Privacy + Information Security
Privacy and security threats are constantly evolving, amplifying risks, costs, and reputational harm. We help you protect your business by reducing privacy and security risks, strengthening controls, and building confidence that your data (and your reputation) is protected.
Privacy + Information Security
Privacy and security threats are constantly evolving, amplifying risks, costs, and reputational harm. We help you protect your business by reducing privacy and security risks, strengthening controls, and building confidence that your data (and your reputation) is protected.
How we do it
We help you address real risks by focusing on what matters most, protecting sensitive information. We do this by embedding industry recognized controls, safeguards, and practices into your day‑to‑day operations, so you can move forward in a SAFE way, with confidence.
Scan
Assess risks, data flows, compliance posture
Align
Align your operational and data protection goals and activities
Fortify
Implement controls and safeguards
Evolve
Monitor, govern, and continuously improve
What we do
Our privacy, information security, and AI governance services support organizations in managing risk, meeting regulatory requirements, and implementing practical safeguards to protect information.
AI Policy & Governance
The opportunities with AI are endless, but each opportunity comes with real risks. We help establish appropriate policies, governance, and safeguards, mitigating risks for safe AI use.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Privacy‑enhancing technologies help you use and share data more safely. We help you define requirements, select the right tools, and implement solutions that protect sensitive information without slowing you down.
Framework Compliance
Your customers, partners, and regulators require compliance with recognized frameworks. We help you align with standards like ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, and others so you can demonstrate compliance and approach audits with confidence.
Governance Offices
AI, privacy, and security can’t live off the side of someone’s desk. We help you build dedicated offices that provide expertise through strategic guidance and consistent oversight, keeping your organization protected as you move forward.
Privacy & Security Assessments
Privacy and security gaps leave systems vulnerable. We help you assess impacts, threats, and weaknesses, and put the right safeguards in place to protect your information.
Privacy/Security by Design
Privacy and security gaps discovered late can slow projects down and be costly. We embed privacy/security by design principles into your work so risks are addressed early, saving time, reducing rework, and supporting smoother launches.
Related work
Conducting a health information PIA
Barrington’s Privacy team completed a Privacy Impact Assessment for a health information app.
Mitigating privacy risks to streamline modernization
Barrington completed Privacy Impact Assessments for Halifax Water to identify privacy risks associated with large IT projects fundamental to their five-year modernization plan.
Setting up and managing a privacy office
Barrington’s Privacy team worked with an organization without a privacy office to staff up the office and manage PIAs.