How Saronic Scales Security at the Speed of Defense
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In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Delia Midamba, Director of Physical Security at Saronic, an Austin-based defense technology company building autonomous vessels for the U.S. Navy. Before Saronic, Delia built and led security programs at Splunk, Cloudflare, and Cohesity, and started her career as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. State Department.
Delia shares what it's really like to build a security program from scratch at a company where the stakes are national defense. That means navigating trade compliance, multi-site consistency, and protecting technology that real lives may one day depend on.
She dives into how she manages visitor compliance workflows, keeps security consistent across multiple sites, and balances a frictionless employee experience with the requirements of a regulated environment. Some key lessons from the conversation include: security works best when it enables the business rather than blocks it, consistency across sites reduces risk and creates a better employee experience, and the biggest security variable is always human behavior.
This episode is a must-listen for physical security leaders, workplace and operations professionals in regulated or defense environments, and anyone building a security program at a fast-scaling company.
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