How to start your privacy career? A talk with Akarsh Singh and Punit Bhatia in the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast E081 S4

How to start your privacy career? A talk with Akarsh Singh and Punit Bhatia in the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast E081 S4

Is a privacy career for you? How would you start without any experience? Watch this podcast dedicated on discussing what a successful privacy career journey looks like and how to grow in this path, with Akarsh Singh and Punit Bhatia.

KEY CONVERSATION POINTS

00:02:25 GDPR
00:04:01 Who is a privacy career for and who is it not for?
00:06:52 How would you recommend someone to start their career in privacy
00:09:22 About certification CIPP-E, CIPM, CIPT, and more
00:12:20 How do you join the industry without any experience
00:18:53 Starting salary
00:29:24 About Tsaaro

ABOUT THE GUEST

Akarsh Singh is the CEO and Co-founder of Tsaaro, a privacy and cybersecurity consulting firm, and Tsaaro Academy, a unique privacy certification training platform. Akarsh is an expert in privacy and helps multinationals and startups with their emerging privacy and cybersecurity challenges. He possesses the right mix of Information Technology and analytical skills. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology in Ranchi (Formerly NIFFT) and began his career at KPMG, where he helped several IT/ITes organizations strategize, reinvent, rethink, build, and operationalize their Cybersecurity Framework and Privacy Programs. He has proven experience in Consulting, Stakeholder Management, and Project Delivery roles. He is a Fellow in Information Privacy (FIP) by IAPP - the highest certification in the field of Privacy. He also possesses certifications in CIPT - Certified Information Privacy Technologist, CIPP/e - Certified Information Privacy Professional, CIPM - Certified Information Privacy Manager, and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor. Akarsh also hosts data privacy and cybersecurity podcasts on his channel Privacy Cast, where privacy experts from around the globe join to share their knowledge and help the audience understand data privacy technology, its evolution, and the change it brings to society.

ABOUT THE HOST

Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organizational culture with high privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority. Selectively, Punit is open to mentoring and coaching privacy professionals. Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 30 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured among the top GDPR and privacy podcasts. As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one’s values to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for joy of life’ which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe.

RESOURCES

Websites http://www.fit4privacy.com, http://www.punitbhatia.com
Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast
Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog
YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy