Security News > 2021 > January > Privacy is not a one-time, check the box activity

The survey report also explores past and future trends in privacy, offering insights into privacy workforce and skills, the use of privacy by design, and the organizational structure and composition of privacy teams.

Survey findings-gathered in Q3 2020 from 1,873 professionals who work in data privacy or have knowledge of their organizations' data privacy functions-show some positive trends for those enterprises who report they always use privacy by design.

Though enterprises consistently using privacy by design are nearly two-and-a-half times more likely to be completely confident in the ability of their privacy team to ensure data privacy and achieve compliance with new privacy laws and regulations, there was not a meaningful difference in the number of privacy breaches experiences in the last 12 months-approximately 10 percent of both groups reported breaches.

"Privacy is not a one-time, check the box activity," says Matt Stamper, CISO and Executive Advisor, EVOTEK. "The findings around data breaches illustrate that while privacy by design can bring great value to enterprises, it does not make them any less susceptible to privacy breaches, and privacy practitioners need to keep up their guard."

Survey respondents noted that the most helpful methods in overcoming these obstacles are using a privacy principles framework, experience-based credentials and privacy training.

In privacy workforce trends, respondents indicated that they foresee more of an increased demand for technical privacy roles compared to legal/compliance roles.

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