As companies find themselves scrambling to comply with the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation, DPO-as-a-service options have emerged to aid in filling the need for a data protection officer, Infosecurity Magazine reports. A new service launched by ThinkMarble now offers businesses in the U.K. a DPO through the company’s Virtual Data Protection Officer service, connecting them to an outsourced team of cybersecurity and risk mitigation lawyers to act as their DPO. Robert Wassall, data protection lawyer and head of legal services at ThinkMarble, said, “The role of the DPO is at the heart of this new legal framework and will be an integral cog in any company’s ability to prove that they are not only compliant with the new regulation but also ... demonstrating the highest level of accountability should a breach occur.”
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