Welcome to Certified: The ISACA CDPSE Audio Course. I’m going to guide you through the ideas and skills that sit behind the Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer credential, in a way that’s clear, exam-aligned, and grounded in how privacy actually works inside organizations. You can expect focused episodes that build your understanding step by step, from privacy governance and data life cycle thinking to privacy by design practices that hold up under real delivery pressure. We’ll keep the language straightforward, define terms in context, and connect each topic to the kinds of decisions you make when you handle personal data, assess vendors, review designs, or respond to incidents.

To get the most from this course, treat it like a repeatable routine instead of a one-time listen. Start from the beginning, keep your pace steady, and replay episodes when a concept feels slippery, because reinforcement is part of the method. If you’re studying close to an exam date, you can also rotate back through the areas that feel weakest and listen for the decision rules and keywords that show up in questions. Most importantly, keep showing up even on busy weeks—short, consistent sessions add up fast. Follow the show so new episodes land automatically, and subscribe so you can stay in rhythm as you move toward test day.

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First Episodes

Episode 1 — Decode what the CDPSE exam actually tests across real privacy engineering work

This episode explains how CDPSE maps privacy engineering work into four exam domains so you can study with a job-relevant mental model instead of memorizing isolated f...

Episode 2 — Build a spoken 30-day CDPSE study plan that tracks every tested objective

This episode builds a 30-day, audio-friendly study plan that aligns directly to what CDPSE tests, with a clear sequence that mirrors how privacy engineering happens in...

Episode 3 — Exam Acronyms: High-Yield Audio Reference for Fast CDPSE Recall

This episode gives you a high-yield acronym reference designed for CDPSE-style questions where time pressure and similar-looking options can cause avoidable mistakes. ...

Episode 4 — Recognize personal information precisely across systems, contexts, and data types

This episode teaches you to identify personal information accurately, even when it is fragmented across systems, transformed through analytics, or combined with other ...

Episode 5 — Apply privacy principles like Privacy by Design, consent, and transparency end-to-end (Domain 1A-2 Privacy Principles)

This episode covers core privacy principles and how to apply them as engineering requirements across collection, use, sharing, storage, and deletion, which is how CDPS...

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