DataGuard

Unify security, privacy, and compliance work to reduce manual effort, manage risks, and support audit readiness as programs grow.

Improve visibility into third-party risks, streamline vendor assessments, and maintain records that support ongoing compliance.

Create and analyze privacy assessments more efficiently, identify risks, and prioritize findings for action.

Centralize data mapping and processing records, monitor processing risks, and produce audit-ready reports with less manual effort.

Streamline data subject request handling, track deadlines, and maintain compliance-ready records.

Coordinate incident and breach response, document actions, and maintain records to support compliance and audit readiness.

Manage customer consent across channels and centralize records to support compliant marketing and consent tracking.

Manage cookie consent and preferences to support privacy law compliance and clear user choices.

Provide employees with a confidential, anonymous reporting channel designed to support compliance with the EU Whistleblower Directive.

Build employee security and privacy awareness with tailored training and completion records that support compliance and audit readiness.

Show privacy program progress, data flows, risks, and requirements through tailored reports and real-time views.

Combine expert guidance and technology to build an ISMS, prepare for audits, and achieve and maintain ISO 27001 certification.

Get tailored expert guidance to identify privacy risks, meet GDPR obligations, and keep data protection efforts current.

Access expert DPO support to manage privacy obligations, strengthen compliance, and respond to data protection challenges.

Get practical expert guidance to build and maintain security and compliance programs, prepare for audits, and respond to evolving requirements.

Stay informed about legal requirements and regulatory developments relevant to your organization.

Establish governance, risk management, privacy and security controls to manage regulatory and operational risk.

Products: DataGuard security and compliance platform, ISO 27001 consultancy, Security and compliance expert support, Custom Reporting & Visualization, Global Legal Analysis, Incident and breach management, Whistleblowing management

Capabilities to automate privacy workflows, data subject request handling, policy enforcement, and regulatory reporting to maintain compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other data protection requirements.

Products: DataGuard security and compliance platform, Data Mapping & RoPA, DPIA & Risk Assessment, Data Subject Request Management, Incident and breach management, Custom Reporting & Visualization, GDPR Consultancy, Outsourced Data Protection Officer Services, Security and compliance expert support, Global Legal Analysis

Capabilities to identify, assess, monitor, and remediate vendor and supplier risk, including onboarding assessments, continuous monitoring, and oversight.

Products: Third-Party Risk Management, DPIA & Risk Assessment

Capabilities to collect, document, and honor user consent across channels and regulations, including real-time capture and audit trails.

Products: Consent and preference management, Cookie management, DataGuard security and compliance platform

Deliver cyber awareness training and automated security campaigns with real-time threat alerts, compliance controls, and reporting.

Products: Employee Training & Awareness, DataGuard security and compliance platform

DataGuard security and compliance platform

DataGuard is an all-in-one platform for managing security, privacy, AI governance, and compliance programs. It brings risks, policies, assets, controls, and workflows together, with guided processes and AI-powered automation to reduce manual work and support audit readiness. The platform includes security and compliance workflows, framework and policy management, risk and asset management, employee training, and privacy program capabilities. Optional capabilities include consent and cookie management, whistleblowing, global legal analysis, and actionable exposure management. Certified consultants are available to guide implementation, complex decisions, and audit preparation.

Category: Governance, Risk and Compliance Software

• Unify Governance Programs
  Bring security, privacy, AI governance, and compliance work together in a shared workspace.
• Reduce Manual Work
  Automate repetitive tasks and structured workflows to reduce operational workload.
• Manage Framework Requirements
  Use templates and structured workflows to manage policies, controls, and evidence for supported frameworks.
• Prioritize And Manage Risks
  Gain visibility into risks, select controls, coordinate mitigation, and monitor progress across frameworks.
• Organize Assets And Risks
  Maintain structured asset records, clarify ownership, and connect assets with risks, vulnerabilities, and framework controls.
• Prepare For Audits
  Centralize evidence and documentation, monitor controls, and prepare reports for audits and certifications.
• Structure Privacy Program Work
  Organize processing records, privacy workflows, and ongoing compliance monitoring in one program.
• Manage Consent Preferences
  Centralize consent records and manage customer preferences across channels and devices.
• Enable Anonymous Reporting
  Provide a secure, anonymous reporting channel designed to support alignment with the EU Whistleblower Directive.
• Build Employee Awareness
  Deliver tailored training, track completion, and maintain records that can support compliance evidence.
• Identify Cloud Misconfigurations
  Spot cloud misconfigurations and collect related evidence to support exposure management.
• Track Consent And Requirements
  Support consent management and keep track of legal requirements and regulatory developments.

Third-Party Risk Management

DataGuard’s Third-Party Risk Management solution helps organizations map data processors, locations, instructions, processing activities, subprocessors, and contractual obligations. Teams can identify processor-related risks, automate vendor assessments, maintain a structured vendor inventory, and conduct ongoing reviews to support compliance with regulatory frameworks and internal policies.

• Map Third-Party Risks
  See processor-related risks and connections across locations, processing activities, subprocessors, contractual obligations, and transfer mechanisms.
• Automate Vendor Assessments
  Send, track, and analyze vendor assessments through built-in tools, reducing manual review work.
• Centralize Vendor Records
  Keep vendor information organized with categorization, ownership, tasks, and statuses.
• Maintain Audit-Ready Vendor Records
  Support regular reviews and keep vendor evaluations, changes, and evidence organized for audits.

DPIA & Risk Assessment

DataGuard helps teams build, share, and analyze privacy assessments. A flexible form builder supports custom assessments and built-in templates for DPIAs, legitimate interest assessments, third-party reviews, and AI system assessments. Automated risk scoring analyzes submitted responses and helps teams identify high-risk findings. Existing templates can be migrated while preserving their structure and formatting, with optional expert onboarding.

• Analyze Risks Automatically
  Generate preliminary analysis from submitted responses to reduce manual assessment work.
• Build Tailored Privacy Assessments
  Use custom forms or ready-made templates to collect information for privacy assessments.
• Prioritize High-Risk Findings
  Bring findings requiring immediate attention to the forefront.
• Share Assessments Securely
  Send assessments to internal teams or external partners through the platform.

Data Mapping & RoPA

DataGuard’s Data Mapping & RoPA tools help teams track, model, and manage data processing activities through a guided workflow. Teams can map data subject categories, assets, processes, and RoPA records in one place, automate data mapping, and use dashboards to identify high-risk processing and compliance gaps. Data can be migrated from spreadsheets, CSV files, or other tools, and visual reports can be shared with internal and external teams.

• Maintain Processing Records
  Keep processing activities and RoPA records together and aligned as information is updated.
• Monitor Processing Risks
  Use risk flags and a dashboard to identify processing risks and compliance gaps.
• Automate Data Mapping Tasks
  Reduce manual effort when managing data processing activities.
• Create Audit-Ready Reports
  Transfer existing data and produce visual reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Data Subject Request Management

DataGuard’s Data Subject Request Management provides a centralized platform to collect, manage, and fulfill data subject requests while supporting compliance with GDPR and other privacy laws. A secure portal, automated workflows, request tracking, and links to mapped data help teams manage responsibilities and deadlines and maintain auditable records.

• Link Requests To Mapped Data
  Find relevant information in the data inventory to support request responses.
• Manage Requests And Records
  Handle request volumes centrally, reduce routine manual work, and maintain records for regulatory checks.
• Collect And Route Requests
  Provide a secure submission route and direct requests into the handling workflow.
• Track Request Deadlines
  Keep deadlines, responsibilities, and follow-up tasks visible to support timely handling.

Incident and breach management

DataGuard’s Incident and Breach Management provides guided workflows to assess, respond to, track, and document security incidents and data breaches. Teams can review affected data, parties, and systems; determine reportability and notification recipients; notify internal teams and authorities; and implement response strategies. The platform centralizes breach records and supports ongoing incident tracking, preventive controls, cross-team coordination, and compliance obligation tracking.

• Guide Incident Response
  Use a structured workflow to support timely assessment, response, and documentation.
• Coordinate Breach Notifications
  Use breach details to inform response decisions and support communications to relevant recipients.
• Maintain Breach Records
  Keep breach information together to support accurate documentation and audits.
• Coordinate Incident Management
  Monitor incidents, support preventive action, and help teams coordinate response work.

Consent and preference management

DataGuard’s consent and preference management helps organizations capture and manage customer consent for communications, including newsletters and promotional offers. It supports cross-channel consent management, centralized consent records, consent withdrawal, and automated tracking to simplify compliance with global regulations.

• Manage Consent Across Channels
  Keep consent management consistent across channels.
• Manage Consent Choices
  Record consent choices and withdrawals in a centralized place.
• Automate Consent Tracking
  Simplify consent tracking for customer communications and marketing.

Cookie management

DataGuard’s cookie management solution helps organizations simplify cookie consent management and support compliance with global data privacy laws, including GDPR. It enables teams to manage cookie consent across devices and track and update consent preferences.

• Support Privacy Law Compliance
  Use cookie consent management to support privacy law compliance.
• Manage Cookie Preferences
  Track and update cookie preferences across customer devices.
• Present Cookie Consent Choices
  Support cookie review and present consent choices to website users.

Whistleblowing management

DataGuard’s whistleblowing management offering combines software from EQS with expert support on a unified platform. It provides a secure, anonymous channel for employees to report events, designed to meet the EU Whistleblower Directive and support confidentiality and compliance.

• Enable Secure Anonymous Reporting
  Give employees a secure, anonymous channel for reporting events.
• Access Expert Support
  Use whistleblowing software and expert support through a unified platform.

Employee Training & Awareness

Employee Training & Awareness helps organizations build a security-first, privacy-aware culture through interactive training. It offers foundational courses on data protection and information security, with content covering ISO 27001, NIS2, TISAX®, the EU AI Act, GDPR, and more. Organizations can tailor courses by role, department, and risk level, use quizzes and adaptive modules, access expert-created courses, and build their own. Email invitations or LMS integration support rollout, while reminders, dashboards, reports, and historical records support training oversight and audit evidence.

• Build Security And Privacy Knowledge
  Give employees foundational training in data protection and information security.
• Track Completion And Prove Compliance
  Monitor completion and maintain records that can support compliance evidence during audits.
• Tailor Training To Employee Needs
  Align interactive training with employee roles, departments, and performance.
• Deliver And Customize Training
  Choose existing courses or create your own, then support rollout with invitations and reminders.

Custom Reporting & Visualization

DataGuard’s reporting and visualization tools help privacy teams show program impact, monitor progress, and communicate compliance status. Users can generate tailored reports, explore global data flows through interactive visualizations, and track planned activities and compliance gaps with real-time dashboards. The product also supports requirements tracking across frameworks, regions, and entities, including customized frameworks.

• Generate And Share Tailored Reports
  Create and share reports without manual formatting and data compilation.
• Visualize Global Data Flows
  Explore data movement through interactive views that support transparency and compliance communication.
• Track Activities And Identify Gaps
  Keep program activity and potential risks visible and provide timely progress information.
• Track Requirements Across Frameworks
  Keep obligations visible across frameworks, regions, and entities.

ISO 27001 consultancy

DataGuard’s ISO 27001 consultancy combines hands-on expert guidance with an AI-powered platform to help organizations build and manage an ISMS, achieve certification, and maintain it. Consultants guide teams through initial risk and gap assessments, implementation, and audit readiness, with a tailored blueprint for ISMS management and information security best practices.

• Guide ISO 27001 Implementation
  Get expert direction through implementation and toward certification readiness.
• Build And Manage Your ISMS
  Establish and manage an ISMS with expert guidance.
• Prepare For Audits And Certification
  Combine platform capabilities and consultant guidance to work toward audit readiness and maintain certification.

GDPR Consultancy

DataGuard’s GDPR consultancy combines tailored advice from data protection experts with a compliance platform to help organizations identify privacy risks, meet UK GDPR obligations, and manage compliance over time. Consultants guide businesses from initial assessment through practical implementation, including support with policies, procedures, controls, risk management, and audit readiness. The platform helps teams monitor, track, and update compliance work.

• Get Practical GDPR Guidance
  Translate GDPR requirements into practical actions with consultants who bring legal and IT expertise.
• Identify Privacy Gaps And Risks
  Understand where data protection practices need attention and prioritize actions.
• Implement And Monitor GDPR Work
  Put data protection measures into practice and keep compliance work current.
• Prepare For Audits And Privacy Challenges
  Get guidance on audits, cross-border requirements, DPIAs, and incident response.

Outsourced Data Protection Officer Services

DataGuard’s outsourced Data Protection Officer service provides tailored privacy advice from expert DPOs and can take on the formal DPO role. Support includes reviewing privacy procedures, identifying policy gaps, creating and maintaining documentation, conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments, monitoring compliance, training employees, and liaising with supervisory authorities.

• Maintain Ongoing Privacy Compliance
  Receive advice and monitoring to help keep privacy practices current.
• Create And Review Privacy Documents
  Get support developing and reviewing privacy policies, breach plans, and related documents.
• Support Assessments And Training
  Get assistance with DPIAs and help employees understand privacy procedures.
• Coordinate Privacy Communications
  Use DPO support for communications with authorities and customers.

Security and compliance expert support

Certified security and compliance consultants provide hands-on support across GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX®, NIS2, and the EU AI Act. Organizations can choose help with specific implementation tasks, recurring advice, or managed services in which a consultant acts as an External Data Protection Officer or External Information Security Officer. Support includes prioritizing actions, answering questions, and preparing for audits and regulatory changes.

• Move Implementation Work Forward
  Get expert help with defined implementation projects.
• Get Ongoing Program Guidance
  Clarify priorities, address complex decisions, and contact a designated consultant between scheduled check-ins.
• Prepare For Audits And Change
  Receive audit preparation support and guidance on evolving requirements.
• Assign An External Officer
  Appoint a consultant to a formal external security or data protection officer role.

Global Legal Analysis

Global Legal Analysis is a DataGuard platform add-on that tracks legal requirements and regulatory developments.

• Track Legal Requirements
  Keep track of legal requirements and regulatory developments through the platform add-on.