\documentclass[a4paper]{jpconf} \bibliographystyle{iopart-num} \begin{document} \title{Internal Auditing INFN for GDPR compliance} \author{V. Ciaschini$^1$, P. Belluomo$^2$} \address{$^1$ INFN-CNAF, Bologna, IT} \address{$^2$ INFN Sezione di Catania, Catania, IT} \begin{abstract} With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force, INFN had to decide how to implement its principles and requirements. To monitor their application and in general INFN's compliance with GDPR, INFN created a new group, called ``Compliance Auditing,'' whose job is to be internal auditors for all structures. This article describes the startup activity for the group. \end{abstract} \section{Compliance Auditing Group} \subsection{Rationale for creation} When discussing GDPR application during the Commissione Calcolo e Reti (CCR) 2018 workshop in Rimini, it became clear that setting up a set of rules and assuming that all parts of INFN would correctly follow them was not, by itself, enough. Indeed it was necessary to comply with the duty of vigilance, which in turn required periodic checkups. To counteract this worries, and to vigilate on its proper application, it was soon proposed to create a team which would take the name of ``compliance auditors,'' whose job was to act as internal auditors for all of INFN structures to check on the proper application of the regulations as implemented by INFN. \subsection{Startup Activity} Following the proposal of the group creation, the first task to solve was how to staff it. Two people, who had previous experience with the setup of ISO compliance structures for some of INFN sections volunteered, Patrizia Belluomo (Lead auditor, Sezione di Catania) and Vincenzo Ciaschini (CNAF). The first activity undertaken by the group was a collection, followed by the study of all the norms applicable to INFN's implementation of GDPR, like the text of the normative itself, other applicable Italian legislation, the documents describing INFN's implementation, and several INFN regulations that, while not specifically talking about GDPR, still governed issues that were related to it, e.g data retention policies. We also had to decide how to structure the audits. We decided to implement it according to well-known quality assurance principles. To apply these principles, we ended up deciding on a set of arguments that would be investigated during the audits, and a set of questions that could, but not necessarily would, be asked during the audits themselves, to act as a set of guidelines and to permit INFN structures to prepare properly. When the group was formally approved, these procedures were presented at the CCR workshop in Pisa in October, and an indicative calendar for the audits created and sent to the structures as a proposal on when they would be audited. Due to budget limitations, it was also decided that, at least for the first year, most of the audits would be done by telepresence, with on-site audits reserved for the sections that had, or would have, the most critical data, i.e: the structures that hosted or would host INFN's Sistema Informativo. The rest of the year was devoted to refine this organization and prepare the formal documentation that would be the output of the audits and the procedures that we would follow during the audits, which began in earnest in 9 January 2019, but that would be out of scope for 2018's Annual Report. \end{document}