In this episode: Rock Lambros, CEO & Founder at Rock Cyber is our feature guest this week. News from: Checkr, NREL, Coalfire, Ping Identity, ThreatX, LogRhythm, Intelisecure and a lot more!

From Cow Town to Tech Town

I like that headline. We are a tech town now! Colorado is the 5th most innovative state! Checkr might be bringing us over 1400 jobs. NREL brings us the dough. Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District got ransomed. DPS has a privacy officer! Coalfire releases a password cracking tool. Ping wins API security awards. ThreatX is a top 25 security company. Blogs from LogRhythm and Intelisecure.

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This week’s news:

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From cow town to tech town: Denver’s startup scene is flourishing

WalletHub: Colorado is No. 5 on list of Most Innovative States

Bay Area tech firm Checkr could bring more than 1,400 jobs to Colorado in its HQ2

NREL has an economic impact of more than $1 billion

Cyberattacker demands ransom from Colorado utility

Chief Privacy Officers: The Unicorns of K-12 Education

Coalfire Labs Develops Open Source Password Cracking Tool

Ping Identity’s API Cybersecurity Solution Wins Two More Industry Awards

ThreatX : Recognized as a 2019 Top 25 Cybersecurity Company

Exploring Legitimate Interest within the GDPR | LogRhythm

Intelisecure- Evaluating a Penetration Testing Company

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer

PENSCO - Sr Information Security Program Manager

Colorado Judicial Branch - Manager of Information Security

Recurly - Senior Security Compliance Analyst

Transamerica - Int. Information Systems Security Analyst - Policies and Standards

Healthgrades - Security Analyst

Proofpoint - Senior Security Engineer

Intelisecure - Security Platform Engineer

Coalfire - Cloud Architect

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Company Location - Instructor - Cybersecurity

Swimlane - Marketing Coordinator

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Women Only Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag - 3/26

GDPR meetup - GDPR/Privacy March In-Person Gathering - 3/26

ISC2 Pikes Peak - March Chapter Meeting - 3/27

ISSA COS - 6th Annual ISSA-COS Cyber Focus Day - 3/28

Office Hours with Davis Graham & Stubbs - 3/29

NCC - Meet n Greet - 4/1

SecureSet - Hacking 101: Intro to WiFi - 4/2

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 4/4 (At Automox)

LadyCoders Conference - 4/4-6

Cybersecurity in COS - First Friday - 4/5

ISSA COS - Security + (SY0-501) Exam Preparation Seminar, Session 1 - 4/6

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) - 6/4-6

View our events page for a full list of upcoming events

* Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at [email protected]. Check out his other voice work here.

* Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0