Data privacy laws in the European Union have a strong emphasis on protecting the individual's right to know what personally identifiable data is being collected, who is collecting the data, and for what purposes. Organizations that collect personally identifiable data have an obligation to confirm exactly what data is considered protected, what consent they need to obtain from data subjects, and what safeguards they should employ to protect that data from unauthorized uses. 

IT organizations that store this information must assure that they are taking appropriate measures to monitor and protect the IT systems that house this sensitive information.  Log management tools can help you automate some of the needed processes by:

• Automatically collecting and consolidating large volumes of log data from all types of infrastructure and applications that contain employee or customer personal data
• Immediately identifying unauthorized events such as access or permission changes to files or folders containing sensitive data
• Forensic analysis in the aftermath of a security event pinpointing exactly where a security policy failed
• Securely storing log data using cryptographic hashing to prevent tampering - key in evidentiary use in court
• Simplifying audits with point-and-click reports that help you demonstrate adherence to data protection requirements

The Ipswitch Network Management division today announced the inclusion of new European Union data protection reports in WhatsUp Log Management release v10.1.1.  New functionality will assist customers address data protection reporting mandates and includes new reports for:

• United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998
• United Kingdom Corporate Governance Code 2010
• German Federal Data Protection Act 2009
• French Data Protection Act 2004
• French Financial Security Law 2003

Click here to learn more about the WhatsUp Log Management v10.1.1 release or join our webcasts on March 22^nd and March 27^thto learn best practices for using log data to mitigate data breach risks.