Why outsourcing your DPO role is an effective insurance policy - Help Net Security

Why outsourcing your DPO role is an effective insurance policy - Help Net Security

Organizations are starting to take a much more considered approach to data protection as high-profile regulatory action for data mishandlings has raised both the stakes and interest in data privacy operations.



Since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, data protection has risen to the top of the news agenda. Simultaneously, the GDPR has raised the profile and highlighted the importance of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) internationally as, under this legislation, certain entities are under legal obligation to appoint a DPO.


Noncompliance with the GDPR carries hefty fines and is generally associated with a wave of negativity when public trust is compromised. Moreover, there is a growing global awareness that outsourcing effective insurance policy security