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Fig 18 Data privacy specialists are rarely involved at the outset of the development of and
implementation of new technology that gathers and/or processes personal data
66%
review these initiatives but are not involved at the outset of discussions
28%
are involved at the outset of discussions
6%
are not involved at all
Q. Generally speaking, at what stage are data privacy specialists involved in the development of and implementation of new technology that gathers and/or
processes data/personal data?
Getting the cyber
response plan right
Fig 19 Larger businesses are much more likely
to have cybersecurity incident response plans
Nearly all large companies (98%) have a
formal cybersecurity incident-response plan,
but this is true of only 77% of medium-sized
and just 59% of small companies. The survey
data also reveals that businesses in China and
Germany are less likely than those in the UK
and the U.S. to have this kind of plan.
Small companies ($200m–$500m in revenue)
59%
Medium-sized companies ($500m–$1bn in revenue)
77%
Large companies (more than $1bn in revenue)
98%
Q. Does your business have a technology failure crisis-management
playbook or other such document that guides how you should respond to
such an event?
Fig 20 UK and U.S. businesses are most likely to have cybersecurity incident-response plans
85%
82%
77%
72%
71%
69%
UK
U.S.
Japan
France
China
Germany
Q. Does your business have a technology failure crisis-management playbook or other such document that guides how you should respond to such an event?