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SOC 2 (Systems and Organization Controls)
P6.6: Notification about breaches and incidents to affected data subjects

Requirement description

The entity provides notification of breaches and incidents to affected data subjects, regulators, and others to meet the entity’s objectives related to privacy.

Points of focus:

- Remediates Misuse of Personal Information by a Third Party
- Provides Notice of Breaches and Incidents

How to fill the requirement

SOC 2 (Systems and Organization Controls)

P6.6: Notification about breaches and incidents to affected data subjects

Task name
Priority
Status
Theme
Policy
Other requirements
Reporting personal data breaches to authorities / data subjects
Critical
High
Normal
Low
Fully done
Mostly done
Partly done
Not done
Incident management
Data breach management
21
requirements

Examples of other requirements this task affects

33. Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority
GDPR
34. Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
GDPR
6.1.3: Contact with authorities
ISO 27001
16.1.5: Response to information security incidents
ISO 27001
RS.CO-2: Incident reporting
NIST
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Reporting personal data breaches to authorities / data subjects
1. Task description

A personal data breach must be reported to the supervisory authority if the breach may pose a risk to data subjects rights and freedoms. Data subjects, on the other hand, must be informed if the breach is likely to pose a high risk to their rights and freedoms. For example, registrants may take steps to reduce the adverse effect (e.g. by closing their credit card).

The notification must include the following information:

  • a clear description of the personal data breach
  • the name and contact details of the data protection officer or other contact point from which further information can be obtained
  • the likely consequences of the personal data breach
  • the measures proposed or already taken by the controller; where appropriate, measures to mitigate possible adverse effects.
Process for initiating data breach treatment
Critical
High
Normal
Low
Fully done
Mostly done
Partly done
Not done
Incident management
Data breach management
9
requirements

Examples of other requirements this task affects

24. Responsibility of the controller
GDPR
32. Security of processing
GDPR
16.1.5: Response to information security incidents
ISO 27001
16.1.7: Collection of evidence
ISO 27001
5.26: Response to information security incidents
ISO 27001
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Process for initiating data breach treatment
1. Task description

Our organization has pre-defined procedures through which the detected security breach will be addressed. The process may include e.g. the following things:

  • who are part of a team that is ready to respond to breaches
  • how and along what channel the entire team is immediately notified of the breach
  • the team determines the severity (low, medium, high) of the breach based on predefined criteria
  • the breach management is continued with a larger group according to the severity level

Tasks included in the policy

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