patches keep your systems stable,
  updated, and safe from security threats.

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• Stay Updated With The IT Security News
• Knowing about the latest security breaches,
  scams, and cyberattacks will help you proactively
  identify privacy threats and mitigate risks.
• Sharing news and articles about security
  incidents with your staff also helps to raise
  awareness, remind them of privacy protection
  importance and security best practices.
• Data compliance is a continuous process. You
  cant be compliant once and sit back and relax
  for the following years to come. You need to keep
  updating your security policies, monitor data,
  train your staff, and keep the security process
  rolling.

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