GDPR accountability, with the evidence to show it.
GDPR asks you to demonstrate compliance, on top of achieving it. TruOps keeps that demonstration current.
Each mapping is labeled exact, partial, or inferred, with a source.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679, has applied since 25 May 2018 to organizations that process personal data of people in the EU. It sets principles for processing, rights for individuals, obligations for controllers and processors, security requirements (Article 32), and a duty to notify supervisory authorities of personal data breaches within 72 hours where feasible. Fines can reach €20 million or 4% of worldwide annual turnover.
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679
- Applies since
- 25 May 2018
- Breach notification
- Within 72 hours where feasible
- Maximum fine
- €20 million or 4% of global turnover
Where GRC meets privacy
- Article 5: principles, including accountability
- Article 28: requirements for processors, which makes vendor assessment part of GDPR
- Article 30: records of processing activities
- Article 32: appropriate technical and organizational security measures
- Articles 33–34: breach notification
- Article 35: data protection impact assessments for high-risk processing
The challenge
GDPR asks you to demonstrate accountability. GRC already holds the security and processor records, as long as they're connected to the rest of your security program.
- Processors signed DPAs and were never assessed against Article 32.
- Records of processing live in one place, and the security measures they depend on live in another, with no link between them.
- Breach notification needs current control status, and all you have is last year's TOMs.
What you're probably using today
Almost nobody starts GDPR from scratch. You already have a program somewhere, and TruOps picks up from there.
| What you use now | Where it falls short | With TruOps |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheets, shared drives, and email | Your program lives in folders named after last year's audit. Owners paste screenshots the week before fieldwork, and nothing is dated, so you can't show what was true last quarter. | Upload those same files. TruOps pre-fills the assessment from them, cites every answer, and keeps technical checks running so you have evidence for the whole period. |
| SOC 2 automation tools | Great for getting certified, with automated tests, a big framework library, and often a trust center. Maturity scoring, custom frameworks, and deeper risk or vendor work can fall outside what they cover. | Keep your automated checks. Use any framework as your anchor, map the rest with partial overlaps clearly marked, and run vendor and risk work in the same place. Start with the policies and reports you already have. |
| Enterprise GRC suites | They can model almost anything, but that flexibility usually runs through implementation partners and admins, so every change turns into a project. | AI reads your existing documents and sets up the program. Your first assessment opens pre-filled with sources, and you make changes by asking in plain language. |
How TruOps helps with GDPR
Pick GDPR as your anchor, or map it to the framework you already run. TruOps keeps GDPR's own structure, down to the individual requirement, and shows coverage per requirement as satisfied, partial, or open, with the evidence behind each.
Upload what you have (prior reports, policies, spreadsheets) and TruOps pre-fills your GDPR assessment with cited answers. Connected tools keep technical controls current on the schedule you set, and failed checks become findings with a recommended fix.
TruOps covers the security and accountability side of GDPR: evidencing Article 32 measures, assessing processors, and tracking findings. Keep your privacy management tool for data subject requests.
How TruOps helps
- Anchor or map
- Use GDPR as your anchor or map it to another framework, and your work counts once.
- Pre-filled assessment
- Your GDPR assessment opens with the answers your evidence supports already filled, each cited.
- Accurate coverage
- Partial coverage is clearly marked, with the remaining requirements listed.
- Continuous monitoring
- Technical controls checked against your tools, from hourly to quarterly.
- Findings with fixes
- Failed checks become grouped findings with a recommended action.
- Audit-ready snapshots
- Results saved as of their date, with the evidence trail attached.
Questions
Does GDPR apply to companies outside the EU?
Yes, when they offer goods or services to people in the EU or monitor their behavior.
What does Article 32 require?
Appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure security appropriate to the risk, such as encryption, resilience, restoration, and regular testing.
Can TruOps assess our processors?
Yes. Processors are assessed like any other vendor, tiered by the personal data they handle.
Do we have to rip out the tools we already use?
No. TruOps connects to your cloud, identity, endpoint, vulnerability, and code tools. Spreadsheets, prior reports, and policies upload into the Data Room. If you're moving from a SOC 2 automation tool or an enterprise GRC suite, you bring over your frameworks, evidence, vendors, and risks.
Can we bring our existing assessments, control lists, and vendor files?
Yes. Upload workbooks, reports, policies, and vendor exports. TruOps turns them into structured questionnaires, controls, and risks, each linked to the file it came from, for you to review.
Does TruOps replace our auditor, QSA, or certification body?
No. Only a licensed auditor, QSA, C3PAO, or accredited certification body can issue the opinion. TruOps keeps your evidence current, sourced, and dated so fieldwork goes quickly.
See it run on your own data.
Book 30 minutes with a GRC specialist. Bring a real document, like a SOC 2 report, risk register, or vendor list (redacted is fine), and we'll show TruOps AI working on it.