ISO standard and GDPR

How can ISO27701 (Privacy Information Management System) help comply with GDPR? 

ISO 27701 can help an organization to implement security processes in your organization relating to the privacy of information. It helps build a personal information management system which sets policies, procedures, roles, and responsibilities for privacy, making it easier to comply with GDPR
 

What are the similarities and differences in both of them?"

ISO 27701 is a standard for the quality of the privacy of information, this standard is focused on information security and personally identifiable information (or personal data protection).
GDPR is an EU Regulation that is mandatory for organizations in the EU or processing personal data of EU individuals or processing personal data in the EU. 

GDPR is focused on data subjects’ rights and risks for freedom and rights. It requires to be transparent with data subjects and give them some rights towards their personal data. It also requires that data are processed taking security measures. GDPR lets to the data controller to evaluate which solution is the best to achieve the goal of protecting personal data without providing a clear path to follow, while ISO 27701 helps to implement controls to achieve data protection goals similar to the one set by GDPR. Compliance to ISO27701 is considered as an adequate security measure under Article 32 GDPR.

Here you can find more information on GDPR and ISO 27001

• Privacy, cybersecurity, and ISO 27001 – How are they related?: https://info.advisera.com/27001academy/free-download/privacy-cyber-security-and-iso-27001
• How cybersecurity solutions can help with GDPR compliance: https://advisera.com/eugdpracademy/blog/2017/11/27/how-cybersecurity-solutions-can-help-with-gdpr-compliance/
• Relationship between ISO 27701, ISO 27001, and ISO 27002: https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2019/12/10/relationship-between-iso-27701-iso-27001-and-iso-27002/

You may also consider enrolling in this online EU GDPR Foundations Course:
EU GDPR Foundations Course: https://advisera.com/training/eu-gdpr-foundations-course//