ISACA CDPSE Training Boot Camp
Infosec's Certified Data and Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) Boot Camp offers a natural progression for IT professionals who are tasked with designing, implementing and managing the technology that stores, collects and transports PII, as well as ensuring that privacy is considered in the design.
Earn your CDPSE, guaranteed!
- Five days of expert, live CDPSE training
- Exam Pass Guarantee
- Exam voucher
- Unlimited practice exam attempts
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
- Free annual Infosec Skills subscription ($599 value!)
- 1-year access to all boot camp video replays and materials
- 12-month subscription to the ISACA Official Question, Answer & Explanation (QAE) database
- Knowledge Transfer Guarantee
Certification details
As privacy requires complex collaboration across multiple functions in an organization, CDPSE is designed to validate privacy technologists’ ability to work cross-functionally with the legal team, policy department, engineers, software developers, database administrators, and back-end and front-end experts, while playing a key role throughout the planning, development and delivery of IT privacy solutions.
Training overview
Infosec’s CDPSE boot camp was created for IT professionals engaged in creating and implementing technical privacy solutions and data scientists/analysts who mine and analyze data for customer insights. CDPSE showcases your technical expertise and validates your understanding and ability to implement privacy-enhanced design working cross-functionally with legal, policy, DBAs, engineers, software developers and back-end and front-end experts. This is the only privacy certification that is experience-based and requires certification holders to maintain and add to their knowledge and skills through CPEs.
What you'll learn
The Certified Data and Privacy Solutions Engineer CDPSE boot camp ensures that you will be able to:
- Learn the specific requirements for passing the CDPSE Exam and attaining your certification
- Review key concepts, tasks and knowledge related to the duties of a privacy practitioner
- Learn successful methods of evaluating exam questions and answers, including analysis and explanations
- Review useful, proven information on study and exam-time management
Who should attend
- Data scientists
- Data analysts
- Lead software engineers – data and system privacy
- IT project managers
- Privacy analysts
- Privacy advisors
- Security and privacy consultants
- Lead privacy managers
- Security and privacy engineers
- Software engineers – backend privacy
- Engineering management – privacy engineering
- Domain architect – legal care compliance, privacy
- Privacy solutions architects
- Information security engineers – user data protection
Prerequisites
- 5 years of work experience performing the work described within the exam content outline.
- Experience must be earned in a minimum of two CDPSE Exam Content Outline DomainsÂ
- Experience waivers: Holding one of the following certifications: CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CSX-P, FIP reduces the work experience requirements to 3 years
Everything you need to earn your CDPSE
- Five days of expert, live CDPSE training
- Exam Pass Guarantee
- Exam voucher
- Unlimited practice exam attempts
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
- Free annual Infosec Skills subscription ($599 value!)
- 1-year access to all boot camp video replays and materials
- 12-month subscription to the ISACA Official Question, Answer & Explanation (QAE) database
- Knowledge Transfer Guarantee

Exam Pass Guarantee
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CDPSE training schedule
Infosec’s CDPSE training is more than just a boot camp. We support you before, during and after your live training to ensure you’re fully prepared for your exam — and get certified on your first attempt.
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Before your boot camp
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Start learning now. You’ll get immediate access to all the content in Infosec Skills, including an in-depth CDSPE prep course, the moment you enroll. Prepare for your live boot camp, uncover your knowledge gaps and maximize your training experience.
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During your boot camp
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Exam Content Outline
Domain 1 – Privacy Governance (34%)
Governance
- Personal Data and Information
- Privacy Laws and Standards across Jurisdictions
- Privacy Documentation (e.g., Policies, Guidelines)
- Legal Purpose, Consent, and Legitimate Interest
- Data Subject Rights
Management
- Roles and Responsibilities related to Data
- Privacy Training and Awareness
- Vendor and Third-Party Management
- Audit Process
- Privacy Incident Management
Risk Management
- Risk Management Process
- Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
- Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities related to Privacy
Domain 2 – Privacy Architecture (36%)
Infrastructure
- Technology Stacks
- Cloud-based Services
- Endpoints
- Remote Access
- System Hardening
Applications and Software
- Secure Development Lifecycle (e.g., Privacy by Design)
- Applications and Software Hardening
- APIs and Services
- Tracking Technologies
Technical Privacy Controls
- Communication and Transport Protocols
- Encryption, Hashing, and De-identification
- Key Management
- Monitoring and Logging
- Identity and Access Management
Domain 3 – Data Cycle (30%)
Data Purpose
- Data Inventory and Classification (e.g., Tagging, Tracking, SOR)
- Data Quality and Accuracy
- Dataflow and Usage Diagrams
- Data Use Limitation
- Data Analytics (e.g., Aggregation, AI, Machine Learning, Big Data)
Data Persistence
- Data Minimization (e.g., De-identification, Anonymization)
- Data Migration
- Data Storage
- Data Warehousing (e.g., Data Lake)
- Data Retention and Archiving
- Data Destruction
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After your boot camp
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Your boot camp includes a 1-year subscription to Infosec Skills, so you can take additional time to prepare for your exam, get a head start on your next certification goal or start earning CPEs.
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