Former DIA Spy Shawnee Delaney on Recruiting Insiders for a Living
Former Spy and intelligence officer, Shawnee Delaney, join us. She is the founder and CEO of Vaillance Group (https://www.vaillancegroup.com) and spent nearly a decade with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a decorated Clandestine Services Officer conducting Human Intelligence (HUMINT)...
Former Spy and intelligence officer, Shawnee Delaney, join us. She is the founder and CEO of Vaillance Group (https://www.vaillancegroup.com) and spent nearly a decade with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a decorated Clandestine Services Officer conducting Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations all over the world.
She served four combat zone tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Case Officer and Detachment Chief and served as a Supervisory Branch Chief in Europe.
Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction and Background
- 00:30 Shawnee's Expertise in Cybersecurity and Counterintelligence
- 02:21 The Influence of Shawnee's Family and Childhood
- 04:01 Shawnee's Work with the Defense Intelligence Agency
- 08:04 Stories from Shawnee's Government Service
- 15:07 Difference Between Insider Risk and Insider Threat
- 20:01 Mitigating Insider Risk and Threat
- 24:28 Security Awareness and Training Programs
- 32:12 Building a Security Culture
- 41:27 Insider Threat Program at Uber
- 46:12 Lessons Learned from Uber
- 52:41 Upcoming Books on Insider Threat and Cybersecurity Education
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Chapters
- 0:00 Former DIA Spy Shawnee Delaney on Recruiting Insiders for a Living
- 3:29 Background
- 4:02 Expertise in Cybersecurity and Counterintelligence
- 4:30 The Influence of Shawnee's Family and Childhood
- 5:44 Shawnee's Work with the Defense Intelligence Agency
- 9:10 Stories from Shawnee's Government Service
- 16:49 Difference Between Insider Risk and Insider Threat
- 21:58 Mitigating Insider Risk and Threat
- 27:35 Security Awareness and Training Programs
- 34:41 Building a Security Culture
- 43:25 Insider Threat Program at Uber
- 48:24 Lessons Learned from Uber
- 52:32 Upcoming Books on Insider Threat and Cybersecurity Education