Merlin Namuth is Chief Information Security Officer at the City and County of Denver supporting over 50 agencies and departments. He has worked in cybersecurity for over 26 years. His comprehensive experience spanning several industries includes leading several different security programs, creating strategy & building security programs from the ground up, advancing existing security programs, mergers and acquisitions, managing incident response teams, compliance, architecture, and engineering complex security solutions. Namuth has served as advisor to security startup companies. He has presented at numerous conferences both domestically and internationally, been interviewed on renowned security podcasts, and frequently writes blogs and articles.