GDPR Compliance

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation reshaped how the world thinks about personal data — and it applies well beyond the EU's borders, reaching any organization that processes the personal data of individuals located in the EU, regardless of where the organization itself is based.

What GDPR Actually Requires On the Security Side

GDPR's Article 32 requires "appropriate technical and organizational measures" to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk — explicitly naming encryption, ongoing confidentiality and resilience testing, and the ability to restore data availability after an incident. Article 33 then requires breach notification to the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of a breach, and Article 35 requires a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for processing likely to result in high risk to individuals.

Where Alastor InfoSec Fits

The "appropriate technical measures" language in Article 32 is precisely what continuous testing satisfies — a scanner or a once-a-year pentest gives you a point-in-time answer, while Alastor Pulse gives you ongoing evidence that your defenses are actually being tested as your systems change.

For the organizational side — access controls, encryption configuration, vendor processor agreements, and documentation an auditor or regulator would ask for — Alastor Shield automates evidence collection so a data protection audit doesn't require weeks of manual document-gathering.

Because GDPR's 72-hour breach clock starts the moment you become aware of an incident, early detection matters as much as prevention — see Dark Web Monitoring for how continuous monitoring shrinks the gap between a breach happening and you finding out about it.

Common Compliance Gaps

• No documented DPIA process for new features or vendors that introduce high-risk processing.
• Vendor and processor agreements that don't reflect actual data flows — see Vendor Risk Assessment.
• Security testing that can't produce dated evidence when a regulator or auditor asks "how do you know your technical measures are appropriate?"

Who Needs This

Any business handling personal data of individuals in the EU — customers, users, or even website visitors through analytics and cookies — needs GDPR-aligned technical and organizational measures, regardless of company size or location. This is frequently pursued alongside India's DPDP Act (DPDPA) for businesses serving both markets.

Talk to our team about mapping your GDPR technical measures to continuous testing evidence.