The European Union’s GDPR took effect in May 2018. As the first major update to data protection laws in the EU since 1995, it combines previous data protection directives into a single, comprehensive regulation — one of its main advantages.

But what if your organization is based outside EU borders? Do you need to concern yourself with all that the GDPR covers?

It’s a familiar tune, with a twist. In today’s fast-paced digital world, there’s an ever-growing demand for cybersecurity to become more automated, integrated and accelerated. Now, industry stakeholders like Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) are responding with security orchestration — a shift in the application of technology that allows security tools to work together seamlessly as an independent system, with minimal human involvement.

The European Union’s GDPR took effect on May 25, 2018. Any organization that processes EU residents’ personal data is affected by the regulation, irrespective of the location of the processing operation.

Here are the steps your organization can take now to be GDPR-compliant:

Dealmaking in the life sciences sector is a hot topic again. After a torrid streak that saw more than 2,000 M&A transactions worth over $820 billion between 2014 and 2017, some regrouping and a lull in volume was anticipated; and sure enough, quarterly figures that revealed a slight, if choppy, decline beginning in 2016 soon developed into a slump for much of last year.

But the slowdown didn’t last long. Executive confidence and deal appetite did not go away, for one thing, and they were helped by favorable market conditions.

Manage your projects — from sales and marketing to clinical trials — and keep your partners and your board up to date with a highly secure data room platform that allows you to confidently share critical information in real time.

Why one investment management firm with more than $1T in assets chose DFIN’s powerful content management tool.