What is the BEST way for an organization to maintain the effectiveness of its privacy breach incident response plan?

The correct answer is D. Conduct annual data privacy tabletop exercises.. Annual tabletop exercises simulate real privacy breach scenarios in a controlled environment, validating that the incident response plan works in practice and that team members know their roles. Exercises reveal gaps, outdated procedures, and coordination failures that document r

Privacy Governance

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Options

ARequire security management to validate data privacy security practices.
BInvolve the privacy office in an organizational review of the incident response plan.
CHire a third party to perform a review of data privacy processes.
DConduct annual data privacy tabletop exercises.

How the community answered

(59 responses)

A
3% (2)
B
10% (6)
C
7% (4)
D
80% (47)

Explanation

Annual tabletop exercises simulate real privacy breach scenarios in a controlled environment, validating that the incident response plan works in practice and that team members know their roles. Exercises reveal gaps, outdated procedures, and coordination failures that document reviews alone cannot uncover. Option A (security management validation) is an internal review with limited scope. Option B (privacy office review) is a document-level activity that does not test operational readiness. Option C (third-party review) provides an external perspective but does not actively test the team's ability to execute the plan under simulated pressure. Exercising the plan is the only method that tests both the plan and the people simultaneously.

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#Incident Response Plan#Tabletop Exercise#Privacy Breach#Plan Effectiveness

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