With all of the large-scale cyber attacks over the last few years, CommCore CEO Andy Gilman was recently quoted in the PR News article, “A 5-Step GDPR Crisis Plan” about how to create a crisis communications plan ahead of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline at the end of May and in the event of a dreaded data breach.
For PR pros who need to swiftly communicate all of the above to their senior leaders, Andy Gilman, president and CEO of CommCore Consulting Group, summarizes GDPR crisis planning into five steps below:
1. Develop a crisis plan—cyber and information protection is one of the risks that should be on the list.
2. Have IT specialists in-house or on call as part of the team in the event.
3. Develop preapproved templates that can be filled in quickly in the event of a breach.
4. Monitor traditional and social media and for any reports of the incident.
5. Repeat the above steps.