World-Class Data Privacy: 5 Secrets to Success

Heraclitus said that “The only constant in life is change,” but privacy professionals don’t need to turn to ancient Greek philosophy to grasp this concept. We can just use our eyes and observe our colleagues, industry, governments, and world. Data privacy is constantly changing, and 2025 won’t be an exception. 

As of this writing, the CAM4 security incident remains the largest data breach in history. The attack on the website exposed nearly 11 billion records, including users' names, email addresses, sexual orientations, chat transcripts, and IP addresses.

In the article “Privacy Risk Quantification: How and Why to Do It Effectively,” we went over the basics and best practices of privacy risk quantification and a few relevant industry benchmark frameworks. If you are implementing privacy risk quantification at your organization, one of the most important steps is tailoring a scoring methodology to align with your business.