Businesses should not wait for the EU GDPR before implementing appropriate data security measures, says IT Governance

IT Governance Ltd, the global provider of information security expertise, warns that organisations throughout the union should not wait for the GDPR.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, October 20, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) promises to improve data protection legislation throughout the EU, but many organisations will have to radically improve their information security management systems to comply with the Regulation’s requirements. Failure to meet the new legal obligations could result in fines of up to 5% of an organisation’s annual turnover. The Regulation will apply two years after it enters into force, which doesn't leave European organisations long to comply.

IT Governance Ltd, the global provider of information security expertise, warns that organisations throughout the union should not wait for the GDPR.

Founder and Executive Chairman of IT Governance Alan Calder says, “EU organisations will not have long to meet the requirements of the new GDPR. They are therefore best advised to act now and implement an information security management system as set out in the international standard for best-practice information security management, ISO27001. Accredited certification to the Standard is accepted globally as an indication of good cyber security.”

ISO27001 is the only international standard to approach information security as an enterprise-wide concern. By addressing people and processes as well as the technological aspects, ISO27001 provides all organisations, regardless of their size, sector or location, with a best-practice approach to securing their information assets.

IT Governance’s ISO27001 Get A Little Help package contains core standards, implementation manuals, tools and training to help organisations that have some management system expertise (e.g. with ISO9001, or ISO20000) to successfully achieve ISO27001 certification.

Find out more: www.itgovernance.eu/p-1089.aspx

The ISO27001 Get A Little Help package is part of IT Governance’s ISO27001 packaged solutions. For different levels of help and support when implementing ISO27001, please see our ‘Do It Yourself’, ‘Get A Lot Of Help’ and ‘We’ll Do It For You’ packages.

Alternatively, organisations can call IT Governance on 00 800 48 484 484 or email servicecentre@itgovernance.eu for more information on how IT Governance can help protect their information security.

Melanie Watson
IT Governance
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