Shawnee Delaney Speaking Topics

• Human Vulnerabilities in Cybersecurity: Strategies for Mitigating Social Engineering and Insider Threats

  This presentation will provide an overview on what the term "insider threat" actually encompasses, from unintentional acts to malicious acts, and everything in between. It will provide details and case studies on malicious insider acts, psychological motivations of a malicious actor, and the Critical Pathway. The Critical Pathway, as identified by Shaw and Sellers, explains how personal predispositions, stressors, and concerning behaviors can lead up to Insider Threat-like behaviors and/or malicious acts. In addition, this presentation will discuss:

  How the human factor impacts organizations

  How your company's culture can affect insider threat

  How both spies and social engineers work similarly to target you and your employees to gain access to your organization's most sensitive data

  How one's personal motivations and vulnerabilities can leave their organization vulnerable,

  How organizations can establish an employment lifecycle program in order to understand important interdependencies, touchpoints, interactions, and gaps in insider protection strategies

• The Art of Espionage: Understanding the Fundamentals of Spycraft

  Espionage is real and is all around us. Think you would never be recruited as a spy? Think again. In this presentation you will learn from a former Case Officer • a Spy • how she used to target and recruit people just like you. From elicitation at airport gates to surveillance of unwitting people, hear the tricks and techniques she leveraged against various targets of all walks of life and how you can prepare if you suspect you are ever approached. This talk covers both human and cyber security tactics used and addresses how today’s malicious actors including hackers, nation states, and organized criminal groups, use the same techniques as spies.

Stealing Innovation: Understanding the Threat of Corporate Espionage and Intellectual Property Theft

Given by a former spy, this talk provides details on the different types of espionage and how they can affect your organization. It will cover industrial espionage, corporate espionage, and foreign espionage in detail, offering examples of motivations to conduct espionage, costs, how spies are recruited, and case studies on various threat actors.

The Hidden Enemy: Detecting and Preventing Insider Threats to Intellectual Property

There are a variety of motivations for conducting theft of intellectual property and/or trade secrets. This talk will cover the various types of Intellectual property theft, differences between intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected information. It will include suggestions for how to better protect this information and what threats are targeting it, including hackers, nation states, insider threats, and technical threats.

From Onboarding to Offboarding: Mastering the Art of Employment Lifecycle Management

An employee’s lifecycle encompasses several stages throughout their career. This begins with recruitment and concludes with resignation, retirement, or termination. This talk addresses how organizations can establish an employment lifecycle program in order to give employees consistency throughout their careers and teaches you how to prevent insider threats as a result. It also provides a framework to understand important interdependencies, touchpoints, interactions, and gaps in insider protection strategies.

It will cover:

• What is an insider threat?
• What is employment lifecycle management?
• How the human factor impacts organizations
• Best practices for mitigating insider threat by managing the employment lifecycle

From Creation to Protection: Navigating the Complexities of Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets in the Age of Cybercrime

There are a variety of motivations for conducting theft of intellectual property and/or trade secrets. This talk will cover the various types of Intellectual property theft, differences between intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected information. It will include suggestions for how to better protect this information and what threats are targeting it, including hackers, nation states, insider threats, and technical threats.

In addition, this presentation will discuss:

• How the human factor impacts organizations
• Psychological aspects of a malicious actor
• How both spies and social engineers work similarly to target you and your employees to gain access to your organization's most sensitive data.
• How one's personal motivations and vulnerabilities can leave their organization vulnerable
• How organizations can establish an employment lifecycle program in order to understand important interdependencies, touchpoints, interactions, and gaps in insider protection strategies