Data Flow Mapping

With research indicating that human error is the root cause of 95% of data breaches (as reported by the World Economic Forum), there has never been a more crucial time to by ensuring that your business processes are secure and that your staff is well-trained in data privacy principles, you can significantly reduce the potential impact of any breach.

Our Data Flow Mapping workshop, used with organisations such as ASX, Caritas and Bradken, offers a proven approach to educating your team on the principles of data privacy, identifying privacy risks, and creating a roadmap for risk reduction.

Course Content

  1. The 9 Principles of Data Privacy: Learn the key principles that privacy regulations enforce and how to apply them to business processes to spot potential compliance risks.
  2. Personal Data: Explore the evolving definitions of personal data and understand the different types covered by privacy regulations.
  3. Data Flow Mapping: Discover how to create a data flow map that tracks the movement of personal information within a business process.
  4. Applying Privacy Principles: Learn how to use these principles on your data flow map to identify and assess risks.
  5. Remediation Strategies: Explore various methods to reduce your organization’s risk exposure.
  6. Running a Data Flow Mapping Workshop: Get practical tips on how to lead an effective data flow mapping session within your organization.
  7. Managing Risk Reduction: Learn how to develop a roadmap for improving processes and minimizing risks.

Agenda

  1. Understanding personal data
  2. The principles of data privacy
  3. Introduction to data flow mapping
  4. Applying the privacy principles to a data flow map
  5. Identifying privacy compliance risks in a business process
  6. Remediation strategies for reducing risk
  7. Running a data flow mapping workshop
  8. Creating a risk reduction roadmap.
  9. Putting this into action.

Added Value

In addition to the one-day course, participants will receive.

  1.  A workbook containing copies of workshop slides.
  2. A data flow mapping report template.
  3. A 1 hour one-on-one consultation to help apply what they have learned within their organisation.

Who should attend?

  • Operational Staff: Employees in roles that involve the collection, management, and use of personal information as part of their daily business functions.
  • Business Leaders: Executives and managers who want to deepen their understanding of privacy principles and strategies for reducing risk across the organization.
  • Data Management Teams: Teams responsible for managing data who need to identify potential risks and implement measures to eliminate them.
  • Compliance Officers: Professionals tasked with ensuring that the organization adheres to privacy regulations and best practices.
  • IT and Security Personnel: Staff involved in safeguarding data, who need to understand privacy risks and how to address them through secure data flows.
  • Human Resources: HR professionals who handle employee data and need to ensure its management complies with privacy regulations.
  • Marketing Teams: Teams that use personal data for targeting and analytics, requiring a solid understanding of how to do so within regulatory frameworks.
  • Legal Advisors: Legal professionals who need to advise on privacy compliance and the implementation of data protection strategies.
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