Security compliance workflow for Tallyfy

Respond to data breaches before deadlines pass

GDPR gives you 72 hours from when you know about a breach. State laws vary. This Tallyfy template guides privacy officers and IT security through identification, containment, notification, and remediation - with structure to stay compliant when the clock is ticking.

7 steps

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Import this template into Tallyfy and launch it immediately when a breach is discovered, assigning steps to your IT security, legal, and communications teams

Use Tallyfy's 1-day deadlines on all 7 steps to keep your response moving fast - from breach identification through containment, scope assessment, regulatory notification, and customer communication

Track your breach response through Tallyfy so you have documented evidence of containment actions, notification timing, and remediation steps for the inevitable regulatory review

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Process steps

Identify the breach

1 day from previous step

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Something's leaked. Figure out what data, how much, and how it happened. The clock starts now. Write down the exact time you found out. For GDPR, you've got 72 hours from when you "know" - not when you're done investigating. That timeline matters a lot.

Contain the breach

1 day from previous step

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Stop more data from leaking. Disable compromised accounts. Close exposed endpoints. Do it now. Contain first, investigate later. Every minute the breach keeps spreading means more customers affected and more regulators asking tough questions.

Determine scope and impact

1 day from previous step

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What data was exposed? How many people? Which jurisdictions? This decides who you've got to notify and when. Be thorough but fast. You need answers to tell regulators and customers. Guessing wrong either way causes real problems.

Notify legal and regulatory authorities

1 day from previous step

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72 hours for GDPR notification. State laws vary - some are faster. Your legal team needs to hear about this right away. Don't wait until you have all the answers. Regulators understand you're still investigating. What they won't forgive is silence.

Notify affected customers

1 day from previous step

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Be honest, be clear, be helpful. Tell them what happened, what you're doing about it, and what they should do next. Offer credit monitoring if financial data was exposed. It's expensive, but it's cheaper than a lawsuit.

Implement remediation

1 day from previous step

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Fix what broke. Patch the vulnerability. Change the credentials. Whatever let this happen - make sure it can't happen again. Don't just fix the symptom. Find the root cause. If it was a phishing email, why didn't your controls catch it?

Complete post-breach analysis

1 day from previous step

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What did we learn? What needs to change? Document everything - regulators will want to see it. This isn't just bureaucracy. They'll ask what you've done so it doesn't happen again. Have a good answer ready.