Auditing Data Protection Compliance

This course will provide attendees with an overview of developing a risk-based audit process to assess and evaluate data protection compliance, from setting appropriate objectives to evaluating an audit programme’s success.

COURSE DELIVERY

Online Live Attended

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

COURSE LENGTH

1 day course attended live online from 09:30 to 16:30

PRICE PER PERSON

£375.00 excl VAT

Auditing Data Protection Compliance

Course Overview

Course Includes 

Access to Tkm's Client Portal and digital materials for 6 months, printed hardcopy materials delivered to you prior to course commencement, optional badge of achievement issued on course completion.

Certification Award

6 hours CPD certificate available on completion

Prerequisites

An understanding of data protection laws
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Course Description

This course will provide attendees with an overview of developing a risk-based audit process to assess and evaluate data protection compliance, from setting appropriate objectives to evaluating an audit programme's success.

It is ideal for those with responsibilities for planning and conducting data protection audits within their own organisations, including DPOs. While the course focuses on data protection, the tools and techniques covered can be transferred to other areas of information governance.

Please note that attendees will require a good understanding of data protection law and how it is applied in an organisational context to achieve the learning outcomes.

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Course Content

Background

Looking at the background and legal context to auditing. Candidates will learn how to define the auditing objectives and assess, measure and prioritise risks within the workplace.

Planning

Candidates will become familiar with the tools to plan and execute a data protection audit.

Development

Understand how to develop an ongoing data protection audit and critically assess the effectiveness of data protection controls in the workplace.

Evaluation

Learn to evaluate the overall success of an audit programme.

Tkm & Associates proudly supports palliative care hospices

Throughout 2025, Tkm & Associates will be supporting the palliative care sector as our charity partners.

For every live attended course booking (public and in-house), practitioner and foundation online on-demand courses we receive, Tkm & Associates will credit 10% of the booking value into a pool to support information governance training for practitioners in the palliative care sectors. This will allow data protection officers, Caldicott Guardians, and records managers working in hospices and other parts of third-sector palliative care services to choose and book a range of our live and on-demand training at either heavily subsidised or no cost, depending on course choice.

When you choose Tkm & Associates as your information governance training partner, you are helping a key and under-resourced care sector.