GDPR exposed holes
Almost half (43 per cent) of UK organisations have reported a data breach (actual or potential) to the ICO since GDPR came into effect, according to a survey run by Apricorn.
A third notified the ICO themselves, while 10 per cent were reported by somebody else. A further nine per cent of the IT leaders surveyed did not know whether a breach at their organisation had been reported to the ICO.
The risk of a data breach is the concern that troubles UK IT leaders the most when thinking about data privacy regulations, cited by 57 per cent of respondents. Addressing the variety of threats to data is next on the list (42 per cent).
The survey findings also indicate a lack of cyber-resilience within organisations, which is likely to affect their ability to manage the risk of, respond to and recover from a data breach. Respondents also reported difficulties in adequately identifying or locating data (33 per cent ), understanding data obligations (31 per cent ), and adequately securing data (25 per cent ).
In addition, when asked about the biggest…
