Associate, Data Privacy and Protection

Title: Technology & Transformation (based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – Associate, Data Privacy and Protection

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Work you’ll do

Serve as an integral part of the Southeast Asia Digital Privacy and Trust Team to advise clients across SEA, at the intersection of Data Privacy/Protection, Data Security, and Data Governance. Provide advisory services to clients, such as conducting gap assessments, providing suitable recommendations and supporting clients in implementing these recommendations, including technological solution implementation such as PrivacyOps and Privacy Enhancing Technology (“PET”) solutions, as well as Data Protection solutions such as Data Loss Prevention (“DLP”) and Data Tokenisation solutions, etc.

• Support the conduct of fieldwork on client’s policies, documentation, and processes against applicable bases (e.g. regulations, industry standards, etc.) as part of assessments and drafting of reports;

• Support implementation efforts in relation to drafting of policies, templates, processes, etc. to assist client’s remediation of gaps;

• Support coordination of project activities internally and with the client project team as required to drive the engagement;

• Support the conduct of training sessions to clients as part of project delivery, such as drafting training decks, coordinating administrative matters for the training conduct, etc.;

• Support activities as relevant and required for implementation of data privacy/protection, security, and governance technological solutions, including development of requirements specifications and test scripts, conducting configuration activities and testing, etc.;

• Conduct research as required in relation to client engagements, publications, and/or other purposes as required.

Your role as a leader

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• Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal learning and development.
• Understand how our daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and business.
• Understand the set expectations and demonstrate accountability in keeping personal performance on track.
• Actively focus on developing effective communications and relationship-building skills with stakeholders, clients and team.
• Demonstrate an appreciation for working with others.
• Understand what is fundamental to Deloitte’s success as a business.
• Demonstrate integrity and an awareness of strengths, differences, and personal impact.
• Develop their understanding of Deloitte and offer a fresh perspective.

Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university. Prefer relevant fields such as Law, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or modules around data management, governance, protection and/or privacy;

• Analytical mind with good troubleshooting skills;

• Able to conduct and manage project activities independently;

• Interest in data privacy, governance, and protection;

• Fluent in English (written and spoken). 

• Certifications such as CIPM, CIPP, CIPT, CISM, CISSP, CISA, etc. is an advantage;

• Coding knowledge is a bonus.

• Proven track record of implementing Data Privacy technologies such as PrivacyOps (e.g. consent management, data discovery and inventory, etc.), and/or Data Protection technologies such as Data Loss Prevention, Data Classification, Masking or Tokenization Technology, Encryption, Backup, etc.

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