Processing activity tab
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Summary of Processing activity tab
The Processing activity tab on the Privacy management dashboard offers ServiceNow customers a real-time, consolidated view of all data processing activities within their organization. It supports privacy teams, compliance officers, and data protection professionals by providing key metrics and visualizations that track the status, criticality, compliance levels, and categorization of processing activities. This enables proactive privacy management and informed decision-making aligned with regulatory requirements.
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Key Features
- Processing activities by state: Displays volumes of processing activities categorized into workflow states such as New, Discover, Review, Monitor, and Retire, with navigation to filtered activity lists for detailed analysis.
- Processing activities by criticality score: Gauge chart segments activities into High or Low criticality based on regulatory risk factors, helping prioritize compliance efforts. Criticality scoring uses automated factors configurable per organizational needs.
- Processing activities by department: Bar chart breaks down activities across departments, enabling visibility and accountability. Filtering by criticality score is available to focus on higher-risk areas.
- Least compliant processing activities: Lists activities with the lowest compliance scores alongside criticality and residual risk, allowing analysts to identify and prioritize high-risk, low-compliance processes.
- Processing activities by data subject type: Bar chart groups activities by data subject categories (e.g., Employees, Customers), facilitating targeted data protection strategies, including filters for vulnerable data subjects.
- Processing activities by information object category: Displays data types processed, with filters for sensitive information categories, aiding in identifying and safeguarding high-risk data.
- Processing activities by type: Pie chart shows the underlying record type initiating the processing activity, supporting assessment of privacy scope across business functions and platforms.
- Processing activities by data processing role: Pie chart clarifies roles such as Controller or Processor, essential for responsibility assignment and compliance with legal obligations.
Key Outcomes
By leveraging the Processing activity tab, ServiceNow customers can gain comprehensive visibility into their organization’s data processing landscape, prioritize resources based on risk and compliance gaps, and tailor privacy measures according to data subject and data type classifications. The dashboard’s customizable filters and intuitive visualizations enable efficient monitoring and facilitate compliance with data protection regulations.
The Processing activity tab on the Privacy management dashboard provides a comprehensive and real-time overview of all data processing activities across the organization.
The Processing activity tab on the Privacy management dashboard supports privacy teams, compliance officers, and data protection professionals. This dashboard consolidates key metrics and visualizations to track the status, criticality, compliance levels, and categorization of processing activities.
By offering intuitive insights through charts, graphs, and filters, the dashboard enables proactive management of data privacy obligations and facilitates informed decision-making in line with regulatory requirements. You can use filters and drop-down lists in the widgets to customize the views based on your preferences.
- Processing activities by state
- This section displays a summary of processing activities categorized by their current workflow states: New, Discover, Review, Monitor, and Retire. Each state block provides a quick overview of volume and enables direct navigation to filtered activity lists.
- Processing activities by criticality score
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The gauge chart displays the total number of active processing activities segmented by criticality score: High and Low. This chart enables stakeholders to prioritize efforts based on regulatory risk classification levels.
If any criticality factor under Regulatory details is marked Yes and criticality is assessed, the processing activity’s criticality score is set to High. If all factors are answered as No, then the score is Low. The score is determined using the Automated criticality factors RAM and can be configured according to requirements.
- Processing activities by department
- The bar chart displays a breakdown of processing activities across different departments. It enables departmental accountability and visibility into privacy management's distribution. You can also filter by the criticality score to view the criticality score of processing activities across different departments.
- Least compliant processing activities
- This widget highlights activities with the lowest compliance scores in a list view. Each entry shows criticality score and aggregated residual risk. With the filter, the analysts can focus on processing activities having low compliance and high criticality score or low compliance and high aggregated residual risk.
- Processing activities by data subject type
- The bar chart illustrates activities grouped by data subject types such as Employees, Candidates, Customers, Internal Staff, Job Applicants, and so on. It helps in assessing which categories of data subjects are most involved in processing activities and take appropriate measures to safeguard the data of these data subjects. You can apply a filter to focus specifically on vulnerable data subjects.
- Processing activities by information object category
- The bar chart presents classification based on the types of data processed. The categorization supports the identification of data types most involved in processing. It also enables filtering by sensitive Information Object (IO category), helping the privacy team identify data types and implement appropriate measures to safeguard the data.
- Processing activities by type
- The pie chart depicts the underlying record (entity type) based on which the processing activity is created. This categorization helps in determining the scope of privacy initiatives across business functions and technology platforms.
- Processing activities by data processing role
- The pie chart shows the roles undertaken in data processing like Controller and Processor. Clarity about the role played in processing activities is vital for assigning responsibilities and meeting legal requirements.