SPEAKERS

Eric Agan

Corporate Espionage Detection and Prevention

Dirk Anderson

Updates to the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) v. 9

Sean Andrews

Alison Atkins

Who’s Left Holding the Stick? Personal Liability for Cybersecurity Professionals

Eric Avigdor

Generative AI: The Worst Form of Shadow IT

Jon Baldwin

Cresset Capital
CISO
Maintaining Good CISO/Vendor relationships

Aaron Baldwin

Flipping the Script: From the Trenches to the C-Suite - Panel

Yaamini Barathi Mohan

Revolutionizing Cloud Security: How GenAI is Changing the Game

Raymond Baxter

Forvis Mazars

Deborah Blyth

CrowdStrike
Executive Strategist
Future-Proofing Your Cybersecurity Program

Kris Boesch

Afternoon Keynote Session - Kris Boesch - Author of Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace.

MIchael Borgia

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Partner
Who’s Left Holding the Stick? Personal Liability for Cybersecurity Professionals

Blake Boykin

Maintaining Good CISO/Vendor relationships

Jim Broome

DirectDefense, Inc
President
Is Cybersecurity a Blue-Collar Job? Exploring Alternative Pathways to Strengthen Our Industry

Cody Burrows

Women In Security - Afternoon Session

Chelsea Canada

Trends at the Capitol – How State Legislatures are Regulating and Using AI

Sabrina Caplis

RockCyber
Flipping the Script: From the Trenches to the C-Suite - Panel

Rupesh Chokshi

The Hidden Dangers of APIs: Key Insights and Strategies to Safeguard Your Business

Christopher Clark

Documoto
Cybersecurity Skills Gap Fallacies: What We Often Get Wrong And How To Fix It

William Clark

NCSL
Program Principal
Trends at the Capitol – How State Legislatures are Regulating and Using AI

Thomas Codevilla

SK&S Law Group
Partner, SK&S Law Group LLP
How to Integrate AI Governance into an existing Privacy Program

Tim Coogan

Regional Transportation District
Director and CISO Cybersecurity
Defending against Cyber Attacks: A Risk Management Approach

Ryan Coryell

Flipping the Script: From the Trenches to the C-Suite - Panel

Stephen Coury

City and County of Denver
Former CISO (Retired)
Women In Security - Afternoon Session

Peter DeFinis

TechForward IT LLC
Data Security, Privacy and Trust Walk Into A Bar...

Theresa DeGroote

Denver ISSA
Director of Membership/Women in Security
Women In Security - Morning Session
Women In Security - Afternoon Session

Stewart Deken

RubinBrown
Manager, Lead Digital Forensics Investigator
Legal Rights After a Business Email Compromise -- facing reality when prevention fails.

Suril Desai

Acalvio Technologies
When the IAM admin is the threat: tales from battling with insiders

Carlin Dornbusch

American Cyber Security Management
President
Boardroom Blunders - Cyber Risk in the Boardroom

Sloane Dreyer

Holland & Hart LLP
Associate Attorney
Legal Minds on AI: Bridging the Gap Between Law and Implementation

Erik Dullea

Husch Blackwell LLP
Attorney
Legal Rights After a Business Email Compromise -- facing reality when prevention fails.

Ken Dunham

Cyber CISO Marksmanship: Hitting the Mark in Cyber Security Leadership

Todd Felker

CrowdStrike
Director, Healthcare Industry Business Solution and Strategy
Explore a new era of SecOps and NG SIEM built on AI with blazing fast performance

Cher Fox

Fox Consulting
President
Data Security, Privacy and Trust Walk Into A Bar...

Will Greenblatt

Leadership Presence | Get promoted, win work, and inspire teams with confident speaking skills

Roger Grimes

KnowBe4, Inc.
Data-Driven Defense Evangelist
What's Wrong With Every Computer Defense and How to Fix

Patti Hallock

Trace3
Investigations Facilitator
Women In Security - Morning Session

Danika Hannon

Quantum Strategy Institute
Cybersecurity Master's Student
Women In Security - Afternoon Session
Responding to the Quantum Computing Threat

Laura Harder

Kaiser Permanente
Data Security, Privacy and Trust Walk Into A Bar...

Paul Herbka

American Cyber Security Management
Vice President
Women In Security - Afternoon Session
Boardroom Blunders - Cyber Risk in the Boardroom
Leadership, Cybersecurity & the CISO - Wish I Had Known ...

Jonathan Anthony Hernandez

Nationwide Children Hospital
Cybersecurity Specialist
Serving Up a Career Change: From Restaurant Server to Cybersecurity Professional

Scott Hogg

Hogg Networking
CTO
Large-Scale IPv6 Internet Reconnaissance

Janelle Hsia

Privacy SWAN Consulting
Principal
AI, Privacy, and Security: Striking the Perfect Balance

Christian Hyatt

risk3sixty
CEO and Co-Founder
ISO 42001: Inside the World's First Artificial Intelligence Certification

Justin Jetton

Veeva Systems
Weeding Out the Noise: Building Out an Effective CTI Process

James Johnson

Holland & Hart
CIO
Cyber CISO Marksmanship: Hitting the Mark in Cyber Security Leadership
Security at the Helm: CISOs Share Strategies for Enterprise Cyber Defense

Kim Jones

High Wire Networks
Chief Information Security Officer
Morning Keynote - Kim Jones, "The 21st Century CISO (version 2.0)"

Mike Jones

The Haunted Hacker
Afternoon Reception and Keynote Session - Mike Jones - The Haunted Hacker

Nalini Kaplan

American Cyber Security Management
Principal
Privacy Without Borders: A Practical Roadmap to Harmonizing Healthcare and Privacy Regulations

Shakira Kelly

Generative AI: The Worst Form of Shadow IT

Audrey Kessler

CoBank
Investigations Facilitator
Women In Security - Morning Session

Hoyt Kesterson

CNC Consulting
Senior Security & Risk Architect
The Effect of Quantum Computing on Digital Signatures

Indus Khaitan

Redblock AI
Orphan Accounts and Open Doors: Securing Disconnected Apps

Alex Kimata

Holland & Hart LLP
Associate
Legal Minds on AI: Bridging the Gap Between Law and Implementation

Gaelle Koanda

Bae space and mission system
Cybersecurity professional
Cloud security audit a Step-by-step approach

Tabatha Kossman

Investigations Facilitator
Women In Security - Morning Session
How I Used AI to Crush CTF Challenges and What I Learned Along the Way

Brian Krebs

Investigative Journalist & Cybersecurity Expert
Opening Keynote - Brian Krebs, Investigative Journalist & Cybersecurity Expert

Kyriakos Lambros

RockCyber, LLC
CEO & Founder
Preparing for AI Governance in Colorado’s Emerging Regulatory Environment
From Chaos to Control: Merging AI Strategy with Robust Governance

Ross Lazerowitz

Evolving Social Engineering Threats: From Traditional Tactics to AI-Powered Voice and Video Scams

Jason Lewkowicz

Ernst & Young
Who’s Left Holding the Stick? Personal Liability for Cybersecurity Professionals

Steve Linn

Practice makes Perfect - Table Top Exercise for a Ransomware Incident

Erin Locker

Privacy Considerations of Automated Decision-Making in the Age of AI

Kamal Maheshwari

Data Security, Privacy and Trust Walk Into A Bar...

Danny Manimbo

Schellman
Principal
Implementing and Operating an AI Management System with a Compliance Perspective

Charlie Marmon

CISA
Cybersecurity State Coordinator
Defending against Cyber Attacks: A Risk Management Approach

Merry Marwig

Privacy4Cars
Your Car's Hidden Passengers: Companies, Cops, and Criminals. Retake Control.

Joe McCallister

Unstuck in the Middle - I made it into Cyber, now what?

Scott McCandless

Flipping the Script: From the Trenches to the C-Suite - Panel
Maintaining Good CISO/Vendor relationships

Joe McComb

Cyber CISO Marksmanship: Hitting the Mark in Cyber Security Leadership

Keyanne McCray

Risk Governance Roundtable

Heidi McDonald

Investigations Facilitator
Women In Security - Morning Session

Chris McLaughlin

Johns Manville
CISO, Vice President - Denver Chapter
Seven Steps to a Sustainable OT Security Program

Chase Millea

Privacy Considerations of Automated Decision-Making in the Age of AI

Rich Mogull

Securosis/FireMon
Beyond the SOC: Scaling Response with the Incident Command System

Merlin Namuth CISSP, GCFA, GCIH, PMP

City and County of Denver
Chief Information Security Officer
Panic, Triage, Repeat: The Art of Cyber Crisis Management

David Navetta

Data with Borders: the DOJ's Final Sensitive Personal Information Access Rule

Nicole Nguyen

AI, Privacy, and Security: Striking the Perfect Balance

George Nsude

Cloud security audit a Step-by-step approach

Mike Pedrick

Your Car's Hidden Passengers: Companies, Cops, and Criminals. Retake Control.

Daniel Pietragallo

Preparing for AI Governance in Colorado’s Emerging Regulatory Environment

Justin Pollard

Your Car's Hidden Passengers: Companies, Cops, and Criminals. Retake Control.

Gopi Ramamoorthy

Symmetry
Orphan Accounts and Open Doors: Securing Disconnected Apps

Brian Reimer

Maintaining Good CISO/Vendor relationships

Richard Reinders

Digital Assets - securing keys, wallets and infrastructure (and what if it goes wrong)

Brad Rhodes

Volt and Salt Typhoon Living-off-the-Land (LOTL): The Rise of LOLBins

Shelley Rossell

Solventum
Cloud Security Architect
Women In Security - Morning Session

Rob Rudloff

RubinBrown LLP
Partner, Cyber Security Services
Legal Rights After a Business Email Compromise -- facing reality when prevention fails.

Mike Ruehmkorff

City of Hope
System Chief Information Security Officer
Explore a new era of SecOps and NG SIEM built on AI with blazing fast performance

Ben Ryder

The Anschutz Corporation
Security Program Manager
RACI in InfoSec - How understanding role responsibility and accountability can make everything better

Eric Sampson

Real-World Lessons from Compliance Failures

Rohit Satpathy

The PC Security Channel
Founder and CEO
So, you’ve been hacked: Jurassic Park Edition

Craig Savage

Carbon Black
Head of Enterprise Security
Protecting the unpatchable - what do you do when you can't apply a security patch?

Wayne Schepens

Cyber Risk Alliance
Chief Cyber Market Analyst
Generative AI: The Worst Form of Shadow IT

Josh Shepard

Observations in Obfuscation - Phishing Link Obfuscation Techniques

Scott Sherman

Security is no longer a Secret : Blame YouTube

Joe Sigman

Schellman
Implementing and Operating an AI Management System with a Compliance Perspective

Craig Stanland

Self--Employed
Reinvention Architect
How I Got Caught: A Deep Dive Into an 800K Fraud

David Stauss

Husch Blackwell LLP
Partner
Hot Topics in Privacy Law

Greg Sternberg

Evotek
Security Architect
You're not as worried about deep fakes as you should be.

Brian Sudis

American Cyber Security Management
vCISO
Leadership, Cybersecurity & the CISO - Wish I Had Known ...

Larisa Thomas

LIFT / NOX HEALTH
VP & CISO
Privacy Without Borders: A Practical Roadmap to Harmonizing Healthcare and Privacy Regulations

Chris Tuzeneu

CivITas Bank Solutions
Security on a Budget: Augmenting Your Program with Open Source Solutions

Frank Victory

Denver OWASP
Vice President
Beyond the Hype: Leveraging MITRE Caldera for Practical Risk Assessment

Blaise Wabo

A-LIGN
Healthcare Director
SOC 1 and SOC 2 Attestation Reports: Ensuring Trust and Compliance

Bob Wall

IronCore Labs, Inc
Illuminating the Dark Corners of AI: Exploiting Shadow Data in AI Models and Embeddings

Jeff Whitney

Legal Rights After a Business Email Compromise -- facing reality when prevention fails.

Keyaan Williams

CLASS-LLC
Managing Director
Risk Governance Roundtable

Steve Winterfeld

Akamai
Advisory CISO
How to partner with Federal Law Enforcement for Cybersecurity

Karen Worstell

W Risk Group LLC
Preparing for AI Governance in Colorado’s Emerging Regulatory Environment

Gina Yacone

Breaking the Illusion: Leading Through Security and Innovation in a Disruptive Era

David Zetoony

Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder
Hot Topics in Privacy Law