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Welcome to the 2025 Rocky Mountain Cybersecurity Symposium + RMUG

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Friday, June 20
 

7:00am MDT

Breakfast
Friday June 20, 2025 7:00am - 8:15am MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
Friday June 20, 2025 7:00am - 8:15am MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
  Food, Breakfast

8:15am MDT

Staying Safe in an AI-Enhanced Digital World
Friday June 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am MDT
LH174
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of every aspect of our digital lives, bringing both incredible opportunities and new challenges. In this session, we’ll explore the promises and risks associated with AI's swift evolution. Learn how to harness AI as a powerful asset while staying alert to potential pitfalls. We’ll discuss strategies to ensure AI remains a beneficial tool rather than a threat, and how to thoughtfully integrate AI into your personal and professional practices. Whether you're new to AI or looking to sharpen your understanding, this session will help you navigate the AI-enhanced digital world with greater confidence and caution.
Speakers
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Mike Morrison

OBS Global
Mike has over 30 years of experience in Information Technology including 18 years in Security. Mike’s experience includes assisting organizations with establishing and maintaining security programs and providing guidance on measuring the effectiveness of security controls to ensure... Read More →
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Melissa Erikson

Senior Consultant & Public Sector Business Development Lead, OBS Global
Friday June 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am MDT
LH174
  RMCS - Awareness Track

8:15am MDT

Deception For Fun and Profit.... But Mostly Fun
Friday June 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am MDT
LH Gym
In this session John will share a number of free and highly effective deception techniques you can implement right now to make hackers and pentesters cry. Because their tears make the best wine.  Also, a full cloud-based VM environment will be provided to all attendees so they can play along.
Speakers
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John Strand

Owner & Security Analyst, Black Hills Information Security
Friday June 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am MDT
LH Gym
  RMCS - Technical Track

9:00am MDT

Neurodivergence and ADHD: Harnessing Unique Strengths in Cybersecurity
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
LH174
In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, diverse cognitive approaches are critical to addressing complex challenges. This presentation focuses on neurodivergence, particularly ADHD, and its impact on professionals in the cybersecurity field. By exploring the unique strengths and challenges associated with ADHD, this presentation is designed to help individuals better understand their personal neurodivergent traits and develop practical strategies for managing day-to-day life.
Speakers
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Erin Ford

Director of Counseling, Casper College
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
LH174
  RMCS - Awareness Track

9:00am MDT

Guarding the Gates Wrong: A Real-World Tale of Ransomware and Human Error
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
LH Gym
Business and their cybersecurity professionals face an ongoing battle against evolving threats, but what happens when the very tools designed to protect an organization fail, not because of the technology itself, but because of misconfiguration and lack of training.  I will provide a real-world scenario of how a major manufacturing institution suffered a catastrophic ransomware attack despite investing in a cutting-edge endpoint security solution.
Speakers
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Noelle Keller

Palo Alto Networks
Noelle Keller has a well-rounded background in tech, from hands-on work racking and networking servers in data centers to diving into devops and specializing in endpoint security. She earned her bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wyoming and has multiple... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
LH Gym
  RMCS - Technical Track

9:45am MDT

Break
Friday June 20, 2025 9:45am - 10:00am MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
Friday June 20, 2025 9:45am - 10:00am MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
  Food, Break

10:00am MDT

Unmasking the Digital Doppelgänger: How Generative AI Can be used to Hijack Your Identity
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
LH174
Explore the unsettling reality of generative AI tools capable of mimicking voices, faces, and identities. Learn how free and inexpensive tools can be used to create convincing digital doppelgängers, posing security risks and ethical challenges. This presentation delves into these emerging threats, raising awareness about protecting personal information and understanding the implications for privacy.
Speakers
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Brian Clark

Network Coordinator, Casper College
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Kent Brooks

Director of Information Technology, Casper College
IT Director @caspercollege , Teller of Tales, & Author.  I write down stuff I do, plus a little more #cio #cloud #mobile  #dustbowl #oldwest #coloradohistory... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
LH174
  RMCS - Awareness Track

10:00am MDT

How To Prevent Phishing With DMARC, SPF, and DKIM
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
LH Gym
Only 20% of companies use DMARC, SPF, and DKIM, global anti-domain-spoofing standards which could significantly cut down on phishing attacks. But even when they are enabled, 81% of phishing attacks still continue to sail right through to the end-user. Come learn why. Attend this presentation to learn how to enable DMARC, SPF, DKIM the right way! Then learn the six reasons why phishing still might get through and what you can do to maximize your defenses.
Speakers
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Roger Grimes

Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, KnowBe4
Roger Grimes is KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, is a 36+-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications and an award-winning author of 15 books and over 1,500 magazine articles on computer security. He now serves as the Data-Driven... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
LH Gym
  RMCS - Technical Track

10:45am MDT

Operationalizing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in Higher Education Colleges and Universities
Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
LH174
Conducting federally funded research increasingly handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), which requires strong cybersecurity practices. This presentation will highlight how Florida State University (FSU) applies the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to manage cyber risks across its Secure Data Enclave (NEST). The talk will cover how FSU adapted CSF functions—Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover—within academic workflows and research technology platforms. Attendees will gain insight into aligning institutional security goals with federal expectations while maintaining usability and scalability across research domains.
Speakers
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Pritish Pandit

CUI Compliance & Innovation Intern, Information Technology Services, Florida State University
Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
LH174
  RMCS - Awareness Track

10:45am MDT

HECVAT 2025 Updates: Better than Ever
Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
LH Gym
HECVAT 2025 Updates: Better than Ever - Many updates are routine, but the HECVAT 2025 update isn’t routine! The higher education information security, privacy, IT accessibility, other communities, and the HECVAT working group have collaborated on the biggest HECVAT update yet! Our session will go over the HECVAT 2025 updates, future plans, and ask for your feedback on HECVAT on how it’ll work for smaller campuses. We want to hear your thoughts on what additional documentation is needed and how it could be developed. We’ll also go over other third-party risk management community activities and where we need you to get involved to build more resources for the community and the service providers that support us.
Speakers
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Nick Lewis

Internet2 Program Manager, Internet2
Nick Lewis (CISSP) is a Program Manager for Security and Identity. Nick has held positions at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Children’s Hospital Boston, and was ISO at Saint Louis University. Nick holds an MS in Information Assurance from Norwich and Telecommunications... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
LH Gym
  RMCS - Technical Track

11:30am MDT

Lunch
Friday June 20, 2025 11:30am - 2:00pm MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
Sit and relax until you are finished eating.
Friday June 20, 2025 11:30am - 2:00pm MDT
LH Doornbos Lounge (Registration Area)
  Food, Lunch
 

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