Ep. 293 - Security Awareness Series - From Banker to Spy to Cyber Security Expert with Peter Warmka

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Peter Warmka. Peter is a Former Senior Intelligence Officer with the CIA with over 20 years’ experience in breaching the security of organizations overseas.

Peter is the founder of the Orlando-based firm Counterintelligence Institute, LLC and an Adjunct Professor at Webster University’s Masters Cybersecurity Program. Peter is passionate about using his expertise in helping city, state, and federal government entities, non-profits, academic institutes, private companies, and individuals safeguard their sensitive proprietary and/or personal data. He is also the author of two books. [Feb 17, 2025]

00:00 - Intro

00:21 - Intro Links:

-          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

-          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

-          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

-          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

-          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

-          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

-          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                               

02:25 - Peter Warmka Intro

03:14 - Getting Recruited

12:11 - Working Above Cybersecurity

21:33 - Identifying Potential Candidates

23:20 - Tip to CISO's: Learn About AI

25:17 - The Importance of Guardrails

28:37 - Peter's Books

-          Confessions of a CIA Spy - Peter Warmka

-          Why Are You Messing With Me? - Peter Warmka

31:10 - Find Peter Warmka online

-          LinkedIn: in/peterwarmka

-          Website: counterintelligence-institute.com

32:18 - Wrap Up & Outro

-          www.social-engineer.com

-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org