Partially Redacted: Data, AI, Security, and Privacy

Robin Andruss has spent her career working in and thinking about privacy and compliance. She's previously held privacy roles at Google, Yahoo!, and Twilio, where she served as the Global Director for Privacy and Data Protection. She's currently the Chief Privacy Officer for Skyflow.

In this episode, she discusses her background, how she got interested in privacy, privacy engineering, the responsibilities of a Chief Privacy Officer, and what every company needs to be thinking about when it comes to the ever changing privacy landscape.

Topics:

• What are the responsibilities of a chief privacy officer?

Resources:

• Effective Privacy is Always Proactive

Daniel Wong has spent his career thinking about data security and privacy. He holds more than 50 patents on database security, and spent 8 years serving as Oracle's Director of Engineering, Security, pioneering much of the modern database security methods and techniques.

Daniel now serves as Skyflow's Head of Security and Compliance, where he makes sure Skyflow and Skyflow customers are compliant with the privacy rules and regulations around the world and that security best practices are followed and understood.

In this episode, Daniel discusses his background, the evolution of privacy and security from on-prem computing to the cloud, and also discusses the common mistakes companies make when it comes to data security and privacy. He touches on what impact that could have on their business and how can companies prevent these mistakes from happening.

• What were some of the security technologies that you helped pioneer during your time at Oracle?

Resources:

• Skyflow Achieves PCI Level 1 Service Provider Certification

Snowflake went public last year and is one of the fastest growing companies in the data cloud space. Businesses from all over the world are utilizing Snowflake for data storage, processing, and analytics.

Businesses using Snowflake are storing massive amounts of data, including regulated and highly sensitive customer data.

In this episode, Dan Myers, developer advocacy lead from Snowflake, joins the show to discuss how he ended up working in the data space, Snowflake's various configuration and deployment models, and what each means from a security perspective as well as some of the recent privacy features Snowflake announced during their conference this past June.

Topics:

• How did you end up in the job you're in today?

Resources:

• Snowflake Quickstarts

Follow Dan on Twitter @jdanielmyers

Data Protocol is a developer education platform designed specifically to serve the learning styles and needs of engineers. The platform includes a live terminal environment and immersive platform to teach, train, and certify professionals.

Companies like Uber and Meta have created courses for the platform and employees serve as instructors. Data Protocol also includes many courses focused on data privacy and security, including the Privacy Engineering Certificate course led by the Head of Privacy Engineering at Uber, Nishant Bhajaria.

Jake Ward, CEO and Founder of Data Protocol joins the show to discuss his motivations for creating the platform, why focus on privacy, and how they were able to take Nishant's real world experience and turn it into a course.

Topics:

• What's your background and how did you end up where you are today?

What’s next for Data Protocol? Anything exciting on the horizon that you can share?

Resources:

• Data Protocol

Both compliance regulations and consumer needs are creating increasing pressure on companies to do a better job of securing and managing their sensitive customer data. Yet, companies continue to struggle to comply with regulations, meet consumer privacy demands, and prevent data breaches.

Topics covered:

• How did you end up with an interest in working in the data privacy space

Resources:

• What is a Data Privacy Vault

Follow Anshu on Twitter @anshublog.

Welcome to the trailer episode for Partially Redacted.

In this episode, Sean Falconer, Head of Developer Relations at Skyflow, introduces the goals and motivations behind creating a podcast about privacy, what you can expect from each show, and a teaser for some upcoming episodes.

If you work in privacy, data, security, compliance, or related fields, make sure you subscribe. You can also join the conversation and community at https://skyflow.com/community.