GDPR

Summary

Regulation: General Data Protection Regulation

Abbreviation: GDPR

Governs these parties: all organizations which target or collect personal data related to European Union residents

Enforced by: the European Commission, works with each EU Member State, and designates an independent public authority

Details

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) govern businesses to protect not only their customer’s data but also their systems from any potential attacks, with stricter rules surrounding the handling of personal data. As a result, businesses must take extra care to ensure that they are compliant with these regulations.

In order to comply with the GDPR each organization processes personal data (collecting, structuring, organizing, using, storing, sharing, disclosing, erasing, and destruction of data), and must ensure that the personal data it uses fulfills the requirements of the regulation.

The rest of this document is designed to help our community understand GDPR better by outlining the following information.

How this regulation relates to cybersecurity

Internal policies and clear procedures for data management are required to secure data and ensure its integrity, access, use, and security. The cybersecurity policy describes the organization’s overall security expectations, and roles. The stakeholders include outside consultants, IT staff, financial staff, etc.

How Coro handles compliance for you

At Coro, we've done the research thoroughly and regularly track updates to the regulation in order to ensure that you are implementing best practices in the areas we cover when we're protecting your systems.

The following table outlines the requirements described by GDPR that Coro implements in conjunction with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.

Disclaimer

This table does not guarantee that your organization is compliant with these regulations. As a best practice, seek assistance from a certified auditor when completing your analysis.

Category Requirement How Coro does it
Cloud Security & Privacy Malware and ransomware injection Detects and remediates malware and ransomware files in cloud drives
Cloud app account takeover Monitors access to cloud apps and user/admin activities on them
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Enforces multi-factor authentication on cloud app access
Data governance over cloud drives Data loss prevention (DLP) for regulatorily and business-sensitive data
Data encryption Safeguards stored sensitive information against unauthorized use and information leaks
Audit and activity logs Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing
Email Security & Privacy Generic and spear phishing Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on email content analysis
Identity spoofing Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on adaptive identity monitoring
Malware and ransomware injection Detects and remediates malware and ransomware in email attachments
Embedded links to malicious URLs Detects and remediates embedded links to malicious servers
DLP over outgoing/incoming email Encrypts emails before they are sent, which are then decrypted by their recipients at the other end.
Encryption of email during transmission Encrypts email during transit between the sender and the recipient
Business email compromise (BEC) Scans business email, detects and protects against social engineering attacks
Email account takeover Detects and remediates email attacks from within the organization
Audit and activity logs Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing
Endpoint Security & Privacy Antivirus (AV) Detects and remediates files with high-risk content based on their signatures
Data recovery Stores local snapshots of data
DLP on endpoint devices Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for business-sensitive data and data defined as sensitive by regulations
Audit and activity logs Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing
Data Governance Data distribution governance and role management Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for data defined as sensitive by regulations
PII monitoring Monitors PII (personally identifiable information) that healthcare professionals collect to identify an individual and determine appropriate care
Audit and activity logs Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing