Shadows Within: A Spy Unmasks How Insider Risk Affects Cyber Security

About this episode

Former spy Shawnee Delaney discusses the impact of insider risk on cyber security.

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 &n...

People in this episode

Host: David Mauro

Guest: Shawnee Delaney

Topics covered

• insider risk
• cyber security
• intelligence operations
• human intelligence
• spy
• military service

Keywords

• cyber security
• insider threat
• HUMINT
• intelligence
• spy operations
• military
• Defense Intelligence Agency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vaillance Group, Defense Intelligence Agency

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