Professional opportunities

Explore the professional opportunities that personal data protection has: 
 
Data protection officer: in charge of performing preventive and proactive functions related to the European Data Protection Regulation. They supervise, coordinate and disclose the organisation's data protection policy. It is also the point of contact with the control authority, such as the Catalan Data Protection Authority. 
 
Cybersecurity and privacy expert: specialises in cybersecurity and protects the data held by entities and companies in a digital world where technology advances rapidly. The security of systems is fundamental, especially in the face of cyber-attacks, which are increasingly frequent and complex. Some roles experts hold in this field are:

• Security specialist in networks and privacy. 
• Information systems security consultant. 
• Security auditor of information systems. 
• Network and systems administrator. 
• Forensic expert. 
• Implementer of information security management systems (ISMS). 
• Consultant on e-administration projects. 
• Expert in developing applications and secure web services.  

Researcher in the field of PET (Privacy Enhancing Technologies): researches state-of-the-art techniques to improve privacy and develop patterns for privacy solutions.

Privacy engineer: creates tools and processes that apply privacy protection measures to personal data. This figure integrates privacy protection into systems and inspects code prior to deployment for risk assessment purposes.