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Inside The Arena (The Official Eagala Podcast)Trauma and Eagala
Eagala offers a unique toolset when treating clients experiencing trauma. Today we will visit with Debra Farber and Holly Jedlicka about their perspectives on trauma work and the effectiveness of Eagala. You will also learn about the Man O' War project, an effort through Columbia University utilizing the Eagala-model approach to treat veterans suffering from PTSD.
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2024-08-1534 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E15: 'New Certification: Enabling Privacy Engineering in AI Systems' with Amalia Barthel & Eric LybeckIn this episode, I'm joined by Amalia Barthel, founder of Designing Privacy, a consultancy that helps businesses integrate privacy into business operations; and Eric Lybeck, a seasoned independent privacy engineering consultant with over two decades of experience in cybersecurity and privacy. Eric recently served as Director of Privacy Engineering at Privacy Code. Today, we discuss: the importance of more training for privacy engineers on AI system enablement; why it's not enough for privacy professionals to solely focus on AI governance; and how their new hands-on course, "Privacy Engineering in AI Systems Certificate program," can fill this need. T...
2024-07-2338 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E14: 'Why We Need Fairness Enhancing Technologies Rather Than PETs' with Gianclaudio Malgieri (Brussels Privacy Hub)Today, I chat with Gianclaudio Malgieri, an expert in privacy, data protection, AI regulation, EU law, and human rights. Gianclaudio is an Associate Professor of Law at Leiden University, the Co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, Associate Editor of the Computer Law & Security Review, and co-author of the paper "The Unfair Side of Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Addressing the Trade-offs Between PETs and Fairness". In our conversation, we explore this paper and why privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) are essential but not enough on their own to address digital policy challenges.Gianclaudio explains why PETs alone are insufficient solutions for...
2024-06-2547 min
FILED PodcastPrivacy must be everyone’s responsibility | Debra Farber, Shifting Privacy Left podcastShifting Privacy Left founder and host Debra Farber discusses the urgent need to embed privacy throughout every organization, and shares what she has learned speaking to experts for her podcast.Read more, including a full transcript, on our website.
2024-06-1952 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E13: 'Building Safe AR / VR/ MR / XR Technology" with Spatial Computing Pioneer Avi Bar Zeev (XR Guild)In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Avi Bar-Zeev, a true tech pioneer and the Founder and President of The XR Guild. With over three decades of experience, Avi has an impressive resume, including launching Disney's Aladdin VR ride, developing Second Life's 3D worlds, co-founding Keyhole (which became Google Earth), co-inventing Microsoft's HoloLens, and contributing to the Amazon Echo Frames. The XR Guild is a nonprofit organization that promotes ethics in extended reality (XR) through mentorship, networking, and educational resources. Throughout our conversation, we dive into privacy concerns in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (V...
2024-06-1851 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E12: 'How Intentional Experimentation in A/B Testing Supports Privacy' with Matt Gershoff (Conductrics)Today, I'm joined by Matt Gershoff, Co-founder and CEO of Conductrics, a software company specializing in A/B testing, multi-armed bandit techniques, and customer research and survey software. With a strong background in resource economics and artificial intelligence, Matt brings a unique perspective to the conversation, emphasizing simplicity and intentionality in decision-making and data collection. In this episode, Matt dives into Conductrics' background, the role of A/B testing and experimentation in privacy, data collection at a specific and granular level, and the details of Conductrics' processes. He emphasizes the importance of intentionally collecting data with a...
2024-06-0445 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E11: 'Decision-Making Governance & Design: Combating Dark Patterns with Fair Patterns' with Marie Potel-Saville (Amurabi & FairPatterns)In this episode, Marie Potel-Saville joins me to shed light on the widespread issue of dark patterns in design. With her background in law, Marie founded the 'FairPatterns' project with her award-winning privacy and innovation studio, Amurabi, to detect and fix large-scale dark patterns. Throughout our conversation, we discuss the different types of dark patterns, why it is crucial for businesses to prevent them from being coded into their websites and apps, and how designers can ensure that they are designing fair patterns in their projects.Dark patterns are interfaces that deceive or manipulate users into...
2024-04-3054 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E10: 'How a Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence Shifts Privacy Left' with Aaron Weller (HP)In this episode, I sat down with Aaron Weller, the Leader of HP's Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE), focused on providing technical solutions for privacy engineering across HP's global operations. Throughout our conversation, we discuss: what motivated HP's leadership to stand up a CoE for Privacy Engineering; Aaron's approach to staffing the CoE; how a CoE's can shift privacy left in a large, matrixed organization like HP's; and, how to leverage the CoE to proactively manage privacy risk.Aaron emphasizes the importance of understanding an organization's strategy when creating a CoE and shares his methods for...
2024-04-0940 min
KitecastDebra Farber: Shifting Privacy Left With Privacy by DesignDebra Farber, a globally recognized privacy, security, and ethical tech advisor with nearly two decades of experience, discusses data privacy, privacy by design, and the growing field of privacy engineering in this Kitecast episode. As the host of the Shifting Privacy Left podcast, Farber is dedicated to building a community of privacy engineers and bridging the silos between various industries and research areas.In this Kitecast episode, Farber emphasized the importance of embedding privacy into product development from the outset. She highlighted the role of privacy engineers in assessing risks, minimizing data collection, and ensuring compliance with...
2024-04-0846 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E9: 'Building a Culture of Privacy & Achieving Compliance without Sacrificing Innovation' with Amaka Ibeji (Cruise)Today, I’m joined by Amaka Ibeji, Privacy Engineer at Cruise where she designs and implements robust privacy programs and controls. In this episode, we discuss Amaka's passion for creating a culture of privacy and compliance within organizations and engineering teams. Amaka also hosts the PALS Parlor Podcast, where she speaks to business leaders and peers about privacy, AI governance, leadership, and security and explains technical concepts in a digestible way. The podcast aims to enable business leaders to do more with their data and provides a way for the community to share knowledge with one other.In...
2024-04-0243 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E8: 'Recent FTC Enforcement: What Privacy Engineers Need to Know' with Heidi Saas (H.T. Saas)In this week's episode, I am joined by Heidi Saas, a privacy lawyer with a reputation for advocating for products and services built with privacy by design and against the abuse of personal data. In our conversation, she dives into recent FTC enforcement actions, analyzing five FTC actions and some enforcement sweeps by Colorado & Connecticut. Heidi shares her insights on the effect of the FTC enforcement actions and what privacy engineers need to know, emphasizing the need for data management practices to be transparent, accountable, and based on affirmative consent. We cover the role of privacy engineers...
2024-03-261h 15
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E7: 'Personal CRM: Embracing Digital Minimalism & Privacy Empowerment' with Chris Zeunstrom (Yorba)This week's episode, I chat with Chris Zeunstrom, the Founder and CEO of Ruca and Yorba. Ruca is a global design cooperative and founder support network, while Yorba is a reverse CRM that aims to reduce your digital footprint and keep your personal information safe. Through his businesses, Chris focuses on solving common problems and creating innovative products. In our conversation, we talk about building a privacy-first company, the digital minimalist movement, and the future of decentralized identity and storage.Chris shares his journey as a privacy-focused entrepreneur and his mission to prioritize privacy and decentralization in...
2024-03-1943 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E6: 'Keys to Good Privacy Implementation: Exploring Anonymization, Consent, & DSARs' with Jake Ottenwaelder (Integrative Privacy)In this week's episode, I sat down with Jake Ottenwaelder, Principal Privacy Engineer at Integrative Privacy LLC. Throughout our conversation, we discuss Jake’s holistic approach to privacy implementation that considers business, engineering, and personal objectives, as well as the role of anonymization, consent management, and DSAR processes for greater privacy. Jake believes privacy implementation must account for the interconnectedness of privacy technologies and human interactions. He highlights what a successful implementation looks like and the negative consequences when done poorly. We also dive into the challenges of implementing privacy in fast-paced, engineering-driven organizations. We talk about the...
2024-03-0554 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E5: 'Nonconformist Innovation in Modern Digital Identity' with Steve Tout (Integrated Solutions Group)In this week's episode, I am joined by Steve Tout, Practice Lead at Integrated Solutions Group (ISG) and Host of The Nonconformist Innovation Podcast to discuss the intersection of privacy and identity. Steve has 18+ years of experience in global Identity & Access Management (IAM) and is currently completing his MBA from Santa Clara University. Throughout our conversation, Steve shares his journey as a reformed technologist and advocate for 'Nonconformist Innovation' & 'Tipping Point Leadership.'Steve's approach to identity involves breaking it down into 4 components: 1) philosophy, 2) politics, 3) economics & 4)technology, highlighting their interconnectedness. We also discuss his work with Washington...
2024-02-2754 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E4: 'Supporting Developer Accountability for Privacy' with Jake Ward (Data Protocol)This week, I chat with Jake Ward, the Co-Founder and CEO of Data Protocol, to discuss how the Data Protocol platform supports developers' accountability for privacy by giving developers the relevant information in the way that they want it. Throughout the episode, we cover the Privacy Engineering course offerings and certification program; how to improve communication with developers; and trends that Jake sees across his customers after 2 years of offering these courses to engineers.In our conversation, we dive into the topics covered in the Privacy Engineering Certification Program course offering , led by instructor Nishant Bhajaria, and t...
2024-02-1344 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E3: 'Shifting Left from Practicing Attorney to Privacy Engineer’ with Jay Averitt (Microsoft)My guest this week is Jay Averitt, Senior Privacy Product Manager and Privacy Engineer at Microsoft, where he transitioned his career from Technology Attorney to Privacy Counsel, and most recently to Privacy Engineer.In this episode, we hear from Jay about: his professional path from a degree in Management Information Systems to Privacy Engineer; how Twitter and Microsoft navigated a privacy setup, and how to determine privacy program maturity; multiple of his Privacy Engineering community projects; and tips on how to spread privacy awareness and stay active within the industry. Topics Covered:
2024-01-3051 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E2: 'My Top 20 Privacy Engineering Resources for 2024' with Debra Farber (Shifting Privacy Left)In Honor of Data Privacy Week 2024, we're publishing a special episode. Instead of interviewing a guest, Debra shares her 'Top 20 Privacy Engineering Resources' and why. Check out her favorite free privacy engineering courses, books, podcasts, creative learning platforms, privacy threat modeling frameworks, conferences, government resources, and more.DEBRA's TOP 20 PRIVACY ENGINEERING RESOURCES (in no particular order)Privado's Free Course: 'Technical Privacy Masterclass'OpenMined's Free Course: 'Our Privacy Opportunity' Data Protocol's Privacy Engineering Certification ProgramThe Privacy Quest Platform & Games; Bonus: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Privacy Engineering'Data Privacy: a runbook for engineers by Nishant Bhajaria'Privacy E...
2024-01-2354 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS3E1: "Privacy-preserving Machine Learning and NLP" with Patricia Thaine (Private AI)My guest this week is Patricia Thaine, Co-founder and CEO of Private AI, where she leads a team of experts in developing cutting-edge solutions using AI to identify, reduce, and remove Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in 52 languages across text, audio, images, and documents.In this episode, we hear from Patricia about: her transition from starting a Ph.D. to co-founding an AI company; how Private AI set out to solve fundamental privacy problems to provide control and understanding of data collection; misunderstandings about how best to leverage AI regarding privacy-preserving machine learning; Private AI’s intention when de...
2024-01-0236 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E39: 'Contextual Responsive Intelligence & Data Minimization for AI Training & Testing' with Kevin Killens (AHvos)My guest this week is Kevin Killens, CEO of AHvos, a technology service that provides AI solutions for data-heavy businesses using a proprietary technology called Contextually Responsive Intelligence (CRI), which can act upon a business's private data and produce results without storing that data.In this episode, we delve into this technology and learn more from Kevin about: his transition from serving in the Navy to founding an AI-focused company; AHvos’ architectural approach in support of data minimization and reduced attack surface; AHvos' CRI technology and its ability to provide accurate answers based on private data sets; an...
2023-12-2643 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E38: "PrivacyGPT: Bringing an AI Privacy Startup to Market" with Nabanita De (Privacy License)My guest this week is Nabanita De, Software Engineer, Serial Entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO at Privacy License where she's on a mission to transform the AI landscape. In this episode, we discuss Nabanita's transition from Engineering Manager at Remitly to startup founder; what she's learned from her experience at Antler's accelerator program, her first product to market: PrivacyGPT and her work to educate Privacy Champions. Topics Covered:Nabanita’s origin story, from conducting AI research at Microsoft as an intern all the way to founding Privacy LicenseHow Privacy License supports enterprises entering the global mar...
2023-12-1941 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E37: "Embedding Privacy Engineering into Real Estate" with Yusra Ahmad and Luke Beckley (The RED Foundation)My guests this week are Yusra Ahmad, CEO of Acuity Data, and Luke Beckley, Data Protection Officer and Privacy Governance Manager at Correla, who work with The RED (Real Estate Data) Foundation, a sector-wide alliance that enables the real estate sector to benefit from an increased use of data, while voiding some of the risks that this presents, and better serving society.We discuss the current drivers for change within the real estate industry and the complexities of the real estate industry utilizing incredible amounts of data. You’ll learn the types of data protection, privacy, and et...
2023-12-051h 04
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E36: "Privacy Engineering Contracting: State of the Market & 2024 Predictions" with Jared Coseglia (TRU Staffing)This week, I welcome Jared Coseglia, co-founder and CEO at TRU Staffing Partners, a contract staffing & executive placement search firm that represents talent across 3 core industry verticals: data privacy, eDiscovery, & cybersecurity. We discuss the current and future state of the contracting market for privacy engineering rols and the market drivers that affect hiring. You’ll learn about the hiring trends and the allure of 'part-time impact,' 'part-time perpetual,' and 'secondee' contract work. Jared illustrates the challenges that hiring managers face with a 'Do-it-Yourself' staffing process; and he shares his predictions about the job market for privacy engineers ov...
2023-11-2157 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E35: "Embed Ethics into Your SDLC: From Reactive Firefighting to 'Responsible Firekeeping'" with Mathew Mytka & Alja Isaković (Tethix)This week’s guests are Mathew Mytka and Alja Isakovoić, Co-Founders of Tethix, a company that builds products that embed ethics into the fabric of your organization. We discuss Matt and Alja’s core mission to bring ethical tech to the world, and Tethix’s services that work with your Agile development processes. You’ll learn about Tethix’s solution to address 'The Intent to Action Gap,' and what Elemental Ethics can provide organizations beyond other ethics frameworks. We discuss ways to become a proactive Responsible Firekeeper, rather than remaining a reactive Firefighter, and how ETHOS, Tethix's suite of apps can...
2023-11-1444 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E34: "Embedding Privacy by Design & Threat Modeling for AI" with Isabel Barberá (Rhite & PLOT4ai)This week’s guest is Isabel Barberá, Co-founder, AI Advisor, and Privacy Engineer at Rhite , a consulting firm specializing in responsible and trustworthy AI and privacy engineering, and creator of The Privacy Library Of Threats 4 Artificial Intelligence Framework and card game. In our conversation, we discuss: Isabel’s work with privacy-by-design, privacy engineering, privacy threat modeling, and building trustworthy AI; and info about Rhite’s forthcoming Self-Assessment Open-Source framework for AI maturity, SARAI®. As we wrap up the episode, Isabel shares details about PLOT4ai, her AI threat modeling framework and card game created based on a library o...
2023-11-0750 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E33: "Using Privacy Code Scans to Shift Left into DevOps" with Vaibhav Antil (Privado)This week, I sat down with Vaibhav Antil ('Vee'), Co-founder & CEO at Privado, a privacy tech platform that's leverages privacy code scanning & data mapping to bridge the privacy engineering gap. Vee shares his personal journey into privacy, where he started out in Product Management and saw need for privacy automation in DevOps. We discuss obstacles created by the rapid pace of engineering teams and a lack of a shared vocabulary with Legal / GRC. You'll learn how code scanning enables privacy teams to move swiftly and avoid blocking engineering. We then discuss the future of privacy engineering, its growth trends, a...
2023-10-3156 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E32: "Privacy Red Teams, Protecting People & 23andme's Data Leak" with Rebecca Balebako (Balebako Privacy Engineer)This week’s guest is Rebecca Balebako, Founder and Principal Consultant at Balebako Privacy Engineer, where she enables data-driven organizations to build the privacy features that their customers love. In our conversation, we discuss all things privacy red teaming, including: how to disambiguate adversarial privacy tests from other software development tests; the importance of privacy-by-infrastructure; why privacy maturity influences the benefits received from investing in privacy red teaming; and why any database that identifies vulnerable populations should consider adversarial privacy as a form of protection. We also discuss the 23andMe security incident that took place in October 2023 and...
2023-10-2448 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E31: "Leveraging a Privacy Ontology to Scale Privacy Processes" with Steve Hickman (Epistimis)This week’s guest is Steve Hickman, the founder of Epistimis, a privacy-first process design tooling startup that evaluate rules and enables the fixing of privacy issues before they ever take effect. In our conversation, we discuss: why the biggest impediment to protecting and respecting privacy within organizations is the lack of a common language; why we need a common Privacy Ontology in addition to a Privacy Taxonomy; Epistimis' ontological approach and how it leverages semantic modeling for privacy rules checking; and, examples of how Epistimis Privacy Design Process tooling complements privacy tech solutions on the market, not compete wi...
2023-10-1051 min
The Shifting Privacy Left PodcastS2E30: "LLMs, Knowledge Graphs, & GenAI Architectural Considerations" with Shashank Tiwari (Uno)This week's guest is Shashank Tiwari, a seasoned engineer and product leader who started with algorithmic systems of Wall Street before becoming Co-founder & CEO of Uno.ai, a pathbreaking autonomous security company. He started with algorithmic systems on Wall Street and then transitioned to building Silicon Valley startups, including previous stints at Nutanix, Elementum, Medallia, & StackRox. In this conversation, we discuss ML/AI, large language models (LLMs), temporal knowledge graphs, causal discovery inference models, and the Generative AI design & architectural choices that affect privacy. Topics Covered:Shashank describes his origin story, how he became i...
2023-10-031h 00