Data Protection Protect your Data with confidence A “check-the-box” approach to compliance will not protect your reputation. Proactive programmes, measures and policies will.Protiviti helps you confidently maintain and protect your data, wherever it may reside. We help you understand the impacts of data security.Confidently maintain and protect your data, wherever it lives. Protiviti determines the impacts of data security regulatory and contractual requirements, assesses your alignment and capability to meet those expectations, remediates key processes and technologies, and helps implement changes to achieve and maintain compliance—all while improving your data security posture.Our approach focuses on three core concepts: identifying and securing your most valuable assets; continuous monitoring; and a structured, fast response to a breach. Regardless of where your data resides, Protiviti helps you maintain and protect it, and to understand the impacts Our Data Protection services Pro Briefcase Data Identification and Security Organisations want to know what data matters most. Protiviti’s data protection methodology identifies critical data, implements measures to protect it, and establishes a programme to sustain and maintain data security as data evolves. Pro Building office Data Security Compliance No matter the compliance framework (PCI , HITRUST, HIPAA, SOC 2, SWIFT , ISO, NYDFS , FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMC ) we scope your environment, address compliance gaps, and implement policies, procedures and technical solutions to meet any regulatory and contractual obligations. Pro Document Consent Third-Party Risk Management Organisations increasingly rely on third parties but struggle to balance the level of investment in securing partners. The most effective TPRM programme are repeatable, quantifiable, and manage more risk per dollar spent. Pro Document Files Secure Architecture Securely maintaining technologies, systems, and networks is a challenge most companies face. Whether aligning with compliance requirements or adopting zero trust architecture , we bring skilled expertise to the design and implementation of your security. Pro Document Stack Cyber Defense and Response No matter how much you invest in security, incidents happen. Protiviti offers full-service incident response teams that optimise your environment to address dynamic data threats. Pro Legal Briefcase Cyber Resilience Ensure your data is available when you need it. Knowing where vulnerabilities lie will help you recover more quickly and minimise customer harm. Protiviti helps you detect, prevent, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions. The Protiviti advantage Protiviti provides expert-level data security consulting solutions to FORTUNE 1000® and FORTUNE Global 500® companies across the world. We provide our clients with data security expertise that spans numerous regulations across all industries.Helping organisations comply with data security requirements is part of our DNA.PCI : Protiviti is one of the largest and most experienced PCI QSA firms (since 2002) and a two-time member of the PCI SSC’s Global Executive Assessor Roundtable. We frequently present at the Council’s community meetings and partner with global merchants and service providers to aid our clients on their journeys to achieve and maintain PCI certification.CMMC : Protiviti Government Services is a CMMC-AB Registered Provider Organisation™ (RPO) providing accredited consulting services around the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.HITRUST and SWIFT : We are a HITRUST CSF Assessor and SWIFT CSP and partner with clients seeking to certify compliance. Leadership Marcel Koers Marcel is a director in the technology consulting practice of protiviti The Netherlands. He is an experienced program director and management consultant, who specializes in Technology consulting, Digital transformation, Cybersecurity and Data protection. He assists ... Learn more Kees Schrama Kees Schrama is an IT security and enterprise architecture consultant. He specialises in IT systems integration, security architecture and security testing. Prior to joining Protiviti, Kees had positions as Principal Manager at PwC Advisory in the Netherlands (7 ... Learn more Cyber Risk Quantification Empowers Multichannel Retail Giant to Improve Risk Management Protiviti utilised cyber risk quantification to enhance the risk management process of a top 10 North American multichannel retailer. Case Studies Protiviti conducts vendor assessments for global Fortune 100 healthcare organisation Situation: This highly-decentralised client had disparate vendor security assessments and governance policies, which led to repeated assessments and a lack of a common view of vendor risk. Value: Protiviti enabled the client to properly modify a COTS application in six months and build a strong foundation for an employee training module. Protiviti leads division of Fortune 50 pharmaceutical corporation to HITRUST certification Situation: The diagnostic device division of this company needed a third-party partner to conduct a HITRUST certification controls assessment to identify and remediate control gaps. Value: Protiviti assisted in developing a plan and timeline for HITRUST certification. Major payment card brand recruits Protiviti for PCI compliance support Situation: This global brand needed assistance with its payment card industry (PCI) compliance program. Value: Protiviti’s experience with acquiring banks and merchant compliance initiatives assisted in the development and rollout of this client’s compliance program for key stakeholders. Bank drafts Protiviti to improve data privacy and information security Situation: This client needed to update policies and procedures, with organisational alignment between the first, second, and third lines of defense. Value: Protiviti updated the client’s governance and policies to improve risk assessments, increase visibility into the risk profile of critical systems and infrastructure, and challenge existing data security practices to enhance enterprise regulatory compliance. Featured insights FLASH REPORT The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024: Could this framework become the data privacy panacea? On April 8, 2024, U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced the American Privacy Rights Act. This act aims to establish a comprehensive set of rules that govern the usage of citizens' data. The... INSIGHTS PAPER How data sovereignty and data localisation impact your privacy programmes The concepts of data sovereignty and data localisation stem from a desire to keep data within a country’s borders for greater control. While the broad strokes of various privacy laws may be consistent across jurisdictions, governments will dictate... 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