Haven’t we had enough? It feels like there’s been an endless stream of GDPR offers lately. Courses and certificates, as well as attorneys and consultancies which offer an array of services. Services which are then presented as absolute necessities in order not to be hit by enormous fines as soon as May 2018 hits us.

Of course proper protection of our personal data is vital, and it’s important for companies to comply with the law, so perhaps this barrage of offers is justifiable. But then again, just how difficult can it be to comply with the EU’s new general data protection regulation?

The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process originates from quality assurance in production environments, but has for some years also been a requirement in the ISMS standard ISO 27001 (ISMS = Information Security Management System).