Larimer Miscellany
3-letter Acronyms
Villains
Heroes
100
Current record for emails received in one day at Larimer County in 2025
Approximately 48,700
100
This 3-letter acronym describes a type of cyber threat that is both advanced and persistent
APT or Advanced Persistent Threat
100
The name used to describe both a creative person with advanced technical skills and someone who engage in malicious cybercrime
Hacker
100
The organizational name of a group of 80+ people working in Northern Colorado local government that work hard to achieve an amazing balance of innovation, reliability, and customer satisfaction
The Larimer County IT Department IT
200
Current 2025 record for blocked spam at Larimer County in one day
3,860
200
Name and geeky mascot for the EnerGov 2.0 project.
NED
200
The maker of virtually irresistible software that has over 1000 significant security vulnerabilities every year?
Microsoft
200
Troy Hunt is the creator of this famous Website that houses a database containing almost 1 billion unique compromised passwords - and it's free!
300
Number of "identified" vulnerabilities in Larimer County's environment according to CrowdStrike
14,500
300
An acronym describing a purely defensive act designed to avoid embarrassment or punishment.
CYA
300
The "unbearably" cuddly nickname of a famous Russian hacking group also known as APT29.
Cozy Bear
300
Who played a critical role in crucial role in cracking German Enigma code during WW2 and was a early pioneer of cryptography and computer science?
Who was Alan Turing
400
What is the greatest cybersecurity threat faced by Larimer County
Phishing, which can lead to all other kinds of nastiness.
400
Zscaler created this 3-letter acronym as a brand for their version of a traditional VPN, or virtual private network.
ZPA
400
Former cyber criminal that parlayed his conviction for computer crime into a successful career in cybersecurity education and consulting. He worked for KnowBe4.
Kevin Mitnick
400
The protagonist in the movie "Hidden Figures", this gifted mathematician and FORTRAN coder helped NASA bring Mercury Astronaut John Glenn back to earth safely. 
Dorothy Vaughan
500
What is the mascot of the Larimer County Cybersecurity team?
Tricybearatops
500
The marketing evolution of EDR (Extended Detection and Response) that CrowdStrike uses to categorize their Falcon product that is used at Larimer County.
XDR - Extended Detection and Response
A unified security incident detection and response platform that automatically collects and correlates data from multiple proprietary security components
500
What did an investigative journalist say was "the difference between Between God and Larry Ellison"?
What is "God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison"
500
Known as the "The Mother of Wifi", this pioneer invented frequency-hopping technology used in Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi.
Hedy Lamarr