State of Privacy Survey

With the proliferation of AI and a constantly changing regulatory landscape, the responsibilities and challenges facing today’s data privacy professionals are continuously shifting too. Access ISACA’s State of Privacy 2025 resources to see how your organization measures up and to set yourself and your team up for success.

Webinar

Join us for The State of Privacy 2026 webinar

ISACA’s State of Privacy 2026 webinar explores the findings from the sixth annual State of Privacy Survey, featuring insights from privacy professionals worldwide. The session examines trends in privacy staffing trends, budgets, awareness training, breaches, and factors that facilitate practicing privacy by design, while also addressing the growing influence of AI on the work of privacy professionals. Attendees will gain practical knowledge to reexamine and improve their privacy programs.

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Report

Download The State of Privacy 2025 report

With the size of privacy teams shrinking amidst an increase in privacy legislation and regulations, ISACA’s fifth annual global privacy study looks at real-time insights from data privacy professionals to determine the latest responsibilities and challenges privacy teams are facing. The State of Privacy 2025 report reveals:

Staffing levels and in-demand skills
Budget levels and implications
Data privacy program challenges and obstacles
The business impact of privacy by design
How privacy professionals are using AI

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Press Release

New Research: 63 Percent of Privacy Professionals Find Their Jobs More Stressful Now Than Five Years Ago

Despite progress made in privacy staffing and strategy alignment, privacy professionals are feeling increasingly stressed on the job within a complex compliance and risk landscape, according to new research from ISACA, the leading global professional association helping individuals advance their careers in digital trust fields.

21 January 2025

Infographic

The State of Privacy in 2025

Key trends and challenges from ISACA’s State of Privacy 2025 report.

21 January 2025

Blog Post

Reframing the Way Organizations Think About Privacy

ISACA’s State of Privacy 2025 report highlights trends in the industry around staffing, collaboration and increasing demands on privacy teams.

21 January 2025

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Validate your technical expertise on data privacy solutions with ISACA’s Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer™ (CDPSE™), a unique credential for professionals, consultants and team leads charged with implementing privacy controls for organizations.

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Aligning a well-defined privacy strategy with organizational objectives is essential because it supports business goals while simultaneously building trust with clients and other stakeholders. By integrating privacy into core business processes, organizations can better mitigate data-related risks, maintain regulatory compliance, meet client expectations and stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape. A cohesive and well-aligned strategy not only enables efficient resource allocation but also helps to balance technical innovation with ethical and trustworthy data use, fostering sustainable growth and improving competitive advantage along the way.

Greg Shields

Principal Director, Data Privacy

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ISACA’s report highlights the significant efforts that organizations are making to promote privacy awareness. I look forward to further increasing these percentages to ensure all staff are well-versed in regulatory compliance. We’ve seen a demand for understanding the variations in different regions’ regulatory definitions of personal information and the processes of de-identification specifically. Organizations can incorporate interactive and scenario-based learning approaches into their training programs to enable staff to apply privacy principles in real-world situations.

Carol Lee

Deputy General Manager – Cyber Security & Risk Management, Hang Lung Group

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In ISACA’s 2025 State of Privacy, we can see that light is slowly appearing at the end of the long compliance tunnel. Our efforts must be maintained in view of the growing complexity of international laws and regulations. Privacy maturity has not yet been achieved, particularly in terms of stakeholder training.

Pierre-Martin Tardif

Professor, Universite de Sherbrooke

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