How moving to Azure can create the right conditions for GDPR compliance

The decision is already taken - you are already managing personal data in the cloud.

For many, uncertainty about managing data in the cloud stems from i an unfounded belief that the GDPR does not allow data to be stored in the cloud. In fact, the THE GDPR says virtually nothing about what technologies that can be used to manage data. It is rather a framework for how different types of data should be handled and at what level they need to be protected. The regulation is designed to to empower the individual individualns rights through more stringent requirements on companies and authorities that handle personal data.

All Microsoft's products and services have been built with reliability as a foundation and at the center are principles of security, confidentiality, compliance and transparency.. For those familiar with the GDPR it is therefore fairly obvious that the GDPR and Microsoft are based on the same set of values. One does not counteract the other, but rather the opposite - they work in the same direction.

It can also be It is worth mentioning that the move to the cloud is not as far as many people think. In fact, a lot of people have already made it. Many activities have now moved their productivitys- and communication-related tools to Office 365 - a fully cloud-based environment which is part of the Azure cloud platform. This means that we have already both taken decision on and taken the step to placing personal data in the cloud. Nevertheless, the main discussion about GDPR around the data that still stored on physical servers. The question is what the great the difference between these data and the data managed in the Office 365 environmentn? Whatever the case, they are surrounded by exactly the same GDPRrequirements.

Azure offers compliance tools, so you don't have to build them yourself.

Meeting the requirements of the GDPR often requires a lot of effort if you choose to do it all on your own. But building your own solutions to ensure compliance is complex, time-consuming and takes up endless resources. However, if you choose to move your data to Microsoft Azure many of the tools you need are already in place.

One of the key elements of the regulatory framework is the importance of be able to respond to incoming requests for information to be compiled and provided - or deleted. Azure offers balia Data Subject Request - a system for providing requested information, or for deleting information that can no longer be stored.

A further tool with a clear link to GDPR compliance is Azure Rights Management, which helps you ensure you to ensure that information never falls into the wrong hands by allowing only authorized people to access it. The system helps you to protect files across all the devices used in your business with the help of encryptionring, identity, and authentication principles. Azure also offers policies for which geographical locations a particular type of of data is allowed to reside in.

The sooner you embrace the tools, the more you can benefit from the tools provided by Azure provides. With the guidance and clear roadmap that Azure offers, you can build an environment that ensures compliance right from the start. That way, you don't have to builda foundation on your own as i that later turns out not to meet the requirements. Among other things you can benefit from Microsoft cloud design for the public sector which includes tools, templates, policies, reports and training to help you move to the cloud. - in compliance with the GDPR. These design templates are open for use also by private companies and if you use these these frameworks right from the start, you have done yourself a big favor.

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