SoCal Privacy Consultants is a San Diego-based boutique privacy and security consulting firm serving clients across the U.S. since 2008. We help organizations operationalize Privacy Programs that are sustainable, defensible, and trustworthy by:

• Data and resource mapping

• Conducting gap and risk assessments

• Establishing governance with clearly defined roles and responsibilities

• Providing practical education and guidance

• Helping customize privacy and security policies to fit an organization’s risk profile and culture

• Providing Privacy/Security-by-Design consulting for technologies, such as for mobile apps and wear-ables

 

During the engagement, our consultants help establish program ownership and provide an effective knowledge transfer to help jump-start and build momentum in establishing an effective privacy and security program.

 

SUSTAINABLE

We help clients establish effective and scalable governance with clear roles and responsibilities to continually sustain their organization's privacy and security program. We help you gain commitment and support from C-level executives for the development of the organizational strategy to protect sensitive personal information and obtain appropriate resources and budget to facilitate its implementation enterprise-wide. We partner with your IT professionals and functional managers, implementing an enterprise-wide privacy and security program.

 

DEFENSIBLE

We help clients develop and implement a risk ownership and management approach to identify foreseeable risks and apply reasonable standards of care to create a legally defensible posture.

 

Many "compliant" organizations suffer security incidents and privacy breaches. Laws, regulations and standards cannot keep pace with the growth of the information age, the Internet, new technologies, and threats and vulnerabilities. "Check the box" compliance falls short. Regulators (FTC, DHS, state AGs, SEC, etc.) expect organizations to continually identify and mitigate risks before, during and after rolling-out new or enhanced products, services, processes, applications, systems and other technologies. SoCal Privacy's risk-based approach embeds risk management into your privacy and security program.

 

TRUSTWORTHY

Trust is implicit in doing business and privacy is part of the trust equation. A Privacy and Security Program establishes and maintains the trust relationship with your stakeholders, including board members, investors, partners, service providers, and most importantly, your consumers. Mitigating the risk of privacy breaches avoids the costly and disruptive impacts of loss of stakeholder trust.