Cosmikal Endurance and GDPR Compliance on Data Protection

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), related to the protection of individuals regarding the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, establishes the obligations that those who process personal data (organizations, companies, public administrations) must comply with.

Who does it apply to?

It applies to European organizations that process personal data of citizens in the EU and to organizations based outside the EU that target individuals living within the EU.

Essentially, the GDPR aims to provide individuals with greater control over their personal data by ensuring that organizations are held accountable for security breaches and misuse.

What are its obligations?

This regulation incorporates a series of obligations in compliance with the principle of proactive responsibility or accountability principle, which is the obligation of organizations to comply with the Regulation and to demonstrate that they are in compliance. The GDPR requires the implementation of a series of technical and organizational measures to ensure that data processing is carried out in accordance with the regulation to protect the personal data of the data subjects:

• Record of processing activities.
• Impact assessment when the processing poses a high risk to the rights and freedoms of third parties (once a risk analysis has been conducted).
• International data transfers with adequate safeguards.
• Procedure for exercising the rights of data subjects.
• Impose obligations on data controllers and processors.
• Encryption of personal data in transit and at rest (privacy by design).
• Access management controls such as role-based access, logging, and identity management.
• Network security through firewalls, intrusion detection, and segmentation.
• Data minimization principle, that is, applying technical and organizational measures to ensure that only data necessary for each specific purpose of processing is processed, reducing the extent of processing, limiting the retention period to what is necessary, and controlling accessibility.
• Resilient backup and recovery to ensure the availability of personal data.
• Security control verification through risk assessments consisting of audits and vulnerability evaluations.
• Incident response processes to detect, investigate, and report personal data breaches.
• Due diligence to ensure that processors comply with the obligations of the GDPR, through the signing of contracts and agreements, and supplier assessments.
• Privacy by design principles integrated into engineering processes (privacy by design).

How Cosmikal Endurance helps with GDPR compliance

The privileged access manager Cosmikal Endurance provides all the necessary capabilities to information security managers to implement the technical and organizational measures regarding the security of personal data:

• Access control over identities that can access regulated personal data.
• Segmented access policies aligned with the principles of least privilege.
• Automated credential rotation for privileged accounts.
• Comprehensive logging and auditing of privileged user sessions.
• Alerts for anomalous activity regarding data containing personal information.
• Masking or deletion of personal data when no longer necessary.
• Change management controls regarding access permissions.
• Rapid de-provisioning of access when no longer needed.
• Securing databases and servers that contain legitimate personal data.
• Detailed audit logs showing access to personal information.

Cosmikal Endurance

This privileged access management (PAM) system allows the company’s Information Security Officer to secure, control, manage, and monitor access to the organization’s critical assets.

Thanks to Cosmikal Endurance, the security officer can grant different roles and permissions to various users based on the tasks they will perform, minimizing attack surfaces, controlling assigned privileges, and securing the organization’s most important digital assets.

These permissions provide maximum assurance regarding the protection and proper management and consultation of personal data collected by each company, thereby promoting strict compliance with the GDPR mandate.

The implementation of Cosmikal Endurance strengthens the security of personal data managed by an organization. In addition, it facilitates compliance with the strict regulations established by the GDPR, providing control, visibility, and continuous protection over privileged access to critical systems