Mission

The mission of the Colorado Office of Cyber Security (OCS) is directly aligned with the goals and objectives of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace and is the single state source for cyber security readiness and awareness.  Working closely with federal, state, local and private sector partners, the Office of Cyber Security actively gathers and analyzes information on cyber threats and vulnerabilities that present risk to the state's information systems or the critical information managed within.

This office is also an innovative leader in continuing professional development program such as the CISO Lecture Series which was established in August 2007 as a means of exposing state and local IT professionals to some of the best and brightest individuals in the industry.  Each guest speaker is hand selected by the CISO himself for qualification, competency, and subject matter expertise.  Invited speakers and workshops involve a wide range of discussions on cutting-edge topics such as computer forensics, botnets and bot-hunting, "Google" hacking, and more.  The CISO Lecture Series seeks to articulate the importance of continuing education in the IT and cyber security field, at the same time fostering local relationships among the IT community.

Goals and Objectives