As the number of privacy laws increases worldwide, so too does the to-do list of the average IT department, many of which are now grappling with new responsibilities that exist well outside their traditional pockets of expertise.

In fact, Canon’s Office of the Future report found that 59% of the 1,015 IT professionals surveyed felt that the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have had a negative impact on their organization.