Recital - 76.
Risk Assessment
Executive Summary
Risk assessment is required for all processing activities.
Recital Text
The likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of the data subject should be determined by reference to the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing. Risk should be evaluated on the basis of an objective assessment, by which it is established whether data processing operations involve a risk or a high risk.
Recital - 77.
Risk Assessment Guidelines
Executive Summary
At some future date, the Board may also issue guidelines on processing operations.
Recital Text
Guidance on the implementation of appropriate measures and on the demonstration of compliance by the controller or the processor, especially as regards the identification of the risk related to the processing, their assessment in terms of origin, nature, likelihood and severity, and the identification of best practices to mitigate the risk, could be provided in particular by means of approved codes of conduct, approved certifications, guidelines provided by the Board or indications provided by a data protection officer. The Board may also issue guidelines on processing operations that are considered to be unlikely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons and indicate what measures may be sufficient in such cases to address such risk.
Executive Summary
Information systems shall be regularly reviewed by an external party for compliance with the organization's information security policies and standards.
Article ID: 336
Created: September 27, 2022
Last Updated: September 27, 2022
Author: Matthew Burdick
Online URL: http://www.compliancewiki.org/article/gdpr-responsibility-of-the-controller-external-review-336.html