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Privacy Analyst

A Privacy Analyst is responsible for analyzing and ensuring that the handling, storage, and dissemination of personal information complies with relevant privacy laws, regulations, and industry best practice.

Most common technical skills for Privacy Analyst roles

According to market employment data, these are the top technical skills requested by employers:

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Information privacy
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Auditing
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Privacy impact assessments
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Risk analysis
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Computer science
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Privacy law
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Cybersecurity
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Incident response

Gain the technical skills needed to advance your career

You can rely on ISACA to provide the training, credentials, tools, and resources needed to meet current employer demands and emerging needs not yet widely represented in job descriptions.

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CDPSE—Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer

The CDPSE certification is designed to assess a privacy professional’s ability to implement privacy by design to enable organizations to enhance privacy technology platforms and products that provide benefits to consumers, build trust, and advance data privacy.
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Certificate

Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Certificate

Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals  assists learners through a hybrid learning approach in building understanding of AI concepts, principles and uses.

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IT Audit Fundamentals Certificate

IT Audit Fundamentals is ideal for professionals who are just starting out in auditing or who want to transition their career into IT audit. You’ll build the foundational know-how that’s needed to be an IT auditor.
Privacy by Design and Default Online Course
Online Course

Privacy by Design and Default Online Course

This course outlines the concepts, principles and practices to apply while implementing solutions that use personal data to protect privacy.
AI Elevate Your Expertise
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Ethical Perspectives in AI: Implications, Principles, and Social Dynamics Online Course

While AI could have myriad benefits across a variety of industries, there are many ethical considerations that need to be made before implementing an AI-powered resource.

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Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate

Cybersecurity Fundamentals affirms your understanding and ability to perform in today’s cybersecurity-threatened business and IT environments.
Data Science Fundamentals
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Data Science Fundamentals Certificate

Data Science Fundamentals offers you the opportunity to add to and affirm your ability to extract knowledge from data sets, understand the key data analysis concepts and how to use data to help make informed business decisions.
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AI Threat Landscape: Attacks, Risk, and Security Measures Online Course

AI in general may not be new, but the explosion of generative AI has thrust the topic into headlines with regards to bias, ethical usage, intellectual property rights, privacy and use of technology just to name a few.

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