Podcasts Science Social Sciences The Social-Engineer Podcast Ep. 176 - Security Awareness Series - Bottom Up Context is better than Top Down Control with Nishant Bhajaria

Ep. 176 - Security Awareness Series - Bottom Up Context is better than Top Down Control with Nishant Bhajaria

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, 9:56 p.m.

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This month, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by Nishant Bhajaria. Nishant is an executive leader and industry-expert in the privacy and security space and currently serves as the Director of Privacy Engineering and Governance at Uber.\\xa0

He plays the critical role connecting engineering, legal, and leadership to ensure data protection for both the user and the business. Prior to Uber, Nishant spearheaded compliance and privacy engineering programs at Google, Netflix and Nike. He has a Master\\u2019s Degree in computer science from Arizona State University\\xa0

In addition to speaking extensively in this space, Nishant also teaches courses around privacy, security and career development on LinkedIn Learning. Nishant authored Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers - a deep dive into strategies on effectively identifying, communicating and addressing privacy risks using technical strategies. [Aug 15, 2022]\\xa0

00:00 \\u2013 Intro\\xa0

00:20 \\u2013 Intro Links\\xa0

02:17 \\u2013 Nishant Bhajaria Intro\\xa0

03:33 \\u2013 How did your career path start?\\xa0

05:44 \\u2013 Balancing security and the end-user experience\\xa0

09:29 \\u2013 How to introduce security and privacy concepts into a pre-existing infrastructure\\xa0

13:50 \\u2013 Balancing technological freedom with security for your family\\xa0

19:28 \\u2013 Bridging divisions for the sake of privacy and security\\xa0

22:09 \\u2013 Creating better industry standards\\xa0

26:28 \\u2013 How to handle your platform becoming weaponized\\xa0

30:53 \\u2013 The ethical issue of data use\\xa0

35:11 \\u2013 The role of Social Engineering in privacy and security\\xa0

39:14 \\u2013 3 action steps that companies should start doing right now\\xa0

42:56 \\u2013 Find Nishant online\\xa0

44:24 \\u2013 Book Recommendations\\xa0

47:13 \\u2013 Wrap Up\\xa0\\xa0

47:41 \\u2013 Outro\\xa0

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