Val LeTellier ran security, intelligence, and counterintelligence operations as a State Department Diplomatic Security Special Agent and CIA Operations Officer. Twenty years penetrating foreign intelligence targets and recruiting sources provided him an intimate understanding of the psychology of insiders.
Following government service, he co-founded a cyber security firm that combined CIA HUMINT and NSA technical expertise for insider risk vulnerability assessment and countermeasure design. He has designed, implemented, and overseen insider threat programs for leading private and public sector organizations.
He holds a MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Project Management Professional (PMP), Red Team Thinker (RTT) and CERT Insider Threat Vulnerability Assessor (ITVA).
