Where We Come From
Our Story
Code Talkers Engineering was founded in Colorado Springs — home to the United States Space Command, NORAD, Peterson Space Force Base, and one of the highest concentrations of defense infrastructure in the country. This wasn't an accident.
We built the company at the intersection of the problems we saw firsthand: aging defense cybersecurity postures, a workforce gap in space-domain security, and an innovation culture in government that moved too slowly for the threat environment.
Cyber Kostinichi — our DARPA STTR program with Purdue University CyberTAP and Space-ISAC — is one answer to that gap. The Space ISSO Training course is another. The Cyber Attack! card game is a third, because sometimes the best way to change how people think about security is to make it fun.
Operation Cancer, Jordan's EW initiative from his Army days, influenced changes to policy and tactics that are still felt today. The callsign stuck — and so did the approach: find the problem nobody wants to touch, and fix it.
Colorado Springs, CO
Headquartered in the defense capital of the American West, minutes from Space Command and Peterson SFB.
DARPA STTR Awardee
One of a select group of small businesses awarded DARPA STTR funding for space cybersecurity research and development.
Academic Research Partner
Published at IEEE, ACM, NICE, HackSpaceCon, GSAW, and ISSA conferences. Active Ph.D. research in Security.
Community Investment
A portion of revenue supports Native American communities, cybersecurity education, and veteran-focused programs.