In this episode: Julie Smith, Executive Director for the Identity Defined Security Alliance is our feature guest this week. News from: Andarko, RTD, Greyhound, Health Scholars, CSG, ThreatX, Ping Identity, Coalfire, Optiv, VirtualArmour and a lot more!

The train giveth - the bus taketh away

Anadarko's future is still up in the air. RTD finally opens the G Line. Is Greyhound leaving town? Health Scholars is using VR to train health pros. CSG something something BLOCKCHAIN. And a bunch of blogs!

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This week’s news:

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Occidental challenges Chevron’s Anadarko acquisition with $57B offer

RTD G Line opens new economic opportunities for northwest Denver suburbs

Denver's Greyhound bus station officially for sale

How a Denver tech company is using VR to save health systems big money on training costs

How CSG plans to take blockchain mainstream for telecom payments

ThreatX blog - Web Application Firewalls 101 - Keywords to Bookmark

Ping blog - Killing the Password for Consumers

Coalfire Blog - A Day in the Life of a Cybersecurity Professional

Optiv blog - MythBusters: Debunking Five Common Identity and Data Management Myths

VirtualArmour blog - Cybersecurity Spring Cleaning: It's Time to Review Your Security Practices

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Product Security Team Lead

Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer

Starz - Executive Director, IT Security and Compliance

Trimble - Cyber Security Director, TSG head

Carbon Black - SOC Manager

Coalfire - Consultant, Penetration Tester

Sumo Logic - Security, Compliance and Privacy Analyst

State of Colorado - Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Red Robin - Senior Security Analyst

Kaiser Permanente - Cyber Countermeasures Undergrad Intern

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

NCC Cybersecurity Essentials: Attacker Target - Sony Pictures Case Study - 4/30

SecureSet - Capture the Flag: Cybersecurity Hackathon! - 4/30

Splunk Meetup - First Thursday @ Top Golf - 5/2

Cybersecurity COS - Cybersecurity First Friday - 5/3

Secureset - Hacking 101: Creating a Virtual Lab with Ajay Menendez - 5/6

SecureSet - Hacking 101: Creating a Virtual Lab - 5/10

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