GDPR – New era of privacy regulations benefits IDGDPR What security pros need to know about the new era of privacy regulations. Many security professionals no doubt have heard of the new European Union (EU) omnibus data protection regulation called GDPR. GDPR, which stands for the EU General Data Protection Regulation, is in many ways a landmark regulation when it comes to the protection of personal data inside the enterprise. Not only does it introduce possible fines that can reach a head snapping 4% of global revenue, but it also enshrines a set of fundamental data rights for consumers and commensurate obligations for the companies that collect and process personal data of EU residents. For security professionals more versed in the technology minutiae of cyber detection and defense, any whiff of privacy will likely earn only the most passing of glances. After all, privacy historically has been the domain of lawyers who cared more for policy and process and less for product. Privacy was a thing apart from security with more ambiguous aims and indefinite consequences. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3212924/privacy/gdpr-tldr-what-security-pros-need-to-know-about-the-new-era-of-privacy-regulations.html