Regulation: Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
Abbreviation: VCDPA
Governs these parties: all websites, companies, and organizations that do business in Virginia, or that produce products or services
targeted to residents of Virginia
Enforced by: the office of the Attorney General (OAG)
The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) enforces the consumer's right to opt-out of having personal data collected, processed, and sold, requiring companies and organizations to obtain prior consent from end-users if they collect or process sensitive personal data.
Like the EU GDPR rules for user consent, the VCDPA also prohibits consent banners (or “cookie banners”) from having pre-ticked boxes, making it clear that end-user consent must be “freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.”
The rest of this document is designed to help our community understand VCDPA better by outlining the following information:
How it relates to cybersecurity
Virginia’s VCDPA guides businesses to:
- ensure that their personal data processing operates based on transparency, security, and consent
- discover how personal data is processed, map out how and to whom they share personal data with third parties, and manage how personal data is stored as well as protect personal data from breaches and abuse
- establish security practices for their data collection and processing
How Coro handles compliance for you
At Coro, we've done the research thoroughly and regularly track updates to the regulation in order to ensure that you are implementing best practices in the areas we cover when we're protecting your systems.
The following table outlines the requirements described by VCDPA that Coro implements in conjunction with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
Disclaimer: this table does not guarantee that your organization is compliant with these regulations. As a best practice, seek assistance from a certified auditor when completing your analysis.
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Category |
Requirement |
How Coro does it |
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Cloud Security & Privacy
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Malware and ransomware injection |
Detects and remediates malware and ransomware files in cloud drives |
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Cloud app account takeover |
Monitors access to cloud apps and user/admin activities on them |
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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) |
Enforces multi-factor authentication on cloud app access |
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Data governance over cloud drives |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for regulatorily and business-sensitive data |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Email Security & Privacy
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Generic and spear phishing |
Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on email content analysis |
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Identity spoofing |
Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on adaptive identity monitoring |
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Malware and ransomware injection |
Detects and remediates malware and ransomware in email attachments |
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Embedded links to malicious URLs |
Detects and remediates embedded links to malicious servers |
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DLP over outgoing/incoming email |
Encrypts emails before they are sent, which are then decrypted by their recipients at the other end. |
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Business email compromise (BEC) |
Scans business email, detects and protects against social engineering attacks |
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Email account takeover |
Protects against email attacks from within the organization |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Endpoint Security & Privacy
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Antivirus (AV) |
Detects and remediates files with high-risk content based on their signatures |
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ATP (NGAV) |
Detects and remediates processes exhibiting high-risk behaviors with behavioral analysis |
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Data recovery |
Stores local snapshots of data |
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DLP on endpoint devices |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for business-sensitive data and data defined as sensitive by regulations |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Data Governance
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Data distribution governance and role management |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for data defined as sensitive by regulations |
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PII monitoring |
Monitor for personally identifiable information, or PII, is information that can be used to identify, contact, or distinguish one unique person from another |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |