030: Shawn Henry – Cybercrime, Computer Intrusion
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2016
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Shawn Henry reviews cybercrime, the global computer intrusion threat and cyber security. During his career, Shawn held multiple positions relating to cybercrime and computer intrusions, including Deputy Assistant Director and Assistant Director of the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters; Supervisor of the FBI Cyber Crime Squad in Baltimore; and Chief of the Computer Investigations Unit within the FBI-led National Infrastructure Protection Center. He managed computer crime investigations spanning the globe, including denial-of-service attacks, bank and corporate breaches, and state-sponsored computer intrusions. When he retired from the Bureau in 2012, he was overseeing all criminal and cyber investigations worldwide as an Executive Assistant Director (EAD).
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to episode 30 of FBI Retired Case File Review with |
| 0:08.4 | Jerry Williams. In this episode we get to speak to retired executive assistant director |
| 0:15.8 | Sean Henry. Now Sean served in the FBI for 24 years when he left the |
| 0:21.7 | Bureau in 2012 he was overseeing all criminal and cyber investigations |
| 0:27.3 | worldwide. During his career, Sean held multiple positions relating to cybercrime and computer intrusions, including Deputy |
| 0:36.5 | Assistant Director and Assistant Director of the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters, |
| 0:41.9 | Supervisor of the FBI Cyber Crime Squad in Baltimore, and chief of the computer |
| 0:47.4 | investigative unit within the FBI-led National Infrastructure Protection Center. |
| 0:53.0 | Sean managed ComputerCom Investigations spanning the globe, |
| 0:57.0 | including denial of services attacks, |
| 1:00.0 | bank and corporate breaches, |
| 1:02.0 | and state-sponsored computer intrusion. |
| 1:05.0 | Currently, Sean is a president of Crowd Strike Services |
| 1:09.0 | and leads a team of cybersecurity professionals |
| 1:12.0 | who investigate and mitigate targeted attacks on computer |
| 1:15.9 | networks. |
| 1:17.3 | So basically what I'm saying is Sean knows cybercrime and I'm very honored to have the opportunity to interview him on the show. |
| 1:27.0 | Sean is what we call in the FBI an HBO, a High Bureau official. |
| 1:32.8 | Now I'm looking at Sean's bio right now |
| 1:36.2 | and it says here that he has been featured on every major media |
| 1:41.0 | network including 60 minutes |
| 1:43.7 | CBS Evening News CNN |
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