Webinar: 12:00p MT
Q&A / Forum: 12:40p MT
Webinar:
Organizations face myriad unique security challenges, including the rising threat from insiders—those with privileged access who can cause harm from within, whether through malicious intent or unintentionally.
The U.S. government has a robust insider threat program to protect high-risk assets, including nuclear and defense programs. In this session, our expert will break down how these strategies can easily be adapted to safeguard cultural properties from internal risks. Learn how to identify warning signs, implement key program elements, and enhance security without disrupting organizational culture.
Learning Objectives:
- Define the five categories of insider threats and recognize common warning signs.
- Examine real-world case studies and the challenges of insider threat detection.
- Identify key elements of an effective insider threat program.
- Understand how government best practices can be adapted to cultural institutions.
Q&A / Open Forum:
Following the webinar presentation by world-renowned subject-matter expert, join us for a Q&A and open forum. Ask your presenter direct questions about the topic, and continue with a peer-to-peer discussion about insider threats and related concerns.
About your presenter:
Dr. Jennifer Hesterman is a retired Air Force colonel who served in three Pentagon tours and multiple command positions. Her final assignment was Vice Commander, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where she led installation security, including the protection of Air Force One. She is the recipient of the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service medal with 5 oak leaf clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with one star and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
After her military retirement in 2007, Dr. Hesterman worked as a cleared contractor researching terrorism, organized crime, radicalization, and the Dark Web. She now provides security assessments for our nation’s critical infrastructure, advises two DHS Security Centers of Excellence and instructs graduate school for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense. She serves as an Expert Witness, providing analysis, opinions, and testimony in legal cases involving death or injury related to deficient security measures.
She holds a doctoral degree from Benedictine University, Master of Science degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Air University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University. She was a National Defense Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, attended the Harvard Senior Executive Fellows program and was a senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University.
Dr. Hesterman’s book Soft Target Hardening: Protecting People from Attack was the ASIS Security Industry Book of the Year for 2015. The second edition was the ASIS Security Industry Book of the Year for 2019, and Social Sciences Book of the Year for Taylor & Francis. She also authored Soft Target Crisis Management (2016), The Terrorist-Criminal Nexus (2013) and numerous journal articles.
A lifelong space enthusiast and commercial astronaut hopeful, she conducts research for NASA and other agencies in austere and remote environments to help advance the future of human spaceflight. As an adventurer traveler, she’s explored both the North and South Poles, and many remote places in between.
