View from Peter Lancos, CEO
"Welcome to another edition of eXate's Global Data Diaries series, a fortnightly blog series that aims to bring you the latest news, tips and insights from the world of data privacy. Today we speak about the importance of privacy metrics and some examples regarding the same.
It is said that what cannot be measured, cannot be effectively controlled. The privacy world warrants high-quality control, and this is only feasible when there are a set of well-defined metrics governing the data security and privacy processes.
Some of the recent privacy metrics have stemmed forth as a result of the surge in the use of Privacy Enhancing Techniques (PETs) during the global COVID-19 pandemic. One such example is Privacy Investment and ROI. With the increasingly critical role of privacy, privacy budgets have with no doubt risen sharply. In fact, the average privacy budget doubled from $1.2 million to $2.4 million this year. A benchmark study performed by CISCO illustrates some of the most used privacy metrics in the industry. This study also shows that organisations with clearly defined security / privacy metrics realise much greater business benefits than those with loosely defined or no metrics.
A few examples of privacy metrics that depict the amount of data shared include:
% of data will be used for unrelated purposes
% of data shared with third parties
% of data that will not be deleted or anonymized
Ratio of Privacy Benefits to Investment
An important way for organizations to validate the correct handling of personal data is by obtaining independent, external certifications for their privacy program and practices or by outsourcing their privacy needs to certified vendors. These include ISO 27701 (a privacy extension for ISO 27001).
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