By working with us to conduct a data privacy audit, you can assess the suitability of your current programme while identifying any gaps or opportunities to drive improvements.
The Importance of a Data Privacy Audit
The most common obstacle to carrying out an audit is a lack of expertise and resource. Even for those that do have the right people to act as auditors, it can be a low priority for in-house teams.
Given the demands of fire-fighting activities and other ‘higher value’ initiatives, it can be months before there is sufficient resource to finally complete the process. Additionally, using an in-house team is not an objective assessment and may provide less value than an audit completed by a third party.
What to Expect From a Data Privacy Audit
Our experts can conduct audits against various standards and frameworks, including internal ISO27701:2019. This is a fundamental step in understanding your level of compliance against a given framework and is a necessary step for driving improvements in how your programme handles personal data.
Significant Audit Experience
Our consultants have extensive experience combined with ISO27701 Lead Auditor and Implementer certifications.
Industry Expertise
Our team have practical experience in completing audits across sectors, which gives us a deep understanding of your key challenges.
Wider Capabilities
We can help remediate any gaps identified during the assessment through our range of data privacy services.
What are the Benefits of a Data Privacy Audit?
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Increase Security ROI
We review and consolidate your security tooling to improve your return on investment and help you gain more effective protection from it,
Demonstrate Accountability to Regulators
In the event of a data breach, having completed an internal audit would be seen positively by regulators.
Improved Insight into Data Privacy
Gain a detailed understanding of your current data protection maturity and a comprehensive view of your personal data processing landscape.
Start Your Data Privacy Audit with Bridewell
Speak with one of our consultants to see how we can support your organisation with a data privacy audit.
How it Works
Step One: We begin scoping which departments, and which controls within those departments, you would like to audit. Once this is agreed, our data privacy team will hold interviews with relevant stakeholders and review pertinent documentation to complete the process.
Step Two: These results will be shared via a report that will be presented to key members of your organisation, such as the board or an auditing risk committee.
Step Three: We also provide a checklist of the risks associated with any identified gaps and a detailed roadmap for addressing them based on their priority. If needed, we can also implement the remediations recommended within the roadmap as part of a separate consultancy service.
Data Privacy Audit FAQs
The scope will largely depend on the specific sector and existing data privacy processes of the company or institution in question. However, at a minimum, the scope will include an assessment of their policies and procedures and test their effectiveness in practice.
Why Us?
Awards
Our team have won numerous industry awards, including ‘Best Security Company of the Year' at the Cyber Security Awards 2023 and 'Best Cyber Security Company Europe' at the Cyber Security Awards 2022.
Certifications
Our people and services are highly accredited by leading industry bodies including CREST, the NCSC, and more. Our SOC holds extensive accreditations from CREST (including for CSIR and SOC2) and works closely with our cyber consultancy services.
Partnerships
As a Microsoft Partner, we also hold advanced specialisms in Cloud Security and Threat Protection. We’ve also implemented some of the UK’s largest deployments of the Microsoft Security stack, inc. Sentinel, Defender, Purview and more.
