Data Protection Explained

How to Protect Data and Embed Privacy in Your Organization
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-3986-2916-5
Verlag: Kogan Page Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Strengthen data protection, reduce enterprise risk and deliver confident, compliant decision making across your organization.

The Data Protection Handbook is a strategic guide for mid to senior data, risk and cybersecurity professionals who need proven tools for governing information, safeguarding reputation and enabling innovation at scale. Written by Steve Wright, an accomplished privacy leader with over thirty years' experience, this executive resource equips you to build informed, future-ready programmes that mitigate legal, operational and financial risk exposure while supporting growth.

Drawing on real-world examples from global organizations, this handbook provides the strategic models and structures required to elevate data protection from a compliance activity to a value-driving capability. You'll learn how to:

- Establish governance, culture and leadership alignment for enterprise-wide data protection
- Apply data risk frameworks and run DPIAs that inform strategic and financial decisions
- Strengthen breach response, third-party oversight and operational resilience
- Use emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance protection and deliver measurable results

With frameworks, checklists, sample policies and guidance you can apply immediately, The Data Protection Handbook helps leaders modernize their approach and deliver long-term organizational impact.

Themes include: data governance, enterprise risk, privacy strategy, regulatory compliance, AI-enabled protection, operational resilience, cybersecurity

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 01: Understanding data and privacy in the modern era; Chapter - 02: The data protection officer role - scope, mandate and accountability; Chapter - 03: Establishing governance and culture; Chapter - 04: Data discovery, inventories and mapping; Chapter - 05: Risk management and DPIAs; Chapter - 06: Policies, standards and procedures; Chapter - 07: Data subject rights in practice; Chapter - 08: Privacy by design and default; Chapter - 09: Incident response and breach management; Chapter - 10: Vendor and third-party risk management; Chapter - 11: Cross-border data transfer; Chapter - 12: Technology, AI and data protection; Chapter - 13: Monitoring, auditing and reporting; Chapter - 14: Training, awareness and culture change; Chapter - 15: The future of the DPO role; Chapter - 16: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Wright, Steve
Steve Wright is an accomplished data protection and privacy professional with over thirty years' experience. He previously served as the Data Protection Officer at the Bank of England and John Lewis and as the Chief Privacy Officer for Unilever. He is the Interim Data Protection Officer for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and is the Founder of PICCASO, a special interest group serving privacy, data protection and security professionals globally. He is based in London, UK.