About the IAPP

Edwin A. Brockner is the Senior Privacy Analyst at Valley Bank, a top regional bank with branch and commercial banking offices across New Jersey, New York, Florida, Alabama, California, and Illinois, where he serves as the Bank’s subject matter expert on privacy-related programs and initiatives. This may include participating in ad-hoc internal design discussions to ensure Privacy by Design (PbD) measures are kept afront or monitoring current and proposed laws and regulations for recommendations to policy development. He also performs privacy impact assessments, privacy rights requests, and training and education development for the Bank.

Prior to Valley Bank, Edwin worked in internal information technology (IT) operations at one of the largest accounting firms in the U.S before shifting over to their cybersecurity and privacy advisory practice. In the advisory practice, he was responsible for performing IT General Controls (ITGC) and IT Application Controls (ITAC) assessments, evaluating cybersecurity and resiliency programs, and conducting external penetration tests for clients. Edwin holds his master’s degree in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity from Seton Hall University School of Law and bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).