White Papers

The white papers below illustrate the highly focused combination of industry experience and high-level IT expertise that enables Fifth Step to lead thought and debate on a wide range of critical topics and issues.

GDPR and Fifth Step’s “Virtual” Data Protection Officer

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union’s data protection regulation coming into force in 2018.

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Wicked Problems and the VUCA Approach to Change Management

It is fairly safe to say that we live in interesting times. More than that, we live in rapidly changing times. All Change Management professionals and Project Management Office.

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The NIST Framework: Understanding the Protect Function

The Framework Core consists of five concurrent and continuous Functions—Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond,Recover.

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Navigating the Cybersecurity Storm while Building Enduring Trust

Cyber security resources are in high demand. The challenge for organisations is that there is a shortage of the right kinds of resources for security roles.

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