Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 23 | Page 24

TRENDING “ A NOTABLY LOWER PERCENTAGE (39.5%) OF MID- SIZED COMPANIES REPORTED FULL GDPR COMPLIANCE COMPARED WITH 56% OF LARGE AND 51% OF SMALL COMPANIES. 24 INTELLIGENTCIO • Implementing new processes around the handling of sensitive data has been the greatest area for compliance investment in the last 12 months, cited by 28% of those surveyed • Compliance investment priorities were then split across better auditing of what data is collected and why (18%), employment of a Data Protection Officer or other compliance personnel (18%) and new technology (17%). 7% said user education and training had been their biggest area of investment A lessening focus on GDPR in the last 12 months Tony Pepper, CEO, Egress A significant proportion (35%) of GDPR decision-makers said that the majority of compliance activity had taken place in the lead up to the May 2018 deadline and had since dropped down the priority list and remained less important. Only 6% said that the ICO’s recent high- profile announcements of its intention to fine British Airways and Marriott had subsequently shocked the business back towards greater awareness. While 70% of www.intelligentcio.com