Bleeding edge privacy topics

Introduction to Data Privacy

Tiffany Lewis

Security and Privacy Instructor

Shifting left

• Sooner better than later
• Not limited to privacy
• Privacy by Design
  • Encourages shifting left

Bleeding edge

• Cutting edge technology
• Shiny and sharp
  • Possibility to innovate and improve
  • Lack of established best practices
• Example of bleeding edge technology: Ironman or Ironheart's suits

Bleeding edge challenges

• Only consistency is change
• Existing privacy and security controls may not sufficiently address risk
  • May need to create new controls and processes
• Lag between regulation and tech
  • Laws
  • Certifications

Bleeding edge technology - public cloud

• Public cloud over a decade old
• Consumable on demand infrastructure
• Shift from buying hardware to buying usage
• Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Azure

Public cloud benefits and challenges

Benefits:

• Scale resources to meet demand
• Decrease hardware investment
• Faster innovation

Challenges

• Creating new privacy and security controls
• Training

Bleeding edge technology - blockchain

• Shared ledger that records transactions and assets
• Built across distributed systems
• "block" and block chains
  • Data groupings chained to one another
• Examples:
  • Cryptographic currency
  • Next wave of the Internet (web3, web5)

Blockchain benefits and challenges

Benefits

• Immutability
• Transparency and speed
• Security

Challenges

• User deletion requests
• Mapping to pre-existing to privacy laws

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Introduction to Data Privacy