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Working Group

Data Privacy Engineering

The Data Privacy Engineering Working Group (DPE WG) is chartered with the mission to integrate privacy-centric methodologies into development workflows, architecture design, and data science methodologies.
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Data Privacy Engineering
The Data Privacy Engineering Working Group (DPE WG) is chartered with the mission to integrate privacy-centric methodologies into development workflows, architecture design, and data science methodologies. Collectively referred to as “DataSecOps”, these elements comprise end-to-end data privacy practices wherein data is definitively scoped, inventoried, classified and secured over a total data lifecycle as an inherent part of a digital work product.  This integration aims to ensure compliance, data protection, and secure data management in cloud environments. The WG will develop guidelines for incorporating privacy engineering into DataSecOps—including Differential Privacy as one such approach, create privacy-centric tools, foster professional collaboration, and promote awareness about privacy engineering, with a special emphasis on the application and implications of Differential Privacy in DataSecOps. The group is led by Chair(s), working in collaboration with CSA leadership, membership-at-large, and the broader community of interest.

Drafts & Important Links

Circle Community / Working Group Signup
Working Group Charter

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Working Group Leadership

Josh Buker
Josh Buker

Josh Buker

Research Analyst, CSA

Working Group Co-Chairs

Steve Foster
Steve Foster

Steve Foster

Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Data Security within AI EnvironmentsAug 29, 2025
AICM Auditing GuidelinesSep 03, 2025
A Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Quantum CryptographySep 17, 2025
Cloud Threat Modeling 2025Sep 19, 2025
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Who can join?

Anyone can join a working group, whether you have years of experience or want to just participate as a fly on the wall.

What is the time commitment?

The time commitment for this group varies depending on the project. You can spend a 15 minutes helping review a publication that's nearly finished or help author a publication from start to finish.

Virtual Meetings

Attend our next meeting. You can just listen in to decide if this group is a good for you or you can choose to actively participate. During these calls we discuss current projects, and well as share ideas for new projects. This is a good way to meet the other members of the group. You can view all research meetings here.

Aug

27

Wed, August 27, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
CSA DPE Working Group
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CSA Data Privacy Engineering (DPE) Working Group

This is the biweekly recurring meeting for the DPE Working group.

Sep

10

Wed, September 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
CSA DPE Working Group
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CSA Data Privacy Engineering (DPE) Working Group

This is the biweekly recurring meeting for the DPE Working group.

Sep

24

Wed, September 24, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
CSA DPE Working Group
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CSA Data Privacy Engineering (DPE) Working Group

This is the biweekly recurring meeting for the DPE Working group.

Oct

8

Wed, October 8, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
CSA DPE Working Group
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CSA Data Privacy Engineering (DPE) Working Group

This is the biweekly recurring meeting for the DPE Working group.

Oct

22

Wed, October 22, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
CSA DPE Working Group
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CSA Data Privacy Engineering (DPE) Working Group

This is the biweekly recurring meeting for the DPE Working group.

Open Peer Reviews

Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.

Learn how to participate in a peer review here.

Data Security within AI Environments

Open Until: 08/29/2025

 AI’s demand for large and diverse datasets introduces significant cybersecurity risks across the entire data lifecycl...

AICM Auditing Guidelines

Open Until: 09/03/2025

Auditing steps for each of the 243 controls of the AI Controls Matrix for internal or external auditors that are going to e...

A Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Open Until: 09/17/2025

As quantum computing advances, the threat it poses to classical cryptographic algorithms becomes increasingly urgent. This ...

Cloud Threat Modeling 2025

Open Until: 09/19/2025

The purpose of this document is to enable and encourage effective threat modeling for cloud applications, services, and sec...