Stop planting every seed in your OneTrust garden - here's how to choose wisely

OneTrust offers endless configuration possibilities - which is both its greatest strength and biggest trap. The good news: it can be tailored to almost every business requirement.

The challenge: when purposes aren't crystal clear upfront, organizations switch on too many options. Even with clear goals, translating them into effective configuration choices remains difficult.

It's like a gardener who plants every beautiful seed packet in one small garden bed. As plants grow, they compete for sunlight, water, and space - resulting in a tangled mess where nothing thrives as it should.

Here are 5 basic rules to guide your OneTrust configuration choices:

◆Cater for structural situations, not exceptions

◆Focus on identifying risks, not mimicking the entire world 

◆Keep it simple - or at least start simple

◆Don't input data if you don't know how to extract it meaningfully

◆Master the basics and understand your data before extending

The impact of following these rules? Organizations gain credibility and clear insight into what they're actually responsible for. Better to have your entire portfolio correctly mapped than to drown in overcomplicated data you can't effectively report on.

What's been your experience with OneTrust configuration complexity?