Data Privacy Challenges and Where to Start with Skyflow’s Ari Hoffman

Ari Hoffman has spent his career helping businesses implement and solve technically challenging problems at companies like Cisco and Fivserv. Today, he serves as the Director of Customer Programs at Skyflow, where he helps Skyflow customers tackle their privacy and security challenges.

Ari joins the show to share his expertise about the common privacy challenges and use cases businesses are facing today and how to break apart these challenges into bite-sized and manageable pieces.

Ari discusses his career path, why he joined Skyflow, Skyflow Data Privacy Vault, and how companies are using this technology to address some of the biggest privacy and security challenges that face them today. Talking through specific examples, like PCI compliance, PII data protection, data minimization and governance, Ari provides actionable advice for businesses looking to get a handle on data privacy, security, and compliance.

Topics:

• How did you end up working in the privacy space and why Skyflow?
• What is Skyflow? What does it do and how do customers use it?
• What are some of the common use cases and challenges companies are trying to solve when it comes to data privacy?
• How does a company avoid big bang security implementations?
• How do you avoid this being an overwhelming problem that stops a company from taking action?
• How long will an implementation actually take? Do companies need to scope out 6 months or more to make this change?
• How can I have flexibility to work with any payment vendor, or maybe even multiple vendors, but not take on the responsibility of PCI compliance myself?
• If I'm using 10 different PCI systems today, how do I disentangle that and migrate to something that’s more flexible and simple to manage?
• What about protecting data beyond credit card data? Where do I begin to start locking this down?
• Are you seeing concentrated customer areas and trends thus far?
• What are some of the most popular Skyflow features that customers use?
• What are some of the best practices for privacy implementations?
• Thoughts on the future of privacy for businesses and consumers?
• What are the big gaps in data privacy today? What future technology or development are you excited about?
• Where should someone looking to learn more about the data privacy space begin?

Resources:

• Skyflow
• Skyflow Demo