"With the European Union’s GDPR in effect and dozens of jurisdictions globally moving to implement similar regulation, the need for a mature privacy management program increases in every digital business. Having to operationalize privacy caught many organizations unprepared. Gartner experienced a tremendous spike in client inquiry regarding GDPR preparations, with a 400% increase over the previous year. And it’s not only a European fad."

In preparing for various privacy regulations, security and risk management leaders can find a set of balanced controls for privacy and security in the implementation of five key technologies.

_{Gartner, Beyond GDPR: Five Technologies to Borrow From Security to Operationalize Privacy, Bart Willemsen, Zaira Pirzada, 13 October 2020}

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