Grant Waterfall is a partner on international assignment from the PwC UK London office. He is based in New York and is PwC’s global cybersecurity, privacy and technology risk assurance leader. He primarily serves Fortune 500 clients in the areas of cybersecurity, cross border privacy and IT Risk. After joining PwC in 1994, Grant held a number of positions across the firm in Europe and the U.S. He is a risk and controls specialist with a strong background of advising clients on developing their information risk management and assurance functions. Over the past 7 years he has been responsible for building and leading the UK cybersecurity and IT Risk Assurance practice and developing PwC’s digital practice. Grant has a long history in large-scale systems implementation projects, large program assurance, systems assurance, outsourcing and offshoring projects, cybersecurity, privacy and IT risk management. Grant also has led internal audit co-sourcing assignments at a number of companies and has led the systems and process assurance elements of a number of multinational audits. This experience has equipped him to work seamlessly across IT and finance functions and with internal auditors and external auditors while also effectively communicating issues with Boards and audit committees. Grant is a chartered accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
The classroom experience has been revolutionized by advances in school technology; armed with data from student devices, teachers can personalize instruction and provide real-time feedback. And while this technological boom in digital solutions for the classroom is critical to student learning, a major concern remains: how do we ensure the privacy and protection of student data?
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