privacy-maturity-model
Privacy Maturity Model Assessment
Overview
A privacy maturity model provides a structured framework for assessing the current state of an organization's privacy program, identifying gaps, and creating a prioritized roadmap for improvement. The model measures privacy capabilities across multiple domains on a scale from ad hoc (reactive, undocumented) to optimized (proactive, continuously improving, industry-leading).
This skill implements a privacy maturity model based on the AICPA Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) maturity framework, adapted with elements from the NIST Privacy Framework, ISO 27701, and the IAPP's operational privacy program model. The model assesses ten privacy domains across five maturity levels, producing a quantitative maturity score, a visual maturity profile, and a prioritized improvement roadmap.
Sentinel Compliance Group uses this maturity model to conduct annual self-assessments, set board-level privacy targets, and benchmark against industry peers in the SaaS and professional services sectors.