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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.
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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.

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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
Software-Defined Perimeter: Architecture Guide V3Dec 05, 2025
Zero Trust Guidance for Building a Resilient Enterprise EnvironmentDec 05, 2025
Standards-Benchmarks-MaturityDec 13, 2025
Open Source Red Teaming Tool: PyRIT Automation Capability in Agentic Red Team Testing EnvironmentsDec 13, 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.

Dec

3

Wed, December 3, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
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.

Dec

17

Wed, December 17, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
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.

Dec

31

Wed, December 31, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
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.

Jan

14

Wed, January 14, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
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.

Software-Defined Perimeter: Architecture Guide V3

Open Until: 12/05/2025

The increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the limitations of traditional network security models have led to the e...

Zero Trust Guidance for Building a Resilient Enterprise Environment

Open Until: 12/05/2025

Resiliency is an increasingly important global business and compliance priority across different jurisdictions and business...

Standards-Benchmarks-Maturity

Open Until: 12/13/2025

Standardization serves as a foundational backbone that enables uniqueness and diversity to flourish within structured envir...

Open Source Red Teaming Tool: PyRIT Automation Capability in Agentic Red Team Testing Environments

Open Until: 12/13/2025

This paper presents an open source red teaming tool for simulating adversarial attacks in modern systems. Designed for secu...