Cyber Focus Week (CFW) 2025 Schedule and Registration

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CFW Tech Tours, March 25th

TimeActivity
10:00 – 11:30 AM

Morning Tech Tour: Space ISAC, 3650 N. Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

During the tour, attendees will learn about the history, mission and vision of the Space ISAC. We will tour through the Cyber Vulnerability Lab and the Watch Center. 

The Cyber Vulnerability lab is a sandbox environment that allows for pen testing and malware analysis on a segmented network. This lab will allow commercial Space Organizations to host research projects to include students, academia, commercial, and government. Commercial space companies will test systems for deployment, with a direct interface with the Watch Center to inform Vulnerability Analysis. This lab is currently in its Pilot Phase. 

The Watch Center fuses disparate data sources to create a complete picture of ground and space for collective defense of the global space community. Space ISAC analysts track adversary activity across segments. Initial operating capability converges on the cyber and physical threats to the space domain.

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TimeActivity
13:30 – 15:30 PM

A tour of the UCCS primary data center and discussion of how a large open enterprise operates like a small city while keeping everything secure.

  • Destination Address: University Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
  • UCCS Arrival Time: 12:45 PM
  • In-processing Time: 12:45 PM to 1:15 PM
  • Tour Time: 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM (walk-thru w/Q&A)
  • UCCS Release Time: 3:00 PM
  • Capacity: 30 people
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CFW Forum, March 26th at UCCS Berger Hall

Speaker Bios

 

TimeActivity
7:00 – 8:15 AMSetup/Attendee Check in
8:15 – 8:30 AMCall to Order/Opening Announcements & Opening Keynote Introduction
8:30 – 9:15 AMSpeaker #1/Opening Keynote – Dr. Erik Huffman, AI and Social Engineering
9:15 – 9:25 AMBreak
9:25 – 10:10 AMSpeaker #2 – Danika Hannon, Generative AI vs. Human Psychology
10:10 – 10:20 AMBreak
10:20 – 11:05 AMSpeaker #3 – Eric Nordberg, ISC2 Pikes Peak Chapter, Establishing Artificial
Intelligence Ethical Trust
11:05 – 11:15 AMBreak
11:15 AM – 12:00 PMSpeaker #4 – USSS – Derek Booth & Jared Lobato, Current Cybersecurity Trends and the
Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to include Defending Against Emerging Threats
12:00 – 12:45 PMBreak/Lunch
12:45 – 1:30 PMSpeaker #5/Afternoon Keynote – Dr. Shawn Murray, How Israeli Military Intelligence
is Developing the Most Advanced Cybersecurity Professionals in the World
1:30 – 1:40 PMBreak
1:40 – 2:25 PMSpeaker #6 – Rock Lambros, AI in Critical Infrastructure: Ethical and Security
Challenges
2:25 – 2:35 PMBreak
2:35 – 3:20 PMSpeaker #7 – Eric Crump, OWASP Colorado Springs Chapter, Building a Home Lab in the
Cloud with AWS and CloudGoat
3:20 – 3:30 PMBreak
3:30 – 4:15 PMSpeaker #8/Closing Keynote – Stan Richister, Social Engineering, Past and
Present
4:15 – 4:45 PMCFW 2025 Review and Call to Close
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CFW 27 March

Capture The Flag: Sponsored by Exabeam and Rubrik
Career Fair: Sponsored by Cleared Careers
Mentoring Matters Mixer: Sponsored by Rise Executive Coaching

 

TimeActivity
9:00-11:00 AM

Exabeam: Exabeam CTF

The Exabeam Capture the Flag (CTF) competition presents participants with a series of challenges. Solving a challenge earns a “flag” and points. This competition allows participants to test the Exabeam approach to Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR). Exabeam technical experts provide in-game support. Exabeam CTF topics vary and include Advanced Analytics, Compromised Insiders, Malicious Insiders, Phishing, and Ransomware. Participation in the Exabeam CTF entitles attendees to 1 Hour of Continuing Professional Education credits (1 CPE).

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Presented by Exabeam and ISSA-COS. Hosted by UCCS at the Kevin W. O’Neill Cybersecurity Education & Research Center

TimeActivity
1:00 – 3:00 PM

Rubrik: Camp Rubrik
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IMPORTANT NOTE: You will need to bring your own laptop to participate in this online event.
Experience the next frontier in cybersecurity in a virtual lab environment led by our technical experts, and get all your questions answered during a 2-hour hands-on bootcamp. Our team will walk you through a simulated ransomware attack and the recovery process that entails. You’ll see how Rubrik reduces the complexity and effort associated with protecting your data, along with monitoring for risk, recovering your data, and restoring your applications, with assurance.

Presented by Rubrik and ISSA-COS. Hosted by UCCS at the Kevin W. O’Neill Cybersecurity Education & Research Center

TimeActivity
2:00 – 5:00 PM

Career Fair: Sponsored and Facilitated by Cleared Careers, LLC
See the Cleared Careers website for more information and to register:

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Presented by Cleared Careers and ISSA-COS. Hosted by UCCS in Berger Hall

TimeActivity
5:00 – 8:00 PM

Mentoring Matters Mixer
Check-in starts at 4:30, presentations at 5:00.

Thanks for attending! Next Mentoring Mattes Mixer is June 5th, 2025

Presented by Rise Executive Coaching and ISSA-COS. Hosted by UCCS at the Kevin W. O’Neill Cybersecurity Education & Research Center

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