Debbi Blyth, CISO for the State of Colorado joined Robb and Alex live on the keynote stage at RMISC - we captured this as our feature interview this week. News from: Red Robin, Galvanize, Swimlane, System76, Ping Identity, VirtualArmour, CTA, ISACA and a lot more!

Ireland wants you in them

Ireland is looking for Americans to move to a little island there. I’m in. Which Colorado city has the most breweries per capita? Red Robin dealing with an activist investor. Polis pushing for Space Command to land in Colorado. Galvanize lays off 27. We gotta get more women in cybersecurity. Denver has vulns - this should surprise nobody. Swimlane uses mad stacks of cash to hire three new execs. System76’s new high powered linux rig is here. Ping releases a framework for zero trust. VirtualArmour provides the 2019 version of ransomware research. The CISO of the year awards are open! And local boy makes good - congrats to Brennan Baybeck for being named chair of ISACA International.

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This week’s news:

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An Irish Island Wants Americans to Move There

Colorado cities with the most breweries per capita

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers activist investor offers to buy struggling company

Jared Polis touts military projects as he tries to lure national museum and Space Command to Colorado

Denver-based Galvanize, tech educator, is laying off 27 people

Colorado women execs take aim at the gender gap in cybersecurity

Denver’s cybersecurity system has holes you can’t know about and they’re always trying to plug them

Swimlane Names Trio Of New Execs After $23M Funding

System76's supercharged Linux-powered Gazelle laptop is finally available

Ping Identity Releases Capabilities Framework for Zero Trust Deployments

Everything You Need to Know About Ransomware (2019 Edition)

Apex Awards Nominations Open - CISO of the Year

ISACA Installs New Board

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Manager of Product Security

Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer

The Doyle Group - Director of Cybersecurity (CISO)

GHR - Sr. Information Security Officer

CenturyLink - LEAD INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER

Spectrum - Security Engineer III - Senior Security Risk Assessment Engineer

IHS Markit - Cyber security Assessor Specialist

Xcel Energy - Cyber Security Engineer

Ibotta - Infrastructure Security Engineer

Convercent - Application Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

DenSec Meetup - 6/17

CSA Colorado - June Chapter Meeting - 6/18

Get Gamified: A New Cyber Experience Cybersecurity Learning Tour - 6/19

ISSA Denver - Oil & Gas SIG Happy Hour - 6/19

COS ISSA - ISSA-COS June Special Interest Groups Meeting - 6/20

NCC - Blockchain 102: Case Study on the "Secure the Vote" initiative - 6/24

GDPR Meetup - A Case Study of how to use Data Privacy as a Competitive Advantage - 6/25

ISC2 Pikes Peak - June Chapter Meeting - 6/26

SecureSet - Women Only Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag - 6/26

ISC2 - Secure Summit Denver - 6/28

Office Hours with Davis Graham & Stubbs - 6/28

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Denver CyberSecurity Conference - 7/31

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