John O. Thorne
A career CIA officer specializing in Technical and HUMINT Operations entered the commercial sector after the pandemic ended a role as a European based NATO SOF Sensitive Site Exploration trainer He found a second career as a Digital Forensics/Insider Threat specialist.
In January 2025, applied threat intelligence identified multiple North Korean IT workers in the enterprise network for $Employer.
This talk will provide digital forensic, network log analysis, and Humint methodologies applied to identify the active human threats inside the network.
Session
In early 2025, former Intelligence Officers in the commercial sector identified and removed foreign actors from physical and virtual access to a major portion of US Infrastructure. Using a commercial blend of HUMINT, OSINT, Digital Forensics and AI, the risk posed was mitigated through long hours developing new defensive techniques with AI and old-school OSS tradecraft. This talk will equip the attendees to better protect their network, their employer, and their clients.