Nishant Bhajaria

Author of "Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers" and Director of Engineering - Assurance and TrustDirector of Engineering - Assurance and Trust Facebook

Nishant Bhajaria, Director of Engineering - Assurance and TrustDirector of Engineering - Assurance and Trust, Facebook Nishant is an industry-renowned cybersecurity and privacy executive. He has built cross-functional organizations and products to grow B2B/B2C platforms and capabilities while protecting customer data, maintaining compliance and earning trust. Over 20 years, he has worked with various internal (engineering, PR, product, legal) and external stakeholders (regulators, standards bodies, policy-makers) to fuse engagement and growth with efficiency, maturity and governance. He has spoken extensively on privacy and security; has taught on LinkedIn several online courses on privacy, security, career management and inclusive tech; he has published a book on privacy and security engineering and also co-authored a paper on the tensions between Covid-19, contact tracing and privacy sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the ISO (International Standards Organization) on Privacy/Security and was part of the body that authored the ISO 27701 data protection standard.