Merlin Namuth is the Chief Information Security Officer at the City and County of Denver.  He has worked in cybersecurity for over 25 years. His comprehensive experience spanning several industries includes leading 6 different security programs, creating strategy and building security programs from the ground up, advancing existing security programs, mergers and acquisitions, managing incident response teams, digital forensics, compliance, architecture, and engineering complex security solutions both on-prem and in the Cloud. Namuth has served as an advisor to security startup companies. He has presented at numerous conferences, including RSA Conference both domestically and internationally, been interviewed on renowned security podcasts, and frequently writes blogs and articles.