The Human Price for Data and Privacy Protection with Rob Mcdonald

Rob McDonald, SVP of Platform at Virtru joins the podcast to double-click into the privacy and data discussion. We explore subsidizing the pain of giving personal data in exchange for 'free' services, informed consent, regulation alone isn't a silver bullet, and what outcomes we could we drive when we combine user decisions with regulation. And he shares insights on behaviors that come with innovation, data as common denominator, regulations such as GDPR and CCPA as progress markers (and not the final destination), the criticality of the CIO/CISO as storyteller and recognizing our front line defenders are people (not robots!). Rob McDonald, SVP Plaftorm at Virtru Rob is the SVP of Platform and an advocate of safeguarding data across new applications and data-sharing workflows. Prior to Virtru, Rob was the CIO for several Acute Care facilities and Denovo Healthcare development teams. His significant expertise in the healthcare industry earned him a spot in Becker's Review as a 2013 and 2014 Top 100 Healthcare CIOs. Rob has also consulted with corporations to help them assess their current information security position and develop a plan to not only mitigate the discovered technical shortcomings but more critically to raise security awareness amongst their employees. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a perpetual student of technology, information security, and privacy practices. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at

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The Human Price for Data and Privacy Protection with Rob Mcdonald is an episode from To The Point - Cybersecurity by Rachael Lyon.

This episode is 44:02 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2026.

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