Privacy Strategies for Business Leaders
1h 4mBeginner2020-10-08
Authors

Nishant Bhajaria
Privacy and Security Leader and Digital Product Architect
Course details
Privacy is top of mind for all of today's business leaders, because it is getting attention from regulators, media, privacy activists, and customers. However, amid a profusion of laws, product offerings by vendors, and media coverage, executives often struggle to get clear guidance and options on how to execute a privacy program. This course helps C-level leaders, their deputies, and other aspiring executives develop an understanding of the privacy landscape and capabilities and build a program to stay ahead of the curve—while continuing to grow their business. Instructor Nishant Bhajaria provides strategies to build a program that will be flexible and measurable. Such a program will involve a team that can manage risks in partnership with the rest of the business, provide solutions, measure progress, and inform decision-making. After taking this course, executives will have a template to not just start their teams, but also embed them into the business.
Topics include:
Privacy, government, the economy, and investors
A primer on how teams innovate using data
Building a privacy team
Embedding privacy into your work culture
Building a privacy program that is strategic and can execute
Privacy governance: in data, process, tooling, and guidance
Managing user data: collection, minimization, and more
Preparation for privacy audits
Staffing your program
Band building cross-functional partnerships
Adapting your program to change
Topics include:
Privacy, government, the economy, and investors
A primer on how teams innovate using data
Building a privacy team
Embedding privacy into your work culture
Building a privacy program that is strategic and can execute
Privacy governance: in data, process, tooling, and guidance
Managing user data: collection, minimization, and more
Preparation for privacy audits
Staffing your program
Band building cross-functional partnerships
Adapting your program to change
Skills covered
Executive LeadershipPrivacyPersonaCybersecurityLeadership and Management
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Privacy in today's enterprise
- 02 - Why executives need to understand privacy
- 03 - How this course will help executives
1. Privacy - The Big Picture
- 04 - The big picture - Privacy, your business, and the economy
- 05 - The big picture - Privacy, governments, auditors, and investors
- 06 - The big picture - Privacy and your users
- 07 - Privacy principles
2. Privacy - Your Responsibilities as an Executive
- 08 - Protecting your users - Trust
- 09 - Protecting your company - Audits and regulations
- 10 - Building privacy by design into your culture
3. Building a Privacy Team and Culture
- 11 - Attributes of your privacy program
- 12 - Privacy roles and responsibilities
- 13 - The need for metrics
4. Your Privacy Program
- 14 - A two-tiered program
- 15 - The privacy working group
- 16 - The privacy execution team
5. Tactical Privacy in Action
- 17 - Privacy disclosures
- 18 - Privacy reviews - Legal and technical
- 19 - Privacy training
6. User Data Management
- 20 - A data-driven privacy program
- 21 - Data governance
- 22 - Data inventory and cataloging
7. A Proactive Privacy Program
- 23 - Data rightsizing, deletion, and access control
- 24 - User control and choice
- 25 - Vendor risk assessment
- 26 - Incident response
- 27 - Audits
8. Staffing Your Privacy Team
- 28 - Privacy and staffing
- 29 - Chief information security officer (CISO)
- 30 - Chief privacy officer (CPO)
- 31 - Data protection officer (DPO)
- 32 - Privacy, data science, and data platform
- 33 - Privacy and your policy communications teams
- 34 - Adapting your privacy program
Conclusion
- 35 - Next steps
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