{"id":31972,"date":"2018-05-22T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=31972"},"modified":"2018-05-21T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:19:22","slug":"opinion-a-gdpr-reality-check-what-this-means-for-apac-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/05\/22\/opinion-a-gdpr-reality-check-what-this-means-for-apac-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION | A GDPR reality check \u2013 What this means for APAC businesses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0Robin Schmitt<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>GM, APAC, Neustar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The changing posture of security threats \u2013 from networks to applications, disruption to data exfiltration and one-dimensional to multi-dimensional attacks \u2013 is driving an architectural shift in the security industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tech-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tech-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tech-5.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tech-5-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That, coupled with the GDPR which will come into full swing on\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1863250526\">25 May 2018<\/span>, raises the question \u2013 who really controls your data? With data being used widely from personalised advertising to loyalty reward programs by retailers for consumers, businesses will need to rethink the way they manage and protect personal data in order to comply with the GDPR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this will be a limiting factor in the use of consumer data, having a bulletproof cybersecurity strategy creates a prime opportunity for businesses to build better customer relationships, streamline IT and improve data management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a start, businesses need to ensure that all sensitive data is stored responsibly and securely in inventories that are regularly reviewed and updated. A crucial yet often overlooked point is having the visibility of where multiple backup copies reside to avoid being rendered as non-compliant when customer data is required to be erased.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Data Protection Officer (DPO) should also be appointed to articulate the lawful basis for any personal data processing, identify and mitigate associated privacy risks to ensure alignment with GDPR requirements. This can be outsourced depending on the business\u2019s IT requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, existing privacy and security training needs to be enhanced to address GDPR-specific pain points. That along with robust technologies that\u00a0safeguard critical information infrastructures, should be conducted in tandem to detect and alleviate the impact of breaches when they occur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not to say that GDPR compliance is a grim tale \u2013 but it does require a thoughtful review and refinement of data policies to ensure compliance of the stronger data protection framework in an increasingly global conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this will be a limiting factor in the use of consumer data, having a bulletproof cybersecurity strategy creates a prime opportunity for businesses to build better customer relationships, streamline IT and improve data management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[5780,96],"class_list":["post-31972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","tag-neustar","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}