2nd Annual Cyber & IT Summit at the Denver Federal Center at Denver Federal Center – Lakewood, CO

Join the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) – Northern Colorado Chapter on Thursday, August 28, 2025, for the 2nd Annual Cyber & IT Summit at the Denver Federal Center. The event will take place at GSA Building 41 in the Remington Arms Conference Room from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. There is no fee to attend for government/military, ISSA members, and DAMA – RMC members. CPE/CEU credit will be awarded, and lunch will be provided.This event is open to all those that are interested.You do not have to attend the full day. You may attend as many, or as few sessions as your schedule allow, or just come for the exhibits and lunch.

** THE AGENDA IS POSTED BELOW **

Keynote Speakers:

• Keynote Topic: Breached but Not Broken: Tales from the Incident Response Trenches – Merlin Namuth, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), City & County of Denver

• Keynote Topic: Volt & Salt Typhoon: Existing and Persisting! – COL Brad Rhodes, G6/CIO, 63rd Readiness Division, U.S. Army Reserve | Deputy for Ops, Energy Threat Analysis Center Department of Energy (DOE)

Speakers:

• Inside Scattered Spider and Other Threat Groups: Social Engineering and MFA Fatigue in Government Cybersecurity – Laura Harder, Flight Commander, US Air Force Reserves | ISSA International Board Member | Northern Colorado ISSA President
• Security Automation Reimagined: SOAR Evolution and AI-Powered Security Operations – Navid Wlotzka – Principal Solutions Engineer – Federal, Tines
• To Identity and Beyond: why you may not be who you say you are – COL Jeff Worthington, USA (Ret.), Public Sector Executive Strategist, CrowdStrike
• Zero Trust in Action: Real-world Lessons from Federal Implementations using NIST 800-207 – Nicholas Arnett, Sales Engineer, Government Acquisitions, Inc. (GAI)
• Beyond the Checkbox: Bridging the Gap Between Compliance and True Risk Reduction– Melissa Wooten, Solutions Architect, Synack

The summit will feature cybersecurity awareness and technical briefs from government and industry SME Speakers, as well as cyber and IT exhibits. Learn, collaborate, network, discuss best practice, and explore the most up to date remediation strategies in cyber!

Exhibit/Sponsor

• Interested in exhibiting/sponsoring the summit? Reach out to us at info@ssewest.com
• CURRENT SPONSORS ARE LISTED BELOW !

More Information on the ISSA – Northern Colorado Chapter

For more infomation CLICK HERE to visit the ISSA – Northern Colorado Chapter website.