Charles Finfrock

Charles Finfrock spent 18 years in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations conducting and leading clandestine operations overseas to collect foreign intelligence, run counterintelligence operations, and conducting covert action at the direction of the President.

Charles joined CIA shortly before 9/11 and he spent the majority of his career in the Middle East and Europe. After leaving CIA in January 2019, Charles joined Tesla as its first Insider Threat program manager. Charles developed Tesla’s corporate Insider Threat program and led its implementation of the Insider Threat program in North America, Europe and China. Charles also led Tesla’s global information security investigations program to respond to loss of confidential or proprietary information worldwide.

Charles left Tesla in October 2021 to focus full time on a company he founded, Vigilance. Vigilance provides bespoke and discreet investigative and private intelligence and counterintelligence services to its clients. Charles is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Bitcoin Professional, and an expert in cryptocurrency. He is a sought-after speaker on the human elements of Insider Threat, Chinese Economic Espionage, Cryptocurrency, and detecting and preventing scams and fraud using cryptocurrency.