Regulation (EU) 2016/679 · Applicable since 25 May 2018

Achieve GDPR compliance from the human factor

The GDPR treats data protection as a responsibility of the whole organization, not just the legal team. We give you the security awareness programs, the assessments and the training evidence, mapped to the articles of the regulation and segmented by audience.

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The human factor is still the way in

According to Verizon’s DBIR report, the human element is involved in around 6 in 10 breaches. Under the GDPR, a personal data breach is notified to the supervisory authority within 72 hours (article 33). That clock is only met if people know how to recognize an incident and report it in time inside the organization.

What the GDPR asks of you about people

Regulation (EU) 2016/679, applicable since 25 May 2018, spreads responsibility for data across the whole organization. Three obligations land directly on your security awareness program.

Security of processing as a daily habit

Article 32 requires applying appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. A good part of those measures depend on people: passwords, access, suspicious emails and careful handling of information at every workstation.

Detect and notify breaches in time

Article 33 sets 72 hours to notify a data breach to the supervisory authority. To respond within that window, someone had to recognize the incident and report it right away internally. Non-compliance can lead to fines of up to EUR 20 million or 4% of global annual turnover (article 83).

Awareness as a duty of the data protection officer

Among the duties of the data protection officer (article 39) is to raise awareness and train the staff involved in processing operations. Training stops being a good practice and becomes part of what the GDPR expects you to be able to demonstrate.

A ready-made program, segmented by audience

You don’t have to build it from scratch. The content mapped to the GDPR is already prepared and is assigned by audience in a couple of clicks, each level with its own language and focus.

More than 40 training modules mapped to the GDPR, ready to assign Each one with its exam and its reinforcement newsletters, from everyday data protection to the obligations of teams that process data. ✓ Included in the base content package, not as paid add-on content

All staff

What personal data is and why it involves you, protection habits day to day, how to detect and report a possible breach and secure handling of information. Applicable from any role.

Teams that process data and controllers

Processing principles, the rights of individuals, the security of article 32 and the 72-hour notification clock. The detail needed by those who design processes and answer to the supervisory authority.

Compliance mapped to the GDPR

Each piece of content is linked to the articles of the regulation it covers. From the platform’s compliance management you verify the level of compliance based on the training assigned to each person. If other European regulations apply to you, the same approach covers frameworks such as the AI Act.

And every item leaves traceability: who completed what, what result they got and how they evolved. That is the evidence that turns “we train our people” into something verifiable.

More than 700 organizations sustain their program with SMARTFENSE

We have spent more than 10 years helping organizations in banking, healthcare, critical infrastructure and the public sector reduce human risk and leave auditable evidence that they do. The difference compared to a generic campaign is traceability: who got trained, what result they got, how they responded to a phishing or ransomware simulation and how they improved over time. That is the evidence a GDPR review will ask for.

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