Data Protection Explained
eBook - ePub

Data Protection Explained

How to Protect Data and Embed Privacy in Your Organization

  1. 323 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Data Protection Explained

How to Protect Data and Embed Privacy in Your Organization

About this book

Strengthen data protection, reduce enterprise risk and deliver confident, compliant decision making across your organization.

Data Protection Explained is a strategic guide for mid to senior data, risk and cybersecurity professionals who need proven tools for governing information, safeguarding reputation and enabling innovation at scale. Written by Steve Wright, an accomplished privacy leader with over thirty years' experience, this executive resource equips you to build informed, future-ready programmes that mitigate legal, operational and financial risk exposure while supporting growth.

Drawing on real-world examples from global organizations, this handbook provides the strategic models and structures required to elevate data protection from a compliance activity to a value-driving capability. You'll learn how to:

- Establish governance, culture and leadership alignment for enterprise-wide data protection
- Apply data risk frameworks and run DPIAs that inform strategic and financial decisions
- Strengthen breach response, third-party oversight and operational resilience
- Use emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance protection and deliver measurable results

With frameworks, checklists, sample policies and guidance you can apply immediately, Data Protection Explained helps leaders modernize their approach and deliver long-term organizational impact.

Themes include: data governance, enterprise risk, privacy strategy, regulatory compliance, AI-enabled protection, operational resilience, cybersecurity

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Preface
  3. Why I wrote this book
  4. Introduction
  5. PART ONE Foundations of data protection
  6. 01 Understanding data and privacy in the modern digital era
  7. 02 The DPO role: scope, mandate and accountability
  8. PART TWO Building the data protection framework
  9. 03 Establishing governance and privacy culture
  10. 04 Data discovery, mapping and visibility
  11. 05 Managing data subject rights effectively
  12. PART THREE Implementing practical controls
  13. 06 Crafting and enforcing data protection policies
  14. 07 Privacy by design, DPIAs and risk management
  15. PART FOUR Incident preparedness and response
  16. 08 Incident response and breach management
  17. 09 Vendor and third-party risk management
  18. PART FIVE Global and emerging challenges
  19. 10 Cross-border data transfers
  20. 11 Technology, AI and data protection
  21. PART SIX Sustaining and evolving the DPO function
  22. 12 Monitoring, auditing and reporting
  23. 13 Training, awareness and culture change
  24. 14 The future of the DPO role
  25. Conclusion
  26. Appendices
  27. Index

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Edition
1
Year
2026
Print ISBN
9781398629165
eBook ISBN
9781398629189

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