Following the implementation of the new General Data Protect Regulation on 25 May 2018, organizations should now be fully compliant with their national interpretation of this far-reaching data protection standard. The reality is that most are not; whether through their inappropriate use of online cookies or ineffective physical data security, businesses continue to struggle with the increasing pressure from regulators to apply the Regulation. Non-compliance is widely due to misinterpretation, lack of real-world thinking, and challenges in balancing costs against business practicalities.

This book provides insight into how to achieve effective compliance in a realistic, no-nonsense and efficient way. The authors have over 100 years’ collective international experience in security, compliance and business disciplines and know what it takes to keep companies secure and in-line with regulators’ demands. Whether your organization needs to swiftly adopt GDPR standards or apply them in “Business as Usual” this book provides a wide range of recommendations and explicit examples.

With the likelihood of high-profile penalties causing major reputational damage, this book explains how to reduce risk, run a remedial project, and take immediate steps towards mitigating gaps. Written in plain English, it provides an invaluable international reference for effective GDPR adoption.

Brian Hitchen – Co-author of the best selling “GDPR: Guiding Your Business to Compliance”. Has 30 years’ experience heading up IT Security in the financial sector.  With a background in Cyber Forensics, he has investigated several high-value financial crimes.  Currently, Brian consults and writes on GDPR.

Brians expertise is available to you through KJRUK and his own site at: www.brianhitchen.com

Disaster Avoidance: Active Disaster Recovery for Small Business. Co-authored by Brian Hitchen, Paul Rumsey and Gary Hawkins.  This soon to be updated book guides small business owners on how to avoid disasters, both natural and cyber related. 

Review

"It is excellent to see a book specifically for the smaller organisation on disaster avoidance, although equally applicable to the larger organisation.

The authors have considerable experience in disaster avoidance at the practical level and thus their guidance is based on real world experience.

For smaller organisations you probably don’t have a Business Continuity Specialist, and may not even have a fulltime IT Specialist and this book is written specifically for the non IT person.

Many smaller organisations never recover from a significant disaster and end up closing down, you don’t want to be one of these, so I believe this is essential reading for you.

Thus I strongly recommend you to read this book for the sake of avoiding disaster and thus potentially destroying your organisation."

Bob Harvey
Past President British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT