# GDPR Cyber Security Checklist Generator

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A GDPR Cyber Security Checklist Generator is designed to streamline the way your organization responds to and resolves cybersecurity incidents.

#### Background

As the threat of cyber-attacks on organizations increases, it has never been more important to be prepared.  

Punitive measures introduced by the [EU General Data Protection Regulation](https://gdpr.eu/) (GDPR) and the [UK Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/506/made) (NIS Regulations), mean that the way organizations respond to cyber incidents can be the difference between successful mitigation of risk exposure and cost or escalation of further risk exposure and severe financial impact. 

A similar regulatory landscape is faced by companies across the US as well, where CCPA and HIPAA regulate which business-sensitive information can be collected and how they need to be preserved in order to mitigate the risk of cybersecurity attacks and exposure of sensitive data. 

Organizations are obliged to report data breaches including cybersecurity incidents to the competent supervisory authority within 72 hours or face significant fines, including in some instances up to 4% of annual turnover, or up to €20 million. 

When this is put into context of an uptick in cyber threats during the ongoing pandemic—in 2020, there was a [600% rise in cyber incidents](https://purplesec.us/resources/cyber-security-statistics/)—having a cybersecurity response plan and reporting tool in place becomes imperative.  

####  **How to handle cybersecurity incidents effectively?**

The speed with which organizations are able to identify and mitigate cybersecurity incidents makes a huge difference in enabling them to control the overall risk, cost and exposure.  

Companies therefore need to have systems in place in order to effectively handle cybersecurity incidents. Such systems specifically need to be able to handle the following tasks: 

- detection of incidents within an organization; 
- assessment of the incident’s relevance and, if applicable, internal decision-making obligations, as well as external notification requirements; and 

- reporting of the incident and its assessment to the responsible department within the company. 

####  **Building cybersecurity incident response plan**

As a rule of thumb, a cybersecurity incident response plan consists of several steps, including preparation, detection and reporting, triaging, containment, and analysis, but each organization might need to customize its response plan to account for all company and industry specificities, in an efficient and standardized manner. 

Using BRYTER’s no-code platform, you can rapidly develop a [self-service app](https://bryter.com/applications/self-service-applications/) which uses predefined criteria to determine as well as automate the way you should handle a cybersecurity threat, and which steps must be taken in accordance with the GDPR, NIS Regulations and other applicable guidelines.  

Through a customizable, interactive questionnaire, the user is able to input, collect and process all data relevant to your company’s cyber incident response plan to streamline execution at the appropriate levels within your organization.

[Sign up for a demo](https://bryter.com/get-demo/) to find out more about BRYTER [no-code platform](https://bryter.com/no-code-platform/). Alternatively, you might be interested in our [Data Breach Reporting ](https://bryter.com/use-cases/data-breach-reporting/)assistant and [GPDR Software](https://bryter.com/trends/gdpr-compliance-software/) use cases.