Comprehensive evaluation of data handling practices to identify gaps and compliance risks.
CypSec's data protection check delivers a comprehensive review of how organizations handle personal and sensitive information throughout its lifecycle. We evaluate practices across collection, storage, sharing, and deletion, benchmarking them against both legal requirements and operational risks. This dual perspective allows us to identify where safeguards are insufficient and where regulatory compliance alone may leave exposures unaddressed. Each engagement results in a clear, evidence-based picture of the organization's privacy posture.
What differentiates our service is the focus on applicability. Rather than delivering abstract compliance findings, we provide practical recommendations prioritized by business impact and regulatory urgency. Organizations receive actionable steps to mitigate the most critical risks, along with strategies for embedding improvements into existing processes. This ensures compliance is maintained without adding unnecessary complexity. The outcome is a data protection posture that strengthens accountability, enhances trust, and reduces both legal and reputational risks.
Compile and categorize all personal and sensitive data across systems, applications, and third-party services.
Review policies and processes against GDPR and other relevant regulations to identify gaps.
Deliver practical recommendations to close gaps, enhance security, and maintain regulatory alignment.
Data protection checks provide organizations with a focused assessment of compliance readiness and operational effectiveness. The engagement reviews policies, processes, and controls against regulatory requirements, identifying gaps that could trigger fines or reputational damage. Deliverables highlight deficiencies and provide practical recommendations to embed compliance into daily operations. The outcome is a measurable improvement in governance, accountability, and incident readiness, ensuring data protection is both defensible to regulators and sustainable across business units.
Evaluation of data handling procedures and documentation quality.
Clear overview of misalignments with GDPR and other obligations.
Step-by-step remediation guidance prioritized by risk and effort.
Templates, checklists, and evidence packs for external audits.
Policies audited
Gaps identified
Actions resolved
Audit readiness
Data protection processes and practices are assessed for alignment with regulatory requirements and operational realities. Observations include control effectiveness, reporting accuracy, and governance structures to uncover gaps or inconsistencies that could compromise compliance or operational efficiency. The evaluation identifies areas where policies, processes, or technical controls require adjustment.
Analysis provides actionable guidance to strengthen workflows, monitoring, and accountability frameworks. Findings enable organizations to integrate privacy controls sustainably into everyday operations, ensuring compliance and operational reliability. Recommendations support audit readiness, incident response, and long-term improvements, creating consistent and enforceable privacy protections across the organization.
One of the most consistent findings is inadequate visibility into data flows. Many organizations underestimate how personal data moves across systems and third-party services, leading to unintentional regulatory breaches or security exposures. We map these flows to uncover shadow processing activities, undocumented data sharing, or legacy systems that store sensitive information without adequate safeguards.
Many risks are operational rather than strictly legal. For example, excessive data retention that increases exposure in case of breaches, or poor encryption practices that slow incident recovery. We take care of these gaps so that organizations not only align with regulations but also improve resilience, ensuring that privacy practices support business continuity and customer trust.
Reports are structured with prioritized remediation steps, meaning organizations can begin addressing critical issues immediately. We provide both short-term fixes and long-term improvement paths. This ensures that compliance gaps and high-risk exposures are closed quickly, while systemic enhancements are planned in parallel, balancing urgency with sustainability.
Issues are ranked based on regulatory impact, likelihood of exposure, and operational significance. High-priority gaps receive immediate guidance for mitigation, while medium- and low-priority findings are planned into sustainable improvement cycles. This ensures limited resources are focused on areas that provide the greatest compliance and security benefit.