Zachary Ignoffo

Data privacy specialist, consumer psychologist, and foreign policy researcher.
Zachary gravitates towards the cutting edge fields of cybersecurity and privacy risk management to help organizations across industries safely pave the way into green pastures. Zachary has consulted IoT and IIoT companies on SSDLC and Privacy-by-Design, Fortune 500 retail companies on US and foreign governance documentation, and just about everything in between. Previously, Zachary got his start by working abroad in Shanghai as a Mandarin translator for a large, cybersecurity-consulting firm.

All articles by Zachary Ignoffo

Employee Monitoring Explained – How Your Employer Tracks You

Zachary Ignoffo - 7 June 2024

CCPA Compliance Made Simple – Step-by-Step Guide

Zachary Ignoffo - 6 June 2024

The New Use Case for NFTs – Solving Online Identity Verification

Zachary Ignoffo - 9 June 2022

Voter Records of 107 Million Americans are Sold on the Dark Web

Zachary Ignoffo - 1 June 2021

Dark Web Price Index 2021

Zachary Ignoffo - 8 March 2021

Featured articles by Zachary Ignoffo

Security

A Comprehensive Comparison of VPNs and Onion Routing (TOR)

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Privacy

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VPN

APN vs. VPN? - What’s the Difference?

In this article I will talk about the differences between a VPN and APN. In this guide, you will learn about: What is a VPN? […]

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