September 7, 2022

Data Protocol’s Privacy Engineering Cert. Course with Jake Ward

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Companies like Uber and Meta have created courses for the platform and employees serve as instructors. Data Protocol also includes many courses focused on data privacy and security, including the Privacy Engineering Certificate course led by the Head of Privacy Engineering at Uber, Nishant Bhajaria.

Jake Ward, CEO and Founder of Data Protocol joins the show to discuss his motivations for creating the platform, why focus on privacy, and how they were able to take Nishant's real world experience and turn it into a course.

Topics covered:

  • What's your background and how did you end up where you are today?
  • What is Data Protocol and what were your motivations for launching the platform?
  • Why are developers different? Why train and educate that audience specifically?
  • How did you get an interest in privacy and why focus training engineers in privacy?
  • What are some of the privacy-related courses and certifications offered on the platform?
  • How do these courses get designed and come together?
  • How are people and businesses using these courses?
  • What can someone expect from taking one of these courses?
  • Have you faced an educational challenge with generating interest in people taking privacy-related courses or are you seeing a shift to more interest in privacy?
  • Privacy and security are buzz words we hear more and more these days, are things really changing - if not / why not?
  • What’s next for Data Protocol? Anything exciting on the horizon that you can share?


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