European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in May 2018. Companies that fail to adequately prepare for the GDPR risk incurring fines of up to 4 percent of their annual revenue. As data is spread across organizations, it becomes increasingly challenging to maintain the robust data stewardship and protection required by the EUs GDPR. Many businesses are opening their data to employees throughout the company so that they can use that data in innovative ways. Many new business services are being created, used and managed outside IT organization.”]

