How much is your personal Data worth?

“When I was at uni I went out to a restaurant with my future wife. She was in her final year at the time and had all her dissertation notes in the car. We parked near the restaurant in a really dodgy area. I said ‘I hope the cars still here when we get back’ and my girlfriends said ‘Yeah all my data will be gone’. I remember this conversation, it wasn’t an argument but a disagreement. She was claiming the data in the car was the most valuable asset and I was claiming the car itself was. And by the way don’t tell her this but she was right”. Raj Samani

Raj Samani is a Chief Data Scientist at McAfee.

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Raj has led a genuinely action-packed life. He has assisted multiple law enforcement agencies in cybercrime cases and is also a special advisor to the European Cybercrime Centre in the Hague. A member of the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame, and technical editor for a number of security publications, Raj lives and breathes security.

Over the years he has developed a keen eye for spotting security issues in businesses. He can communicate the solutions to these problems to technical and non-technical people alike, ensuring everyone in a business is on the same page in regards to their security practices. Creating company-wide security policies is the main focus of today’s show. In addition, Raj puts a price on your personal data and looks toward the future of cybersecurity.