Partially Redacted: Data Privacy, Security & Compliance
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Partially Redacted brings together experts on engineering, architecture, privacy, data, and security to share knowledge, best practices, and real world experiences – all to help you better understand how to use, manage, and protect sensitive customer data.
Each episode provides an in-depth conversation with an industry expert who dives into their background and experience working in data privacy. They’ll share practical advice and insights about the techniques, tools, and technologies that every company – and every technology professional – should know about.
Learn from an amazing array of founders, engineers, architects, and leaders in the privacy space. Subscribe to the podcast and join the community at https://skyflow.com/community to stay up to date on the latest trends in data privacy, and to learn what lies ahead.
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Sep 20, 2023
Data Protection 101: Redaction, Masking, Encryption, and More with Skyflow’s Ram Muthukrishnan
In this episode, Ram Muthukrishnan, Senior Product Manager at Skyflow, joins the show to delve into the fundamental aspects of data protection.
Ram demystified key concepts like redaction, masking, and encryption, shedding light on their significance in the world of data protection. Ram walked us through the practical applications of these techniques and their role in ensuring data privacy and security in today's digital landscape.
Topics:
* Why is it important to protect sensitive customer data?
* What are the key differences between redaction, masking, encryption, and tokenization as data protection techniques?
* How does data redaction work, and in what scenarios is it typically used?
* What’s it mean to mask data and what are the different approaches?
* Can you break down the basics of encryption for our listeners?
* What are the primary differences between symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and when should each be used
* Tokenization is often associated with payment data. Could you explain how tokenization replaces sensitive data with tokens and its advantages?
* When does it make sense to use tokenization versus something like encryption? What advantages or disadvantages are there to tokenization?
* Access control is a critical aspect of data protection. How does it work, and what are some best practices for implementing effective access control measures?
* How can organizations balance the need for data security with the requirement for data accessibility by authorized personnel?
* Are there any common misconceptions or challenges when it comes to implementing these data protection techniques?
* What are some emerging trends or technologies in the field of data protection that we should be aware of?
Resources:
* Confidential Computing and Secure Enclaves with AWS's Arvind Raghu
* Secure Multi-Party Computation Explained with Skyflow's Liz Acosta
* Homomorphic Encryption with Skyflow’s Avradip Mandal
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Aug 23, 2023
Security Motivations for Moving to the Cloud with Lacework’s Merritt Baer
In this episode, we dive into the realm of cloud security with Merritt Baer, Field CISO of Lacework. Together, we look at the complex tapestry of perceptions surrounding on-premises security versus the cloud, shedding light on why some still view on-prem as the safer option.
Merritt lends her expertise to dissect the trade-offs that companies face by remaining in the traditional on-premises sphere rather than embracing the potential of the cloud. We explore the security considerations unique to the cloud-native world, offering insights into what it takes to navigate this transformation securely.
Whether you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your cloud journey, this episode will expand your understanding of cloud security, uncovering the pros, cons, and crucial factors to ponder when venturing into the realm of cloud computing.
Topics:
* Why do people think on-prem is more secure?
* What are the tradeoffs a company is making when they refuse to move to the cloud?
* What are the new challenges facing a company once they’ve moved to the cloud from a security perspective that perhaps they didn’t face in the on-prem world?
* Does the cloud reduce or increase your security risk footprint?
* Does the type of talent and team look different?
* How are cloud-native security tools and platforms different from traditional on-premises security solutions?
* How do you manage security at this kind of scale?
* As organizations adopt multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies, how do you recommend they maintain consistent security measures across different cloud environments?
* What are some emerging security threats in the cloud landscape, and how can organizations proactively defend against them?
* What is keeping CISOs up at night?
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Aug 16, 2023
Navigating GDPR with Catawiki’s Paul Breitbarth
In this episode, we explore the world of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Catawiki’s Data Protection Lead Paul Breitbarth. We cover GDPR's history, business essentials, compliance significance, and the art of harmonizing business objectives with regulatory demands.
Paul breaks down key GDPR components, emphasizing their role in safeguarding data privacy. From data handling to breach notification, listeners gain insights into essential compliance steps.
The heart of the conversation revolves around the challenge of balancing business goals with GDPR rules. Practical strategies are discussed, including privacy-conscious approaches and effective data protection policies. This episode is a guide for businesses and individuals navigating GDPR's complexities, offering actionable insights for responsible data management and privacy protection.
Topics:
* What was the immediate impact on businesses when GDPR came into effect? How did the world respond?
* What are the main requirements of a business when it comes to GDPR?
* What are the key rights granted to individuals under GDPR, and how can they exercise these rights?
* What are the technical requirements?
* What are some common challenges businesses face when implementing GDPR compliance?
* How has GDPR influenced the handling of data breaches and security incidents?
* What are the fines for non-compliance?
* What does it mean to be compliant?
* Can you really be 100% compliant? Is that realistic?
* How can a business navigate GDPR compliance, balance all the needs, and still do business?
* What are the responsibilities and obligations of data processors and data controllers under GDPR?
* Are there any recent updates or amendments to GDPR that businesses should be aware of?
* What’s the future of GDPR?
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Aug 9, 2023
Rise of the Privacy Officer with Avellino Lab’s Ray Everett
In this episode, Ray Everett, Head of Privacy and Data Protection at Avellino Lab, joins the show to discuss the rise of the privacy officer. The conversation delves into the essential role of privacy officers, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of their responsibilities and the challenges they encounter. Ray offers practical advice on effectively finding and hiring privacy officers, as well as initiating and managing successful privacy programs. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of privacy protection.
Topics:
* How has the privacy landscape changed throughout your career? What are some of the big changes from when you started to today?
* Can you describe the role and responsibilities of a Chief Privacy Officer? How has this evolved over time?
* What does this function end up looking like within a large organization? Who’s on the team?
* When should a company be building a privacy function? How do they know they need it?
* When a company decides to establish a privacy officer role, what factors should they consider in determining the scope and authority of the position?
* How does one go about finding a qualified privacy officer? What skills, qualifications, and experience should be sought after?
* What sets a great privacy officer apart from an average one?
* Let’s say I’m a founder and I realize I should hire a privacy officer and build a privacy function, but I have no experience with it, I just know I need to do it. Where do I start? How do I know what to look for in a potential candidate?
* During the hiring process, what specific interview questions should I be asking? What kind of positive or negative signals should I be testing for?
* Even when privacy organizations exist, they are often under-resourced and under-appreciated. What are your suggestions or thoughts on how a privacy officer can work with an organization to prevent this from happening?
* What’s the typical career path for someone looking to move into privacy? What do you recommend for those listening that might want to build a career in privacy?
* What are your thoughts on the future of the privacy officer? Will they own more budget, have more authority?
Resources:
* Ray Everett LinkedIn
* International Association of Privacy Professionals
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Jul 26, 2023
Operationalizing Privacy-by-Design for New Products with Jodi and Justin Daniels
In the podcast episode Jodi Daniels, Founder & CEO of Red Clover Advisors, and Justin Daniels, Legal and Corporate Counsel at Baker Donelson, share valuable insights on privacy and security considerations in product development. They discuss the common mistakes made and the crucial questions to ask when designing new products, emphasizing the need for proactive data protection.
Jodi and Justin delve into core principles and best practices for integrating privacy-by-design, highlight the risks of neglecting privacy and security during product development, and explore ways to balance innovation and functionality with privacy and data protection requirements. They also address the importance of ingraining privacy and security throughout the product life cycle and provide guidance on evaluating the privacy and security implications of emerging technologies like AI.
Topics:
* From your point of view, what do you think is the biggest mistake or oversight people make when building new products when it comes to privacy and security?
* What kind of questions should I be asking myself when designing a new product when it comes to data protection?
* What are the core principles and best practices for operationalizing privacy-by-design when developing new products?
* What are the potential risks and challenges associated with neglecting privacy and security considerations during the product development phase?
* How can organizations effectively balance the need for innovation and functionality with the requirements of privacy and data protection?
* What steps can companies take to ensure that privacy and security are ingrained throughout the product life cycle, from design to deployment?
* Are there any specific regulations or standards that companies should be aware of when it comes to privacy and security in new product development?
* What are some of the privacy and security challenges facing companies interested in generative AI?
* When it comes to any kind of new technology, like AI, how can individuals and businesses evaluate the privacy and security implications before integrating them into their operations?
* What are some common misconceptions or myths surrounding privacy and security in AI, and how can they be addressed?
Resources:
* Data Reimagined: Building Trust One Byte at a Time
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Jul 19, 2023
Generative AI and the Impact It Will Have on Privacy with Osano’s Rachael Ormiston
In this episode, Rachael Ormiston, Head of Privacy at Osano, joins the show to discuss the impact of generative AI on privacy. We covered a wide range of topics, including Rachael's initial impression of ChatGPT and the risks associated with generative AI. We also explored Italy's recent ban on ChatGPT, the measures that can be taken to mitigate risks and protect privacy, and how businesses and organizations can leverage generative AI responsibly without infringing on people's privacy rights.
Furthermore, we delved into the role of policymakers in regulating the use of generative AI to ensure privacy protection, as well as the ethical considerations that should be taken into account. Rachael provided valuable insights on how individuals can protect their privacy in the age of generative AI and the steps they can take to safeguard their personal information. Finally, we discussed the future of generative AI, highlighting the need to harness its potential while ensuring that privacy remains a top priority.
Join us in this enlightening conversation as we navigate the intersection of Generative AI and privacy, gaining valuable insights from Rachael Ormiston's expertise.
Topics:
* What was your first impression of ChatGPT?
* How can generative AI impact privacy, and what are some of the risks associated with it?
* Recently Italy became the first western country to ban ChatGPT, why did they do this?
* What might this mean for other countries?
* What measures can be taken to mitigate the risks of generative AI, and how can we ensure that privacy is protected?
* How can businesses and organizations leverage generative AI while ensuring that they don't infringe on people's privacy rights?
* How can policymakers regulate the use of generative AI to ensure that it doesn't infringe on people's privacy rights?
* What ethical considerations should be taken into account when using generative AI, and how can we ensure that it is used responsibly?
* How can individuals protect their privacy in the age of generative AI, and what steps can they take to safeguard their personal information?
* What is the future of generative AI, and how can we harness its potential while ensuring that it doesn't pose a threat to our privacy?
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Jul 12, 2023
Unmasking Online Fraud with SEON’s Jimmy Fong
In this podcast episode, Jimmy Fong, Chief Commercial Officer at Seon, discusses online fraud and the role of Seon's fraud prevention tool. Jimmy covers common fraud patterns, evolving tactics, and the challenges of distinguishing legitimate user behavior from fraudulent activities. He shares Seon's journey, emerging fraud patterns, and best practices for security. Jimmy emphasizes collaboration and information sharing, highlighting the potential of generative AI in fraud prevention.
Topics:
* How does online fraud work and why is it such a concern for online businesses and consumers?
* What are some common fraud patterns that individuals or businesses should be aware of when conducting transactions online?
* How has fraud patterns changed over time?
* How do fraudsters typically exploit vulnerabilities in online systems to carry out their fraudulent activities?
* Why fraudulently submit demo requests to a business? What is a fraudster attempting to do?
* What are the challenges and complexities involved in distinguishing between legitimate user behavior and fraudulent activities?
* How did Seon start?
* Are there any notable trends or emerging fraud patterns that you've observed recently? How should businesses adapt to stay ahead of evolving fraud tactics?
* What are some best practices that individuals and businesses can implement to enhance their overall security posture and minimize the risk of falling victim to online fraud?
* How important is collaboration and information sharing between businesses, industry associations, and law enforcement agencies in combating online fraud? Are there any notable initiatives in this regard?
* In your opinion, what does the future of fraud prevention look like? What role might generative AI play on both sides?
Resources:
* Seon
* SEON Cat & Mouse Podcast
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Jun 28, 2023
Unleashing the Power of Private GPTs with Skyflow’s Manny Silva
Manny Silva, Skyflow’s Head of Documentation, joins the podcast to share his journey of tinkering with generative AI systems and building a private GPT trained on internal Skyflow documents.
Manny discusses his first impression of ChatGPT, how he got interested in this space as a technical writer, and the non-obvious insights he gained along the way. He addresses common misconceptions about GPT, particularly regarding privacy and security. Manny explains the concept of creating a private GPT and explores the reasons why organizations would want to implement it. He provides valuable insights into effectively integrating a private GPT into existing workflows and systems, along with the challenges and considerations companies should be aware of.
Manny shares best practices for training and fine-tuning a private GPT to ensure optimal performance and accuracy. He delves into the impact of his work at Skyflow and the enhanced productivity observed in the field. Finally, Manny looks ahead to future advancements and trends in the field of private GPTs and discusses their transformative potential in the realms of documentation, product launches, and marketing. Topics:
* When you first saw ChatGPT, what was your first impression?
* As a technical writer, how did you get so interested in this space and start tinkering with the Open AI platform and APIs?
* What are some of the non-obvious things you learned as you dove into this?
* What are some of the common misconceptions you’re seeing when it comes to GPT, in particular when talking about privacy and security?
* What’s it mean to create a private GPT and why would someone want to do that?
* How can organizations effectively implement and integrate a private GPT into their existing workflows and systems?
* What are some common challenges or considerations that companies should be aware of when building and utilizing a private GPT?
* What are some best practices and strategies for training and fine-tuning a private GPT to ensure optimal performance and accuracy?
* Can you describe what you built at Skyflow that leverages private GPT?\
* What kind of impact are you seeing in terms of yours or other people’s productivity?
* Looking ahead, what advancements or trends can we expect to see in the field of private GPTs, and how will they continue to transform the way we work with documentation, product launches, and marketing?
Resources:
* Privacy-First AI: Harnessing Snowflake and Skyflow to Customize GPT
* Generative AI Data Privacy with Skyflow GPT Privacy Vault
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Jun 21, 2023
Introduction to Data Governance with Skyflow’s Ashley Jose
In this episode, Ashley Jose, a product lead at Skyflow with a decade of experience in SaaS product management, explores the importance of data governance in today's data-driven world. He discusses the impact of growing data on business decisions and highlights the key components of an effective data governance framework.
Ashley addresses misconceptions, explains the evolution of data governance, and its intersection with data privacy regulations. He also explores how data governance works within Skyflow's data privacy vault approach.
Ashley addresses common misconceptions about data governance and dispels myths surrounding the topic. He then delves into the evolution of data governance in the face of big data and technological advancements, highlighting both new challenges and opportunities. He explains how organizations must navigate privacy regulations like GDPR and incorporate them into their data governance strategies.
Drawing on Skyflow's expertise in data privacy vaults, Ashley explains how data governance functions within their approach. He demonstrates how this approach addresses challenges related to controlling access to sensitive data.
Ashley provides practical advice for engineers and technical professionals looking to enhance their involvement in data governance initiatives.
Topics:
* How has the growth of data that businesses store, process, and analyze impacted how they make business decisions?
* Can you explain what data governance is and why it is important in the context of today's data-driven world?
* What are the key components of a comprehensive data governance framework?
* What are the main challenges organizations face when implementing effective data governance practices? How does data governance impact engineers and technical teams directly? What role do they play in ensuring successful data governance?
* What are some common misconceptions or myths about data governance that you often come across? How would you address them?
* With the rise of big data and advancements in technology, how has data governance evolved over the years? Are there any new challenges or opportunities that have emerged?
* How does data governance intersect with data privacy and compliance regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA?
* In the context of Skyflow and the data privacy vault approach to the management of sensitive data, how does data governance work?
* How does a data privacy vault help address some of the challenges with controlling access to sensitive data?
* Are there any emerging trends or technologies in the data governance space that you find particularly interesting or promising?
* Do you have any practical advice or recommendations for engineers and technical professionals who want to enhance their understanding and involvement in data governance initiatives within their organizations?
Resources:
* Introducing the Skyflow Data Governance Engine
* Data Access Control with lakeFS’s Adi Polak
* The Partially Redacted 2022 Year in Review with Skyflow’s Ashley Jose
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Jun 14, 2023
’Cybersecurity is Failing Us’ with Skyflow’s Anshu Sharma
In this episode, Anshu Sharma, CEO and co-founder of Skyflow highlights the alarming disparity between the millions of dollars companies invest in cybersecurity and the persistent occurrence of breaches and cyber attacks. Despite these hefty investments, current approaches to cybersecurity are simply not enough to protect customer data. It's like putting a bandaid on a broken arm - it might temporarily cover the problem, but it won't heal the underlying issue.
According to Anshu, what we truly need is a security by default approach. We require systems that not only secure customer Personally Identifiable Information (PII) but also understand and handle the various types of workflows involving PII. This means implementing measures that go beyond mere protection and actively support the necessary tasks and operations involving sensitive data.
Skyflow has developed technology that addresses these challenges. Skyflow not only ensures the security of PII but also supports the specific workflows associated with it. By doing so, Skyflow's technology effectively insulates applications from the burdensome responsibility of managing customer data, allowing organizations to focus on their core business objectives.
Topics:
* Are we getting better at protecting customer data or worse?
* Why has the software industry failed at cybersecurity?
* How do you think the trend towards increased regulation and oversight of the cybersecurity industry will impact the development and adoption of new security technologies?
* What is security-by-default?
* What are some of the tactics companies can use to build products that are secure-by-default?
* How does this approach potentially change the culture of the company?
* What’s an example of a company building products with security built-in?
* What inspired you to start Skyflow, and how does your solution address the current challenges with cybersecurity in the software industry?
* What is the key difference between what Skyflow offers and what’s historically been done by businesses for data protection?
* How do you see the software industry evolving in terms of cybersecurity in the next few years, and what role do you think companies like Skyflow will play in this transformation?
* What’s next for Skyflow?
Resources:
* The software industry has failed at cybersecurity. What, now?
* Privacy by Architecture with Anshu Sharma
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May 24, 2023
Engineering for Data Privacy: Navigating Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance with Skyflow’s Roshmik Saha
In this episode Roshmik Saha, Head of Engineering at Skyflow, dives into the fascinating realm of data privacy and security solutions. Whether you're considering building your own privacy solution or seeking insights into the infrastructure requirements for handling credit card data securely, this episode has you covered.
One important aspect that often goes underestimated is the maintenance costs associated with data privacy solutions. Roshmik emphasizes the significance of factoring in long-term maintenance expenses, as these solutions require ongoing updates, monitoring, and enhancements to adapt to evolving threats and regulations. It's crucial to recognize that compliance is merely a baseline and that solely building for compliance may not offer state-of-the-art security. Roshmik shares his expertise on how to go beyond compliance and implement robust security measures to protect sensitive data effectively.
During the conversation, Roshmik highlights key considerations and featu…
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May 17, 2023
Canadian Data Privacy Regulations and History with nNovation’s Constantine Karbaliotis
In this episode, Constantine Karbaliotis from nNovation, a certified privacy professional with a wealth of experience in the field of privacy and data protection joins the show. Constantine has served as a privacy officer for two multinational corporations, and now serves multiple organizations as a privacy advisor.
Constantine is well-versed in a range of privacy program management areas, including policy development, implementing PIA/PbD programs, vendor privacy management, breach management and response, addressing notice, consent, and data subject rights issues, as well as contract issues such as data transfer agreements and security/privacy addenda.
During our conversation, we explore the evolution of Canadian data privacy regulations, from their early beginnings to the current landscape, which is shaped by a range of federal and provincial laws. We discuss the primary Canadian privacy regulations that individuals and organizations should be aware of, and the differences between…
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May 10, 2023
Understanding SOC-2 Compliance and Achieving It with Skyflow’s Daniel Wong
In today's digital age, data privacy and security have become critical concerns for companies of all sizes. One way for companies to demonstrate their commitment to protecting customer data is by achieving SOC-2 compliance. But what exactly is SOC-2, and how can companies achieve it?
To answer these questions, Daniel Wong, Head of Security and Compliance at Skyflow, joins the show to share his insights into SOC-2 compliance and the steps companies can take to achieve it.
Throughout the interview, Daniel explains what SOC-2 compliance is, why it's important, and how it differs from other compliance standards. He also walks us through the key steps businesses can take to achieve SOC-2 compliance, including risk assessment, gap analysis, and remediation.
Daniel also highlights the benefits of using Skyflow's platform to achieve SOC-2 compliance, such as its ability to help companies protect sensitive data while still enabling secure data sharing. He also discusses the challenges that b…
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May 3, 2023
Data Access Control with lakeFS’s Adi Polak
Data access control is becoming increasingly important as more and more sensitive data is being stored and processed by businesses and organizations. In this episode, the VP of Developer Experience at lakeFS, Adi Polak, joins to help define data access control and give examples of sensitive data that requires access control.
Adi also talks about the concept of role-based access control (RBAC), which differs from traditional access control methods and provides several advantages. The steps involved in implementing RBAC are discussed, as well as best practices and challenges. Real-world examples of RBAC implementation and success stories are provided, and lessons learned from RBAC implementation are shared.
We also discuss lakeFS, an open-source platform that provides a Git-like interface for managing data lakes. In particular, we get into the data management controls, the security and privacy features, and the future of the product.
Topics:
* What are some common types of data acc…
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Apr 26, 2023
The Ever Changing Privacy Landscape with Robert Bateman
Europe has seen a significant evolution in privacy regulation over the past decade, with the introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 being a significant milestone. The GDPR establishes a comprehensive framework for protecting personal data and gives individuals greater control over how their data is collected, processed, and used.
The impact of these privacy regulations on businesses has been significant. Companies that operate in the EU or process EU citizens' data must comply with the GDPR's requirements or face significant fines and other penalties. This has required many businesses to implement new processes and technologies to ensure compliance, such as appointing data protection officers, conducting privacy impact assessments, and implementing data subject access request processes.
One particularly tricky situation to navigate for businesses is transatlantic data transfers.
Transatlantic data transfers face numerous challenges, including diff…
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Apr 19, 2023
Introduction to Zero Trust Infrastructure with Hashicorp’s Rosemary Wang
Zero trust infrastructure is an approach to security that requires all users, devices, and services to be authenticated and authorized before being granted access to resources. Unlike traditional security models that assume everything inside the network is trusted, zero trust assumes that all traffic is untrusted. In today's world, where cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, Zero trust infrastructure is crucial for protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.
Hashicorp is a company that provides a suite of tools for building and managing secure systems. Their products, such as Vault, Consul, and Boundary, can help organizations implement a zero trust approach to security. Vault is a tool for securely storing and managing secrets such as passwords, API keys, and certificates. It provides a centralized place to manage access to secrets and has several features to ensure the security of these secrets, such as encryption, access control, and auditing.
Co…
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Apr 12, 2023
Data Deletion and Mapping via a Data Privacy Vault with Lisa Nee and Robert Duffy
The privacy landscape is changing. There is increasing consumer awareness and concern over the use of their personal data and there’s an ever growing list of privacy regulations that companies need to navigate.
Regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and others carry stiff fines for companies that fail to comply with data deletion requests. However, actually being able to delete someone’s information from an existing system is more complicated than you might expect. Large systems have been developed over many years ignoring the potential impact of PII sprawl. As a consequence, user data is everywhere and no one actually knows all the locations it might exist in.
A data privacy vault is an architectural approach to data privacy that helps address data deletion, mapping, and other data privacy challenges. A data privacy vault is an isolated, protected, single source of truth for customer PII.
Lisa Nee, Compliance Officer United States, Data Privacy Legal Expert North America and Legal Adviso…
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Apr 5, 2023
Privacy Threat Modeling with DoorDash’s Nandita Rao Narla
Privacy threat modeling is a structured approach to identifying and assessing potential privacy risks associated with a particular system, application, or process. It involves analyzing how personal data flows through a system, identifying potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses, and evaluating the potential consequences of a privacy breach.
The goal of privacy threat modeling is to identify and prioritize potential privacy risks and to develop effective strategies for mitigating those risks. This process involves considering various aspects of the system or process being analyzed, including the data that is collected, how it is stored and processed, who has access to it, and how it is transmitted.
Privacy threat modeling can help organizations better understand their privacy risks and make more informed decisions about how to protect personal data. Implementing privacy measures and conducting regular privacy threat modeling can help organizations minimize the risk of a privacy breac…
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Mar 29, 2023
Privacy-aware Data Pipelines with Skyflow’s Piper Keyes
A data analytics pipeline is important to modern businesses because it allows them to extract valuable insights from the large amounts of data they generate and collect on a daily basis. This leads to better decision making, improved efficiency, and increased ROI.
However, despite your best efforts, sensitive customer data tends to find its way into our analytics pipelines, ending up in our data warehouses and metrics dashboards. Replicating customer PII to your downstream services greatly increases your compliance scope and makes maintaining data privacy and security significantly more challenging.
In this episode, Engineering Lead at Skyflow Piper Keyes joins the show to discuss what goes into building a privacy-aware data pipeline, what tools and technologies should you be using, and how Skyflow addresses this problem.
Topics:
* What is a data analytics pipeline?
* What does it mean to build a privacy-aware data pipeline?
* Can you give some examples of use cases where pri…
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Mar 22, 2023
Ingesting and Processing Government Data with Merit’s Charlie Summers
Merit’s verified identity platform brings visibility, liquidity, and trust to people-data, giving organizations the clarity to make better-informed decisions, engage with individuals effectively, and pursue their mission efficiently. Merit works with trusted private, state, and municipal organizations to solve critical real-world problems in sectors such as workforce development, emergency services, licensing, education, and defense readiness.
Merit ingests and processes highly sensitive data from a variety of government agencies. Privacy and security are of the utmost importance, but they must also balance data utility. To support customer and business needs, Merit uses a combination of off the shelf data stack tools and technologies along with off homegrown techniques around encryption and encryption key management.
Staff engineer and data tech lead, Charlie Summers, joins the show to breakdown Merit’s data stack, the life of data, the challenges they’ve faced with protecting…
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Mar 15, 2023
Confidential Computing and Secure Enclaves with AWS’s Arvind Raghu
For years engineers have relied on encryption at rest and transit to help protect sensitive data. However, historically data needs to be decrypted to actually use it, which risks the potential exposure of the underlying data. Confidential computing is a computing paradigm that aims to protect data in use, not just data in transit or at rest. The goal of confidential computing is to provide a secure computing environment where sensitive data can be processed without the risk of exposure or compromise.
AWS Nitro Enclaves is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables customers to create isolated compute environments within their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. In a Nitro Enclave, the application code and data are encrypted and processed inside the enclave, ensuring that they are protected from both the hypervisor and the host operating system. This makes Nitro Enclaves ideal for workloads that require a high level of security, such as confidential computin…
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Feb 22, 2023
Data Residency: A Technical Perspective with Skyflow’s Manish Ahluwalia
In this episode, Manish Ahluwalia, the field CTO of Skyflow, discusses the technical aspects of data residency and the usage of a data privacy vault.
He explains the concept of data residency and data localization. He noted that with the increasing amount of data being generated and shared, it is becoming increasingly important for organizations to ensure that their data is being stored and processed in compliance with local laws and regulations. However, this is a technically challenging problem because data typically ends up all over the place and companies lose track of what and where they’re storing it.
Ahluwalia then discussed the role of a data privacy vault in addressing data residency concerns. He explained that a data privacy vault is a secure, centralized repository for sensitive data that can be used to enforce data residency requirements.
He also discussed how companies can use the data privacy vault to ensure that data is only accessed by authorized parties, and that…
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Feb 15, 2023
Data Backup and Disaster Recovery with Druva’s W. Curtis Preston
Historically, backup and recovery has been a job relegated to a junior person on the team. It’s the kind of grungy work that all companies know they should do, but no one wants to own it. As such, many companies have a poor backup and recovery posture and aren’t even sure they can recover from a disaster. Additionally, in recent years, homegrown backup systems have been the target of more and more ransomware and cyber attacks.
Attackers target the backups, either deleting them completely and then attacking other parts of the system or steal the backups, break the encryption, and now have access to tons of company data.
W. Curtis Preston has been working in backup and disaster recovery for nearly 30 years and has written five books on the subject. He joins the show to discuss backup and recovery missteps, best practices, and how Druva, the SaaS-based backup and recovery platform helps businesses offload backup responsibility.
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* How did you get interested in the field o…
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Feb 8, 2023
Secure Multi-Party Computation Explained with Skyflow’s Liz Acosta
In this episode, we discuss the topic of secure multi-party computation. Since its introduction in the eighties, secure multi-party computation – also known as SMPC – has evolved into a subfield of cryptography for which a variety of protocols have been developed. SMPC is a technique used to allow multiple parties to jointly compute a function on their private inputs without revealing any information about those inputs to the other parties.
Liz Acosta, Developer Advocate at Skyflow, joins the show to explain SMPC and share her recent research into the subject. We begin by explaining the basic concept of SMPC and how it differs from traditional methods of computation.
We also discuss the practical applications of SMPC, such as in the financial industry for secure trading and in the healthcare industry for secure sharing of patient data. We also highlight the challenges that still need to be addressed in the field, such as scalability and ensuring the security of the computation.…
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Feb 1, 2023
From Microsoft and Meta to Data Privacy for SMBs with Denise Farnsworth
Most of the news and conversations around data privacy, security, breaches, and the impact to consumers and businesses is centered around big tech. However, big tech only makes up a small percentage of total businesses and privacy and security is something that has the potential to impact all businesses.
Denise Farnsworth has an incredibly diverse background in privacy, from big tech to small businesses and everything in between. She served as Deputy Data Protection Officer for Facebook, Chief Privacy Officer at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lead Privacy Counsel for NetSuite and Head of Legal, Data Privacy and Compliance Officer for Microsoft, and is now CEO and Founder of Inspire! Privacy and Security, a company focused on helping SMBs with privacy challenges.
Denise joins the show to discuss some of her past experience working at Microsoft and Meta during both pre and post GDPR and how she’s transferred those skills and experiences to what she does today. We discuss how privacy impacts s…
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Jan 25, 2023
Homomorphic Encryption with Skyflow’s Avradip Mandal
Imagine being able to perform any computational operation over any kind of data but do it while the data is fully encrypted. That is the promise of fully homomorphic encryption.
Fully homomorphic encryption was first theorized in the 1970s, but the first proposal for a plausible construction of a fully homomorphic encryption scheme didn’t arrive until 2009. We are now in the fourth-generation of fully homomorphic encryption and although performance is still a blocker for many applications, there’s been a series of major breakthroughs allowing real world application to take advantage of the approach.
Dr. Avradip Mandal received his PhD from the University of Luxembourg where his research focused on cryptography, in particular homomorphic encryption and theoretical symmetric key cryptography. He joins the show to describe what homomorphic encryption is, how it works, the history, and breakthroughs. Topics:
* Can you explain what homomorphic encryption is and how it works?
* Wh…
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Jan 18, 2023
Fighting Fintech Fraud with Sardine’s Soups Ranjan
Fraud can be crippling to a business. It hurts your revenue, reputation, and customers. Fintech fraud is a super complex space, with bad actors using a variety of attacks like identity attacks, credit card theft, and phishing scams, it’s a lot for any company to tackle on their own. Sophisticated fraudsters leverage weaknesses in protocols like SMS, the phone system, email, and DNS.
Soups Ranjan, CEO and Founder of Sardine, joins the show to discuss the different types of fintech fraud attacks that take place and how Sardine uses machine learning to automatically detect and prevent fraud.
Soups has a PhD from Rice University in denial-of-service attack prevention and has been working in fraud detection for a decade across companies like Yelp and Coinbase. With a strong background in data science and a ton of real world experience, Soups is an expert in this space.
Topics:
* How did you learn fraud prevention?
* What is fraud for fintechs and how is this different from other f…
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Jan 11, 2023
Privacy and Security Industry Trends and Reflections with Bain Capital Ventures’ Rak Garg
The technology industry has changed a lot over the past 10 years with the move from on-prem systems to the cloud. With that came new types of challenges from a privacy and security perspective. Controlling access to data was no longer just about putting up a firewall, but you needed to know who and what was accessing the data at all times for audit purposes. Authorization models had to adapt and become flexible to support more fine-grained access.
With new challenges comes new opportunities. There's been a growth in startups focused on developing solutions that help companies address privacy and security challenges. Privacy is shifting left and becoming an engineering effort. Additionally, there's an increased interest in venture funding available to companies attacking these privacy and security challenges.
Rak Garg, Principal at Bain Capital Ventures, joins the show to discuss his prior work as a product manager working on Atlassian's data security and governance products. He also…
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Dec 21, 2022
The Partially Redacted 2022 Year in Review with Skyflow’s Ashley Jose
We launched the Partially Redacted podcast in 2022 and since then have published 17 episodes with industry experts covering everything from the basics of tokenization and encryption to differential privacy. We've had shows about privacy engineering training and how to build and scale a privacy engineering program.
In this final episode of 2022, we're breaking format. This is a special episode where we look back at the 17 episodes we’ve done and discuss some of the biggest themes and notable insights that our guests had.
Ashley Jose, Product Lead at Skyflow joins as Sean's guest to share his thoughts on the themes and trends from the first collection of episodes.
We'll be back in January with a new collection of episodes. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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Dec 14, 2022
Operationalizing a Privacy Program with Coinbase’s Pramod Raghavendran
With the changing landscape of privacy regulations and the growing consumer awareness about the collection and management of personal data, more and more companies are prioritizing privacy earlier in their lifecycle than ever before. This is fantastic news for privacy practitioners, but as a founder or product leader, how do you go about building, operationalizing, and scaling a privacy program?
Pramod Raghavendran, Director of Privacy and Data Protection at Coinbase, joins the show to share his thoughts and experience about building privacy programs. Pramod worked as an engineer, solutions architect, technical programs manager, and engineering manager before finding his way into privacy. With deep technical expertise and privacy experience from Amazon, Google, and now Coinbase, Pramod is uniquely positioned to have insights into building privacy functions and establishing a culture of privacy.
Topics:
* How did you get interested in working in privacy and security?
* What chang…
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Dec 7, 2022
Data Privacy Challenges and Where to Start with Skyflow’s Ari Hoffman
Ari Hoffman has spent his career helping businesses implement and solve technically challenging problems at companies like Cisco and Fivserv. Today, he serves as the Director of Customer Programs at Skyflow, where he helps Skyflow customers tackle their privacy and security challenges.
Ari joins the show to share his expertise about the common privacy challenges and use cases businesses are facing today and how to break apart these challenges into bite-sized and manageable pieces.
Ari discusses his career path, why he joined Skyflow, Skyflow Data Privacy Vault, and how companies are using this technology to address some of the biggest privacy and security challenges that face them today. Talking through specific examples, like PCI compliance, PII data protection, data minimization and governance, Ari provides actionable advice for businesses looking to get a handle on data privacy, security, and compliance.
Topics:
* How did you end up working in the privacy space and why Skyflow…
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Nov 30, 2022
Bug Bounties, Pentesting, and Automated Security Workflows with Trickest’s Nenad Zaric
Companies use bug bounties and penetration testing to proactively look for vulnerabilities in their systems. These programs should be part of any security conscious organization.
However, even with these systems in place, it can be difficult to stay ahead of the hackers and potential attacks. Additionally, the tools available for running penetration tests can be complex to run and often require using a combination of tools.
Former pentester and bug bounty hunter Nenan Zaric joins the show to talk about the types of vulnerabilities that companies should be looking for and about how to automate security workflows through the Trickest platform, a company he founded. Nenad's advice from years of cybersecurity work is to be proactive and always attack yourself so that you can find the problems before the attacker does.
Topics:
* Tell me about your history as a former penetration tester and bug bounty hacker. First, what is pentesting and bug bounty hacking
* How did you get into thi…
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Nov 23, 2022
Machine Learning and Privacy at the Edge with Edge Impulse’s Daniel Situnayake
Edge devices are hardware devices that sit at the edge of a network. They could be routers, switches, your phone, voice assistant, or even a sensor in a factory that monitors factory conditions.
Machine learning on the edge combines ideas from machine learning with embedded engineering. With machine learning models running on edge devices amazing new types of applications can be built, such as using image recognition to only take pictures of the objects you care about, developing self-driving cars, or automatically detect potential equipment failure.
However, with more and more edge devices being used all the time that might be collecting sensitive information via sensors, there are a number of potential privacy and security concerns.
Dan Situnayake, Head of Machine Learning at Edge Impulse, joins the show to share his knowledge about the practical privacy and security concerns when working with edge IoT devices and how to still leverage this incredible technology but do so in an et…
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Nov 16, 2022
Inside PCI DSS and Privacy for Payments with Skyflow’s Bjorn Ovick
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle branded credit cards from the major card schemes. It was introduced to create a level of protection for card issuers by ensuring that merchants meet minimum levels of security when they store, process, and transmit cardholder data and ultimately reduce fraud.
Merchants that wish to accept payments need to be PCI compliant. Without PCI compliance, the merchant not only risks destroying customer trust in the case of a data breach, but they risk fines and potentially being stopped from being able to accept payments.
Payment processors like Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, and so on, help offload PCI compliance by providing PCI compliant infrastructure available through simple APIs.
Bjorn Ovick, Head of Fintech at Skyflow, formerly of Wells Fargo, Visa, Samsung, and American Express, holds over 20 patents related to payment applications. He joins the show to share his ba…
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Nov 9, 2022
Building a Secure CI/CD Pipeline with Google’s Anjali Khatri and Nitin Vashishtha
DevOps is a concept that has exploded in the past few years, allowing software development teams to release software and automate the process. This decreases time to market and speeds up learning cycles. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), automates the software delivery pipeline, continuously deploying new software releases in an automated fashion.
But when we deploy code quickly, it's imperative that we don't ignore the security aspect from the beginning. Ideally, we shift security left and incorporate it into the pipeline right from the start. This reduces software vulnerabilities and makes sure our cloud resources are configured following the best practices in terms of security.
Google Cloud Principle Architect Anjali Khatri and Google Cloud Solutions Engineer Nitin Vashishtha join the show to discuss DevOps, DevSecOps, the shift left movement, and how to use Google Cloud to create a secure CI/CD pipeline.
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* How has the cloud changed the way people…
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Nov 2, 2022
Digital Health Data Privacy with the Future of Privacy Forum’s Jordan Wrigley
Over the past 20 years, there's been tremendous growth in technology for digital health. From healthcare management software, medical devices, to fitness trackers, there's more health data available about an individual than at any other time.
However, with an increase in data, there's also been an increase in considerations for the secure management of this data. Privacy regulations haven't been able to keep up with the explosion of technological growth.
Jordan Wrigley, Researcher for Health and Wellness at the Future of Privacy Forum, joins the show to share her expertise about digital health data privacy. Sean and Jordan discuss the goals and activities of the Future of Privacy Forum, how culture impacts how an individual thinks about health-related privacy, the shift in concern over health data privacy, and what a company needs to be thinking about when building products that collect or process digital health data.
Topics:
* Who are you? What’s your educational background, w…
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Oct 26, 2022
Why We Need to Get Rid of Passwords with Passage’s Nick Hodges
Passwords have been around since the 1960s and as a means to keep someone out of a non-connected terminal, they were relatively secure. The scale of a compromised system was relatively low. But the world has changed drastically in that time. Every computer is connected to a massive network of other computers. The impact scale of a compromised password is multiple times more problematic than it was even 30 years ago, yet we continue to rely on passwords as a security means to protect account information.
Security means like longer passwords, more complicated schemes, no dictionary words, and even two-factor authentication have had limited success with stopping hacks. Additionally, each of these requirements adds friction to a user accomplishing their task, whether that's to buy a product, communicate with friends, or login to critical systems.
WebAuthN is a standard protocol for supporting passwordless authentication based on a combination of a user identifier and biometrics. Consumer…
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Oct 19, 2022
Differential Privacy with the University of Victoria’s Dr. Yun Lu
Differential privacy provides a mathematical definition of what privacy is in the context of user data. In lay terms, a data set is said to be differentially private if the existence or lack of existence of a particular piece of data doesn't impact the end result. Differential privacy protects an individual's information essentially as if her information were not used in the analysis at all.
This is a promising area of research and one of the future privacy-enhancing technologies that many people in the privacy community are excited about. However, it's not just theoretical, differential privacy is already being used by large technology companies like Google and Apple as well as in US Census result reporting.
Dr. Yun Lu of the University of Victoria specializes in differential privacy and she joins the show to explain differential privacy, why it's such a promising and compelling framework, and share some of her research on applying differential privacy in voting and election result…
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Oct 12, 2022
Encryption Key Management and Its Role in Modern Data Privacy with Skyflow’s Osvaldo Banuelos
When managing your company’s most sensitive data, encryption is a must. To fit your overall data protection strategy, you need a wide range of options for managing your encryption keys so you can generate, store, and rotate them as needed. The risk of sensitive data being misused or stolen can be limited, as long as just the people (and services) who are authorized to access data for approved purposes can access the key. Without proper management of encryption keys robust encryption techniques can be rendered ineffective. So, while encryption is a core feature of any effective data privacy solution, encryption only enhances data privacy when paired with effective key management. Osvaldo Banuelos, lead software engineer at Skyflow, joins the show to share his knowledge and expertise about encryption key management and its role in modern data privacy. Topics:
* Can you share some of your background from where you started your engineering career to where you are today?
* How did yo…
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Oct 5, 2022
Introduction to Tokenization and Encryption with Skyflow’s Joe McCarron
Joe McCarron, with prior roles at Zendesk and Apollo GraphQL, has spent much of his career thinking about and building products for developers. Today, he serves as the product lead for Skyflow's Vault, APIs, and developer experience.
In this episode, Joe discusses how his undergrad in Political Science and career working on developer-first products led him to Skyflow. Sean and Joe discuss tokenization and encryption, how they are different, the problems they solve, and what every engineer should know about these techniques.
Topics:
* What is your background as a product manager?
* How did you end up with an interest in working in the data privacy space? And what’s your work history in this space?
* What is tokenization?
* What is encryption?
* How are they different?
* What problems does each solve?
* Do they compete with each other or are they complementary?
* How much does your typical engineer need to understand about encryption and tokenization?
* What are th…
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Sep 28, 2022
Privacy Engineering at CMU and Privacy Decision Making with Dr. Lorrie Cranor
Dr. Lorrie Cranor began her career in privacy 25 years ago and has been a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Computer Science for 19 years. Today, she serves as director and professor for the CMU privacy engineering program.
In this episode, Dr. Cranor discusses how she started her career in privacy and then eventually moved into academics. She talks about the history of the CMU privacy engineering program, what the program entails as a student, and the career opportunities available to graduates.
Dr. Cranor's area of research focuses on the usability of privacy and privacy decision making. She discusses several recent studies looking at how real world users understand and navigate cookie consent popups and design best practices for companies. She also explains privacy labels and how developers building applications on iOS and Android can do a better job creating these labels.
We also discuss the future of privacy education and technologies, touching on the res…
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Sep 21, 2022
What Every Company Should Know About Privacy with Robin Andruss
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?
* How did you end up with an interest in working in the data privacy space? And what’s your work history in this space?
* What is privacy engineering?
* What is the typical background of someone that ends up working as a privacy engineer?
* Where does privacy engineering typically sit in an organization
* How does an engineering team typically work with the privacy functio…
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Sep 14, 2022
Common Data Security and Privacy Mistakes with Daniel Wong
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. Topics:
* What were some of the security technologies that you helped pioneer during your time at Oracle?
* How has company privacy…
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Sep 7, 2022
Data Security in Snowflake’s Data Cloud with Dan Myers
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?
* Where did your interest in the data space begin?
* What is Snowflake and how do people use it?
* What are some of the features Snowflake provides to help protect customer data?
* What are the different deployment models for Snowflake and how do they imp…
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Sep 7, 2022
Data Protocol’s Privacy Engineering Certificate Course with Jake Ward
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 is Data Protocol and what were your motivations for launching the platform?
* Why are developers different? Why train and educate that audie…
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Sep 7, 2022
Privacy by Architecture with Skyflow’s Anshu Sharma
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. Anshu Sharma, CEO and founder of Skyflow, joins the show to discuss a radically different approach to privacy, the data privacy vault. With a data privacy vault, a company is making the architectural decision to move their sensitive customer data out of their existing infrastructure and into a vault. The vault is isolated and protected, becoming the single source of truth for all sensitive customer PII, effectively de-scoping existing systems from the responsibilities of compliance, data security, and data privacy. The data privacy vault makes the principles of privacy by design actionable, creating a system for engineers to implement the principles in the form of privacy by architecture.
Topics cove…
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Aug 22, 2022
Introducing Partially Redacted, a Podcast about Data Privacy, Security & Compliance
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.
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