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Privacy Engineer

A Privacy Engineer designs, develops, and implements technical solutions that align to privacy policies and adheres to privacy by design principles. This role may also be referred to as Data Privacy Engineer.

Most common technical skills for Privacy Engineer 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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Computer science
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Automation
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Python (programming language)
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Microsoft Azure
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Security engineering
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Amazon Web Services
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Encryption
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Scripting

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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Certification

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.
Artificial Intelligence: A Primer on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks
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Artificial Intelligence: A Primer on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks | Digital | English

This book is a comprehensive overview of the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI).

Applied Data Management for Privacy, Security and Digital Trust
Book

Applied Data Management for Privacy, Security and Digital Trust | Digital | English

Applied Data Management for Privacy, Security and Digital Trust provides information to enable privacy and governance professionals to position enterprise data management programs to support privacy and security programs.
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
Online Course

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.

Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Certificate

Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate

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

AI Threat Landscape
Online Course

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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