Debra Farber

Debra J. Farber is a globally-recognized Privacy, Security and Ethical Tech Advisor and CEO of Principled LLC. Through Principled, she works with early and growth stage startups to craft go-to-market messaging that resonates with privacy, security, and data governance executives; evangelizes privacy-by-design and privacy engineering methodologies and tactics; and evaluates the uses of distributed ledger technologies, verified credentials, and decentralized identifiers for building ethical, transparent, verifiable, and trusted technology. She thrives when she pours her passion into the development of ethical ecosystems. 

Debra serves as Metaverse Guardians Program Lead at XR Safety Institute (XRSI), Advisor to The Rise of Privacy Tech, a member of The Metaverse Reality Check oversight board, and a member of The Open Voice Network’s Industry Advisory Council. Previously, Debra was a privacy and security leader at Amazon Prime Video, AWS, BigID, Visa, and IBM.