“Tomorrowist” Podcast Episode
Lessons from a Spy: Evolving Insider Threats — and Why Leaders Can’t Ignore Human Risk
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As cyber threats evolve, organizations face growing human vulnerabilities and increasing insider threat risk. This conversation with Shawnee Delaney, former Clandestine Services Officer and CEO of Vaillance Group, breaks down how modern threats — from AI-driven attacks to misinformation and societal pressures — are reshaping risk, and what leaders need to know to safeguard organizations before it’s too late.
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Episode Guest
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Shawnee Delaney
Shawnee Delaney is the founder and CEO of Vaillance Group and an award-winning globally recognized expert in human risk management, insider threat, and security investigations. As a decorated former Clandestine Services Officer with nearly a decade at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), she conducted human intelligence (HUMINT) operations worldwide, including four combat zone tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, ultimately serving as both Detachment Chief and Supervisory Branch Chief. After leaving DIA, Shawnee supported the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in protecting U.S. critical infrastructure with the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) before leading the creation of insider threat programs at Fortune 500 companies such as Uber and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Shawnee has advised nation-states, multinational corporations, and startups alike on preventing, detecting, and managing insider threats and continues to be a highly sought-after keynote speaker and consultant on insider threat, cybersecurity, and risk management. She has written articles or been cited on Insider Threat in publications such as the Cipher Brief, USA Today, Fox Business, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, the Hill, Spyscape, Associated Press, Benzinga, and the Financial Times, among other international periodicals. She holds master’s degrees in Counter-Terrorism & Counter-Proliferation and Cybersecurity and is currently completing a third in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
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