GDPR preparation will take time. IBM believes that now is the time for organizations to begin allocating budget and resources to implement governance processes and controls, and to identify tools to help with compliance. To assist, IBM Security has created a GDPR Readiness Assessment to help uncover privacy and security gaps and recommend remediation plans. Additionally, Guardium provides prebuilt templates and assets to help accelerate your work to comply with several of the key GDPR data-protection obligations.