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# Cat Easdon
Privacy Engineer at Dynatrace turning tech policy into secure code.

## About

Cat Easdon works as a Privacy Engineer at Dynatrace, translating privacy laws directly into code. Before focusing on building security controls into the software development lifecycle, she spent time in academia hacking CPUs to uncover how hardware leaks data.

Her work explores the specific, actionable developer side of data protection. Her talk on privacy by design in the SDLC broke down how standard API design and logging practices can unintentionally trigger GDPR violations.

Away from the keyboard, you can usually find her knee-deep in snow in the mountains.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2024 · July 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany
- [Privacy by Design in the SDLC: Why, When, How?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/77-privacy-by-design-in) · 30 min