# Pursuing privacy-first security

Emily Hancock – Chief Privacy Officer, Cloudflare

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Emily brings 25 years of experience practicing data protection law to providing strategic leadership on global data privacy issues, working cross-functionally with product, security, policy, and legal teams to advance privacy-first security.

### Articles in this series

#### How security and privacy can partner together

The regulatory environment continues to become more complex — maintaining compliance will require privacy and security teams to bolster collaboration, better track data, and strengthen security

[Watch (13 min)](/content/the-net/privacy-first-security/index.html)

#### Navigating data localization and compliance

The GDPR has triggered numerous regulatory actions based on the dubious idea that localizing data makes it more private and secure — organizations need ways to meet localization obligations without impacting user experiences

[Read (4 min)](/content/the-net/pursuing-privacy-first-security/data-localization/index.html)

#### Balancing privacy and business risk

Deep dive into the risks and costs of underinvesting in security, and how security and privacy leaders can be powerful partners in convincing their organizations why investments in security are so important

[Read (6 min)](/content/the-net/pursuing-privacy-first-security/balancing-privacy/index.html)

#### Pursuing privacy-first security

Data privacy has been elevated as a matter of importance to mitigating risk — now more than ever, CISOs must collaborate with their CPOs to implement a privacy-first security program

[Read (6 min)](/content/the-net/pursuing-privacy-first-security/privacy-led-security/index.html)