
About this episode
In this episode, Omar Turner, Managing Director of Cloud Security at Microsoft, discusses data privacy and protection.
Key takeaways:
- Data protection and privacy
- Evaluating smaller vs. big companies
- Stakeholder buy-in
- Data protection/privacy divergence from security
- Classifying data
- Privacy defines who has access
- Being aware of the data you have
- Understanding data sovereignty
About today’s guest: Omar A. Turner is a Managing Director of Cloud Security for Microsoft. He brings over 25 years of experience supporting, deploying, architecting, and securing solutions for startups and globally recognized organizations. He holds numerous certifications, including the CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, CISA, CDPSE, and CISM, and holds B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Omar is passionate about cybersecurity enablement and training and career mentoring for those looking to start their journey in the fantastic and important field of cloud security.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarturner/
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