FULLY ASSURED: Getting privacy and assurance right in clinical trials

For clinical research and healthcare organisations, assurance is now a business-critical issue. Sponsors, CROs and trial partners are increasingly expected to evidence how privacy, security, and compliance are governed. This includes data protection under the EU and UK GDPR, US healthcare HIPAA requirements, and independent assurance through security controls such as SOC reports, and frameworks like HITRUST.

Many teams still struggle to understand how these requirements fit together or the level of assurance regulators and stakeholders now expect.

Join Ben Seretny, COO from The DPO Centre for a fireside chat with Lawrence Carter, DPO and Life Sciences Sector Lead, Pippa Scotcher specialist DPO, and assurance expert, Ian Terry from IS Partners. Together, they bring hands-on expertise supporting clinical research teams operating across jurisdictions.

You’ll learn:

• How privacy compliance and assurance differ and why organizations need both
• What SOC reports, security controls, and healthcare frameworks like HITRUST demonstrate to regulators and stakeholders
• How UK and EU data protection regulations intersect with US healthcare requirements
• Practical ways DPOs, security and assurance teams can work together without slowing research

This unmissable session brings together privacy and assurance specialists who will cut through the complexity and focus on what matters most for clinical research today. The discussion concludes with an open Q&A session, giving attendees the chance to explore real-world challenges and leave with clearer priorities for strengthening assurance across clinical research operations.