IT Compliance
GDPR: Not Heavy Handed Yet, But Driving Data Breaches Into The Open
Reported by forbes.com
With the European Union’s landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in place a bit more than eight months, it seems that at least one of its messages has had some major resonance: A cover-up will be worse, and more expensive, than a crime. Among its multiple mandates, GDPR requires that organizations report a breach within 72 hours of becoming aware of it. Failure to do that can bring more punitive sanctions than a breach itself.
