Imperva survey reveals organisations’
views on GDPR compliance
mperva, a leading provider of
best-in-class cybersecurity
solutions on-premises, in the
cloud and across hybrid environments,
has announced the results of a survey
conducted at this year’s Infosecurity
Europe trade show.
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It revealed that 28% of organisations
do not feel completely compliant with
the European Union’s General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The deadline to be compliant with
GDPR was May 25. However, when
asked whether they thought they would
pass their first GDPR audit, less than
half of the respondents said they were
very confident they would pass the
audit, over one-third were somewhat
confident and less than one-fifth said
they were not confident.
“The deadline has now come and
gone, yet the study shows that many
organisations aren’t sure they have
achieved GDPR compliance,” said Terry
Ray, CTO of Imperva.
“Any company that put GDPR off until
the last minute now realises compliance
cannot be achieved overnight. It does
not surprise me that many organisations
feel unsure about the idea of a GDPR
audit. The truth is many would fail.”
To assess personal data rights, the
survey asked if respondents knew
where all users’ personal data resided
on their systems. More than a third of
respondents said they did know the
location of the data while more than
half said they would need an extra
three months to get their house in
order. Conversely, almost 90% said
they could easily respond to requests
from individuals asking to disclose the
information they hold on them with 57%
saying their organisation had already
received such a request.
As part of its efforts to keep customers’
data and applications safe from
cybercriminals, Imperva provides data
discovery and classification tools, user
access controls, data masking, data
breach detection, data transfer controls
and other data compliance solutions that
can assist organisations in their GDPR
compliance efforts. u
The deadline has
now come and
gone, yet the study
shows that many
organisations aren’t
sure they have
achieved GDPR
compliance.
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