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Michelle Dennedy

VP, Chief Privacy Officer

Security and Trust Organization

Michelle is the VP and Chief Privacy Officer at Cisco and works to raise awareness and create tools that promote privacy, quality, integrity, respect and asset level possibilities for data. Michelle is passionate about data privacy and protection, and for building better technology that matters. She works closely with families, executives, innovators and dreamers at all levels and in businesses & organizations at all stages to support the combination of policy, practice and tools.

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February 8, 2019

SECURITY

A Rising Tide: Why We All Need Data Privacy Laws

Billions of connections are made online every single day—at work, at home, and at play. What’s the common thread linking all these connections and the people making them? Data. Lots and lots of data. For our customers, it’s not just any data, though—it’s data that describes employees and their custo…

December 6, 2018

SECURITY

Making Data Work for Businesses and Citizens with Data Curation and Sound Data Privacy Practices

Interest in data privacy has never been higher on the heels of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and a constant rash of serious data privacy breaches making the news. The trend will continue, and it’s important for everyone to understand that the lens through which we view data priv…

August 14, 2018

SECURITY

Analyze This: Why Data Matters to Operational Success, Business Acceleration, and More

When you think of day-to-day operations, it’s usually about lowering costs and improving efficiency. Sure, there’s a need to have security and privacy controls, but at the operational level, is there a real desire to understand data—and make it work harder for you? In today’s competitive landscape,…

June 11, 2018

SECURITY

Data Privacy Makes Its Presence Known at Cisco Live 2018

I’m excited to be attending Cisco Live US in Orlando this week. We have a strong lineup of speakers and sessions, and lots of cool extras like hands-on labs, meet-the-expert conversations and social events. Of course, I’m most excited about engaging with customers who are interested in data privacy.…

May 23, 2018

SECURITY

Hello, GDPR Enforcement

It’s here. The much anticipated, oft-discussed, enforcement date of May 25 for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has arrived. GDPR is the most comprehensive regulatory reform in a generation, and its geographic scope extends far beyond European borders and affects all industries. This…

May 14, 2018

SECURITY

Calling All Data Nerds: Celebrate the 20th Episode of Privacy Sigma Riders with Us

You may have lots of good people collecting and analyzing data. But have you ever thought about how human bias and expectations can affect the results of your analysis? Or the quality of the decisions your company makes based on that analysis? My most recent podcast guest certainly has. Annie Duke h…

January 22, 2018

SECURITY

Three Things Businesses Can Do to Protect Data Privacy

In today’s global digital economy, protecting data privacy is a must. With customers all over the world, every company must be able to demonstrate how they are protecting data privacy to earn the trust of their customers, users, partners and employees. It starts with these three things. 1. Be transp…

January 5, 2018

SECURITY

Five Things You Can Do to Manage Your Privacy Now

The Internet of Things – the increasingly connected world in which we live – is rapidly expanding. We love our convenient and fun ​devices – ​like​ ​personal assistants, wearables, speakers, cameras, TVs, cars, home alarm systems, toys and appliances. But it’s important to understand that connected…

October 3, 2017

SECURITY

Online Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility – Yes, That Means You

While major corporate breaches and ransomware attacks like WannaCry continue to get the most attention, we are also seeing a rise in attacks that directly target consumers and employees. Lax company privacy measures and poor cyber hygiene make a hacker’s job easy and make us all prime targets. Natio…