In a Q&A with Inside Counsel, Judith Beach, global chief privacy officer of Quintiles, discusses her path to a career in privacy, the structure of her privacy team and the skills and personality traits that make great chief privacy officers, among other topics. Beach says she sees the privacy industry growing through creating qualified professionals via certifications like the IAPP’s CIPP and CIPM, and she encourages privacy pros to work with adjacent professionals. “Have an expert monitor your privacy and security practices and conduct breach simulations and consider lining up more than one firm for support of a potential breach response in case there are capacity issues at a particular firm,” Beach advises.
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