This week’s guest is Steve Hickman, the founder of Epistimis, a privacy-first process design tooling startup that evaluate rules and enables the fixing of privacy issues before they ever take effect. In our conversation, we discuss: why the biggest impediment to protecting and respecting privacy within organizations is the lack of a common language; why we need a common Privacy Ontology in addition to a Privacy Taxonomy; Epistimis' ontological approach and how it leverages semantic modeling for privacy rules checking; and, examples of how Epistimis Privacy Design Process tooling complements privacy tech solutions on the market, not compete with them.Topics Covered:How Steve’s deep engineering background in aerospace, retail, telecom, and then a short stint at Meta, led him to found Epistimis Why its been hard for companies to get privacy right at scaleHow Epistimis leverages 'semantic modeling' for rule checking and how this helps to scale privacy as part of an ontological approachThe definition of a Privacy Ontology and Steve's belief that all should use one for common understanding at all levels of the businessAdvice for designers, architects, and developers when it comes to creating and implementing privacy ontology, taxonomies & semantic modelsHow to make a Privacy Ontology usableHow Epistimis' process design tooling work with discovery and mapping platforms like BigID & Secuvy.aiHow Epistimis' process design tooling work along with a platform like Privado.ai, which scans a company's product code and then surfaces privacy risks in the code and detects processing activities for creating dynamic data mapsHow Epistimis' process design tooling works with PrivacyCode, which has a library of privacy objects, agile privacy implementations (e.g., success criteria & sample code), and delivers metrics on the privacy engineering process is goingSteve calls for collaborators who are interested in POCs and/or who can provide feedback on Epistimis' PbD processing toolingSteve describes what's next on the Epistimis roadmap, including wargamingResources Mentioned:Read Dan Solove's article, "Data is What Data Does: Regulating Based on Harm and Risk Instead of Sensitive Data"Guest Info:Connect with Steve on LinkedInReach out to Steve via EmailLearn more about EpistimisSend a text Privado.aiPrivacy assurance at the speed of product development. Get instant visibility w/ privacy code scans.Shifting Privacy Left MediaWhere privacy engineers gather, share, & learnDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Copyright © 2022 - 2024 Principled LLC. All rights reserved.

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