Are Red Teams the secret weapon for privacy and AI with Rebecca Balebako

Sustainable Compliance

In today’s episode, we dive deep into the world of privacy red teams—where the goal isn’t just to protect data, but to break it first. Join us as we explore how this adversarial approach helps businesses identify and fix vulnerabilities before they become threats.

Your host Jacob Høedt Larsen speaks to red team expert, Rebecca Balebako.

Rebecca is a Privacy Engineer, who has worked with RAND corporation and Google. She now runs her own business, Balebako Privacy Engineer in Switzerland.

Find her on: https://www.privacyengineer.ch/

In this episode we talk about he e-book on adversarial privacy testing. Get your free copy here: https://www.privacyengineer.ch/blog/

We also talk about:

1. Why he chose data protection as a career
2. Why it is important
3. What he is interested about right new and
4. What he is most worried about when it comes to the future of data protection

Your host: Jacob Høedt Larsen, follow me on Linkedin for more news and views on compliance and privacy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobhoedtlarsen/

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