upcoming events

SEP 20, 2025. 1-9PM Cyber Defense Center and Force Labs hosted the Whiskey Ring Toss fun-raising game, a silent auction, and promoted our partnership with Veteran's Whiskey Society at this local event. Come out and visit with us!! https://www.downtowncastlerock.com/oktoberfest

SEP 12, 2025. 5PM Cyber Defense Center presents "Grids Under Siege: First-Strike Cyber Weapons in the Fifth Domain".   In this gripping session, our researchers dove into the shadowy world of electric grid hacking, focusing on sophisticated techniques that could destabilize cooperative and municipal grid operations, with Texas’ ERCOT system as a prime case study. This presentation includes real world case studies and an innovative Grid Collapse scenario.

SEP 5-7 2025. Cyber Defense Center and Force Labs were at Crimecon 2025 promoting the ForceLabs cybercrime mission and capabilities to assist small organizations, communities, and individuals to engage our expert charitable services to secure, respond, or investigate cybercrime incidents. 

JUL 26 2025. 11AM-4PM. Downtown Castle Rock. We hosted a Force Labs built fun-raiser - The Whiskey Ring Toss game - to bring fun and entertainment to our community while fun-raising for our community mission. This is a first of many town of Castle Rock events planned for 2025 and 2026.  

NOV 18-19, 3PM-3PM.  Arapahoe Community College Sturm Collaboration Campus Cyber Lab. We partnered ACC to hold our first collegiate competition.  We organized, designed flags, and donated trophies, food, and prizes to help students enrich their cyber security education with competition. This is part of our Force for the Future campaign that is aligned with Force Labs. See the event gallery here: https://forcelabs.org/events

MAY 14, 8:30AM.  Flying Horse North Golf Course. We partnered with Kingdom Builders Golf Tournament to assist this local not-for-profit with fun-raising.  We donated and helped raise additional funds for this worthy cause. 

MARCH 23, 12PM. We partnered with Honor Bell Foundation to assist this veteran's organization with Fun-raising. We donated and helped raise additional funds for this worthy cause. https://www.honorbell.org/events/2024/3/23/2024-welcome-home-celebration

FEB 29, 2024 - GIVE, BOWL, WIN! Go charity bowling and benefit local veteran causes at the WHISKEY BOWL this Leap Year, Feb 29 at Bowlero Littleton on County Line Road from 2-5PM. Register as a team or as an individual. This event is all inclusive. Over 100 rare whiskeys will be available, amazing prizes, and rare whiskey tastings. To register, go to forcelabs.org. All proceeds from this event benefit charity. The Whiskey Bowl, Littleton. Don’t miss it! Register at Forcelabs.org. Sponsored by the Veterans Whiskey Society and Force Labs. 

FEB 16, 2024 - Force Labs is hosting a private tasting of the new Buffalo Trace Traveler with the Veterans Whiskey Society.  This tasting is held in advance (by about a month) of this product's availability in the state of Colorado. We have 14-bottles available for this event. Join us at this free event to hear more about Cyber Defense Center and Force Labs Colorado. 

AUG 18, 2023 - Grand opening event for Force Labs Castle Rock. Force Labs is the CYBER DEFENSE CENTER's new technology development arm. Open for free membership to veterans and adult students, Force Labs funds, builds, incubates, and tests new cyber defense capabilities or enhancements to current capabilities that are intended to provide a force multiplier to current defense technologies. Force Labs also provides a place within the community for the community to gather, connect, safely share ideas, help others, receive help, do good, explore, learn, grow, improve, secure, and succeed. 

As more than just a research institute, Force Labs focuses on 2 primary mandates as part of the organization's creative vision:

1. Innovation
2. Incubation

JUL 15, 2023 - Force Labs and Cyber Defense Center officially partner with the Veteran's Whiskey Society by bringing silent auction items to this collaboration event. 

JUL 8, 2023 - Force Labs and Cyber Defense Center displays the Whiskey River Race grand prize with the Veteran's Whiskey Society at Liberty Fest in Castle Rock CO.