Happy Data Privacy Day! The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) designates January 28 as a day to empower individuals and encourage businesses around the world to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust. 

In honor of the effort to inspire dialogue and empower learning about how personal information is used, collected and shared in our digital society, following is a list of helpful (ISC)² resources and activities focused on privacy best practices.

Professional Development Institute courses

The PDI is a portfolio of more than 40 continuing cybersecurity education courses that is free to (ISC)² members. Among the wide array of topics covered, these two courses focus specifically on giving learners an overview of privacy regulations:

• GDPR for Security Professionals: A Framework for Success – this interactive, immersive training experience provides the tools, knowledge and resources to maintain organizational compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandates
• The Privacy Regulation Roadmap – This course examines global privacy legislation and teaches the importance of identifying and complying with privacy laws and regulations that apply to your industry and customer base.

InfoSecurity Professional Magazine

This member-authored feature story from 2020 in (ISC)²’s bi-monthly magazine focuses on where security and privacy intersect:

The Interplay of Security + Privacy

Center for Cyber Safety and Education

• (ISC)²’s charitable arm, the Center for Cyber Safety and Education wrote this blog for the NCSA earlier in the week:https://staysafeonline.org/blog/garfield-invades-data-privacy-day/
• The Center also hosted its Annual Cyber Safety Day Tampa Bay event on Tuesday. Thanks to local businesses, the Center provided a free Garfield Cyber Safety Adventures lesson to 5,433 local 3^rdand 4^th graders at 55 schools in the Tampa area.

(ISC)² Community Privacy Discussion Group

The (ISC)² Community portal has discussion groups where cybersecurity professionals can gather to discuss a wide variety of trends and topics. A discussion group on Privacy can be found here: https://community.isc2.org/t5/Privacy/bd-p/GDPR

The discussion group includes threads like the following, with useful links to additional resources.

• Privacy problems loom in an interconnected world
• Scientists Endorse “Contact Tracing Apps”
• Securing Photos on Mobile Phones

(ISC)² Webinars

Our award-winning webinar program offers in-depth discussions among experts in the field. The five privacy-focused episodes below can be viewed on demand:

• Privacy’s Increasing Role in Cybersecurity: A View from Spirion and the IAPP – https://www.isc2.org/en/News-and-Events/Webinars/ThinkTank?commid=436982
• You Want to Do What with My Cell Phone? Privacy Rights at Border Crossings – https://www.isc2.org/en/News-and-Events/Webinars/ThinkTank?commid=306581
• Get Encrypted! Examining Emerging DNS Privacy Standard – https://www.isc2.org/News-and-Events/Webinars/Security-Briefing?commid=370586
• Privacy Laws, Cyber Cases and the Changing Landscape – https://www.isc2.org/news-and-events/webinars/security-congress?commid=392332
• GDPR – What You Need to Know – A Panel Discussion – https://www.isc2.org/news-and-events/webinars/security-congress?commid=310077