Security News > 2022 > February > Understaffing persistently impacting enterprise privacy teams

A research from ISACA explores the latest trends in enterprise privacy - from privacy workforce and privacy by design to privacy challenges and the future of privacy.

The report highlights the persistent understaffing that is impacting enterprise privacy teams.

"People are an essential component of any privacy program, both the privacy professionals driving the work forward and employees across the enterprise who follow good data privacy practices," says Safia Kazi, ISACA Privacy Professional Practice Advisor.

"Enterprises need to sufficiently invest in their privacy programs and teams, not only to retain privacy staff and upskill talent to fill open roles, but to also prioritize privacy training efforts to ensure all employees are supporting privacy initiatives."

Despite issues with staffing and skills gaps, 41 percent of respondents report they are very confident or completely confident in the ability of their privacy team to ensure data privacy and achieve compliance with new privacy laws and regulations.

"The role of the privacy professional continues to evolve, with many now taking their organizations on a journey from compliance to building trust as a competitive advantage: helping to make companies stand out based on the values they hold and the commitments they fulfil. Continuing to monitor the changes in resources, board-level sponsorship, and the positive trajectory of privacy at-large form an important part of a privacy professional's value, and impact on an organization".

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