Which of the following is the BEST way to validate that privacy practices align to the published enterprise privacy management program?

The correct answer is A. Conduct an audit.. An audit provides independent, objective, and systematic verification of whether actual practices match documented policies and the published privacy management program. Unlike a control self-assessment (CSA), which is performed by the team responsible for the controls and is the

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AConduct an audit.
BReport performance metrics.
CPerform a control self-assessment (CSA).
DConduct a benchmarking analysis.

How the community answered

(40 responses)

A
78% (31)
B
3% (1)
C
15% (6)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

An audit provides independent, objective, and systematic verification of whether actual practices match documented policies and the published privacy management program. Unlike a control self-assessment (CSA), which is performed by the team responsible for the controls and is therefore subject to bias, an audit is conducted by an independent party. Performance metrics reporting shows trends but does not verify root-cause alignment. Benchmarking compares against external peers, not against the organization's own published program. Only an audit directly validates conformance to the stated internal standard.

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