Eric O'Neill Speaking Topics

• Leadership Under Pressure

  What You Can Learn from Spies, James Bond & Jason Bourne?

  What separates extraordinary leaders from everyone else? It isn’t luck. It isn’t perfect planning. And it certainly isn’t having all the answers.

  Former FBI counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill knows what it’s like to make life-changing decisions under extraordinary pressure. Tasked with helping expose Robert Hanssen, the most damaging spy in FBI history, Eric was thrust into an assignment he wasn’t trained for, against an adversary who had defeated the FBI for more than two decades. In this highly interactive masterclass, Eric combines gripping stories from the front lines of espionage with practical leadership lessons that every executive, entrepreneur, and professional can apply immediately. Through live audience polling, decision-making exercises, and real- world case studies, participants will discover how elite intelligence professionals assess risk, respond to uncertainty, recover from failure, and lead when the stakes are highest.

  Whether you’re leading an organization, building a business, or navigating your own pivotal career decisions, you’ll leave with a proven framework for making better decisions under pressure and inspiring others to do the same.

  Participants will learn how to:

  • Recognize opportunities before they disappear.
  • Make confident decisions without waiting for perfect information.
  • Turn setbacks and unexpected challenges into competitive advantages.
  • Invest time where it creates the greatest impact.
  • Build momentum through small wins when the odds seem stacked against them.
  • Take ownership of decisions and lead with courage and accountability.
  • The greatest lessons in leadership don’t come from the boardroom. Sometimes they come from the hunt for a spy.

  The greatest lessons in leadership don’t come from the boardroom. Sometimes they come from the hunt for a spy.

• Cybersecurity: Spies, Lies, Cybercrime, and You

  Dive headfirst into the battleground where foreign spies, deepfakes, and Dark Web criminals conspire to steal from you. Today’s adversaries are relentless and cunning. They’re exploiting every vulnerability, deploying an arsenal of generative AI bots and bandits. As we hurtle towards the future, cybertheft will take over $20 trillion USD from organizations just like yours. Join cybersecurity expert and legendary FBI spy hunter Eric O’Neill in this unexpected presentation. With fresh stories that read like a thriller, Eric teaches you to think like a spy catcher and win.

  Objectives:

  • Understand why cybercrime is the fastest growing business on earth
  • Understand the connection between espionage and dark web cybercrime
  • Learn counterintelligence techniques to protect yourself and your company from cybercrime
  • Learn to think like a spy hunter

• What separates Extraordinary Leaders From Everyone Else?

  It isn’t luck. It isn’t perfect planning. And it certainly isn’t having all the answers.

  Former FBI counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill knows what it’s like to make life changing decisions under extraordinary pressure. Tasked with helping expose Robert Hanssen, the most damaging spy in FBI history, Eric was thrust into an assignment he wasn’t trained for, against an adversary who had defeated the FBI for more than two decades.

  In this highly interactive masterclass, Eric combines gripping stories from the front lines of espionage with practical leadership lessons that every executive, entrepreneur, and professional can apply immediately. Through live audience polling, decision making exercises, and real world case studies, participants will discover how elite intelligence professionals assess risk, respond to uncertainty, recover from failure, and lead when the stakes are highest.

  Whether you’re leading an organization, building a business, or navigating your own pivotal career decisions, you’ll leave with a proven framework for making better decisions under pressure and inspiring others to do the same.

  Participants will learn how to:

  • Recognize opportunities before they disappear.
  • Make confident decisions without waiting for perfect information.
  • Turn setbacks and unexpected challenges into competitive advantages.
  • Invest time where it creates the greatest impact.
  • Build momentum through small wins when the odds seem stacked against them.
  • Take ownership of decisions and lead with courage and accountability.

  The greatest lessons in leadership don’t come from the boardroom. Sometimes they come from the hunt for a spy.

• Secrets from a Legendary Spyhunter: Decoding AI Deepfakes, Extortion & More

  AI-generated voices, texts, and images pose a grave threat to national security—and to you. The latest jaw-dropping stories include kidnapping calls to parents who hear their child’s wrenching cries for help. Elaborate video conferences that dupe teams into funding projects by bad actors. Ransomware from cyber-extortionists who hold your data hostage. In a world where technology drives our lives, you must take new steps to protect yourself and your organization. With his characteristic wit and storytelling, cybersecurity expert and legendary spyhunter Eric O’Neill tells you how to identify AI-fueled attacks…and stop them from taking your money.

  Objectives:

  • Understand how Generative AI has allowed cybercriminals to scale operations and improve attacks
  • Understand how cybercriminals use deepfakes to deceive victims
  • Learn how new advances in AI will change security
  • Learn what you can do to protect yourself from deepfake cyber attacks

• Data Is the Currency Of Our Lives: This Is How to Protect Yours

• Cybercrime: How Thieves Gain Your Trust, Break It, and Win

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