Speaking

Dawn McCarty delivers criminology-first keynotes and briefings globally for lawyers, MHPs, regulators, and survivor conferences, decoding coercive human systems.

Recognize. Investigate. Interdict.

Dawn McCarty translates complicated psychological manipulation, enmeshment, and predator tactics into clear, operational concepts. Her presentations connect forensic evidence protocols with daily human behavior, providing audiences with tools to recognize indicators of compromise in organizations, families, and public systems.

As she travels internationally, she brings customized, evidence-conscious frameworks directly to those tasked with safeguarding children, litigating coercive abuse, or drafting public protective regulations.

Target Audience Fit

Core Audiences

Lawyers & Barristers: Understanding evidence stacks in family law.
Mental Health Professionals: Deconstructing cult dynamics.
Regulators & Agencies: Restoring institutional perimeters.
Media Outlets: Providing structured, bounded commentary.
Survivor Networks: Supporting narrative reclamation.

Signature Keynotes

Speaking and briefing themes built around Dawn McCarty’s original behavioral frameworks.

The Mechanics of the Human Breach

Predators Don’t Hack Devices. They Hack Humans.

A deconstruction of the Human Perimeter™ and the Human Breach. Discover how predatory actors borrow credibility, exploit trust, normalize their presence, and progressively consolidate control long before victims or organizations recognize the threat.

BEHAVIORAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

Same Tactics. Different Battlefields.

One behavioral architecture. Many environments. Examine how coercive control, grooming, cult dynamics, trafficking, organizational abuse, and online manipulation rely on the same underlying behavioral mechanisms, even when the settings appear completely different.

Cyber-Informed Behavioral Analysis™

Thinking Like a Behavioral Investigator.

Learn how cybersecurity principles such as attack surfaces, indicators of compromise, defense-in-depth, and threat modeling become powerful tools for recognizing human threat pathways and understanding coercive systems through observable behavior.

Forensic Behavioral Intelligence™

Revealing the Invisible Crime Scene.

Learn how chronology, behavioral baselines, communication audits, and disciplined inference reveal hidden patterns of coercion through evidence-conscious analysis, making invisible behavioral evidence visible before traditional evidence tells the full story.

Predator Prevention Protocol™

Recognize. Investigate. Interdict.

An operational framework for recognizing behavioral threat pathways before exploitation succeeds. Participants learn practical strategies for interrupting the Human Breach and strengthening protective systems across families, schools, organizations, and communities.

Lived Expertise

When Survivors Become Strategists.

Discover how disciplined analysis, healing, and lived expertise work together to interrupt behavioral inheritance before coercive systems become generational legacies, transforming survivors into educators, leaders, and agents of prevention.

For Event Organizers

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Presentation Requirements: Professional AV specifications are included in the Speaker & Media Kit.
Engagement Availability: Available for domestic and international conferences, executive briefings, and advisory engagements.
Planning Consultation: Every presentation begins with a collaborative planning conversation tailored to your audience, objectives, and event goals.

Speaking Inquiries

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Whether you’re planning a keynote, executive briefing, conference session, media interview, podcast, or private event, we’d love to learn about your audience and objectives so we can recommend the presentation that best fits your organization.

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Once your engagement is confirmed, these introductions are available for moderators, emcees, and event organizers. Please choose the version that best fits your event format and timing.

Short Introduction (30 Seconds • Podcasts & Panels)

Standard Introduction (60 Seconds • Conferences & Universities)

“Dawn McCarty is a criminologist, behavioral strategist, cybersecurity expert, and author whose work bridges behavioral criminology, cybersecurity, and lived experience to help people recognize human threat pathways before harm occurs.

She is the founder of Securing Everything and Thrivers Speak®, and co-founder of the Nothing About Us, Without Us (NAUWOU™) Conference. Through her original framework, Cyber-Informed Behavioral Analysis™, Dawn reverse-engineers the observable pathways of trust, influence, access, and control that precede exploitation, helping organizations and communities recognize risks before harm occurs.

Her work has received national and international recognition for advancing prevention, cybersecurity awareness, and survivor-informed behavioral education. She is the author of the forthcoming memoir Sealed to My Abductor, which chronicles the lived experiences that inspired her work in behavioral investigation and prevention. Please join me in welcoming Dawn McCarty.”

Executive Introduction (90 Seconds • Keynotes & Governance)

“Our speaker today is Dawn McCarty, a criminologist, behavioral strategist, cybersecurity expert, and author whose work bridges behavioral criminology, cybersecurity, and lived experience to help organizations recognize human threat pathways before harm occurs.

As founder of Securing Everything and Thrivers Speak®, and co-founder of the Nothing About Us, Without Us (NAUWOU™) Conference, Dawn has dedicated her career to advancing prevention through evidence-conscious behavioral analysis, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public education. Her work spans cybersecurity, coercive control, online predator prevention, child psychological abuse, and behavioral threat recognition, bringing together disciplines that have traditionally operated in isolation.

Through her original framework, Cyber-Informed Behavioral Analysis™, Dawn reverse-engineers the observable pathways of trust, influence, access, and control that precede exploitation. Her work helps leaders, investigators, educators, clinicians, and policymakers recognize behavioral risks earlier—shifting the conversation from reacting to harm toward preventing it.

Her work has received national and international recognition through professional awards, conferences, and media for advancing prevention, cybersecurity awareness, and survivor-informed behavioral education. She is the author of the forthcoming memoir Sealed to My Abductor, the true story that became the foundation for her work on recognizing and interrupting coercive behavioral systems. Please join me in welcoming Dawn McCarty.”

Host Notes: (NAUWOU™) is included in print materials to identify the conference acronym and trademark. It does not need to be spoken during the introduction. Hosts may simply say “the Nothing About Us, Without Us Conference.”

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