We invited Robert Smallwood on #SimplifyForSucess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.

As the CEO at IG World magazine and Chair at Certified IG Officers Association, Robert spoke on the results of a recent global IG study. He discussed the evolution of IG, tools being used in IG and the obstacles in IG.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Dan Doggendorf was on the latest episode of #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.

Dan is a founder and principal advisor of Pro4:Six Consulting and comes with over 25 years of experience in the field of information security and audit compliance.

Mr. Doggendorf discussed the ways for strengthening the organization’s cybersecurity controls and having a strategy for dealing with an attack. He stressed the importance of practicing the disaster recovery plan and evaluating the backup strategy.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

We invited Katharina Koerner on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs

As a senior leader with a Ph.D. in EU law and a deep interest in new technologies and information security, Katharina spoke about homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation (MPC).

She also discussed privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and how they can generate more value from data sharing and data collaboration.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

We invited Odia Kagan on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.

Odia is a Partner and Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy at Fox Rothschild.

She spoke about cookie banners and ways to operationalize them to provide control and choice to the users. She also discussed the importance of disclosures and how they should be more explicit and transparent.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

We invited Dheeraj Thimmaiah on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.

Dheeraj joined Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Global Ethics & Compliance team in 2019, where he serves as a Global Director with a focus in Compliance Analytics and Technology.

Dheeraj discussed the use of analytics and compliance, maintaining the data quality, and finding the right balance between people and automation. He shared the example of ABI’s Brew Right tool and how they measure the ROI and effectiveness of it.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

We invited Susan Lindberg on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.

Susan is a shareholder at Gable Gotwals with more than 25 years of experience as an attorney in the energy sector, both at the law firm and as a general counsel.

She spoke about the growing ransomware threats and the practices that will help you be prepared for such an attack.

Referenced Resources: NIST Ransomware Protection and Response and the CISA Ransomware Guide

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Jake Frazier, a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.

As the practice lead of Information Governance, Privacy & Security, Mr. Frazier helps legal, records, information technology and information security departments with e-discovery and IG.

He discussed the challenges in implementing data minimization and ways to overcome them. 

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Jeff Jockisch, the Data Privacy Researcher at Privacy Plan, was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.

Jeff spoke about privacy-enhancing technologies and what elements constitute a privacy-enhancing technology.

He also discussed the existence of data biases in analytics programs and the importance of testing to eliminate bias.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Anjana Susarla was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.

As a professor of Responsible AI, Anjana spoke about AI-based bias and discrimination and why organizations should build and deploy AI in a responsible manner.

She discussed how data bias, bias from the method of training, and decision bias create a biased AI tool, and steps that can help build more responsible AI.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Debbie Reynolds- the Data Diva, the founder, CEO and the Chief Data Privacy officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting, was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.

Debbie discussed the right to privacy of individuals and transparency around data and how companies can use privacy as a business advantage. 

When asked about her take on third-party cookies, Debbie said the future of advertising will be about the consent of individuals. She also stressed on the importance of data minimization for businesses to comply with the dynamic regulatory landscape.

*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*