Mikko Hypponen, RMISC keynote speaker and Chief Research Officer at F-Secure is our feature interview this week. News from John Hickenlooper, In-N-Out, Southwest Airlines, Techstars, ULA, Ping Identity, root9B, Optiv, Webroot, ManagedMethods and a lot more!
Hickenlooper for… Senate?
Hick drops out of one race, and maybe into another. In-N-Out Burger proposes a location for restaurant #1, Southwest wants to bring an additional 100 daily flights to Denver, Techstars raises a lot of money, ULA’s Dream comes true, Ping hires a new CMO, root9B hires a new head of sales, Optiv has a short list of ways to avoid phishing, Webroot has advice for your security internship, ManagedMethods talks DLP.
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John Hickenlooper ends 2020 presidential campaign, nods at potential Senate bid
In-N-Out Burger submits proposal for location near Park Meadows Mall
Southwest Airlines exec said carrier could add more than 100 flights a day in Denver if its gets gate wish
Form D Friday: Boulder-based startup accelerator Techstars raising nearly $42.5M
ULA contracted to fly SNC's Dream Chaser for NASA missions to ISS
Ping Identity Names Kevin Sellers as Chief Marketing Officer
R9B Expands Executive Team – R9B
22 ways to protect yourself against phishing attacks | Optiv
Webroot - Will You Ace Your Cybersecurity Internship?
How Data Loss Prevention Software Works | ManagedMethods
Job Openings:
Ping Identity - Manager of Product Security
Ping Identity - GRC Analyst
Untangle - Director, Software Engineering - Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations Manager - Platform.sh
Arrow Electronics - Cloud Security Senior Risk Analyst
Bank Of America - Malware Threat Sr. Specialist
Bank Of America - Data Security Analytics Associate
Direct Defense - Security Analyst
Zivaro - Cybersecurity Director
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C.Springs ISSA - August Meetings - 8/20-21
CTA - DevOps at Scale - 8/21
IT Security Professionals Happy Hour hosted by Intelisecure - 8/22
CTA - Women in Government with CWCC Young Professionals Board and Public Affairs Committee - 8/22
C.Springs - Air Force CyberWorx Small Business Innovation Research Seminar - 8/22
Elastic Denver User Group - Open Source Network Security Monitoring using Zeek & Elastic - 8/22
SecureSet - Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag - 8/23
CTA - SECRETS TO SUCCESS IN THE NEW WORLD OF INNOVATION: A CONVERSATION WITH GARY SHAPIRO - 8/23
CISSP Seminar Series Domain 3 (Security Engineering) - 8/24
Elastic Denver Users Group - Hands-on Workshop: Threat Hunting and Incident Response using Zeek and Elastic - 8/24
Colorado Springs ISSA - Mini Seminar - 8/24
GDPR Meetup - Ping Pong and Food - 8/27
EmergingTechFan - AI is a Team Sport - 8/27
ISC2 Pikes Peak - August Chapter Meeting - 8/28
CSA - August 2019 - CSA Rockies Game - 8/29
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SecureWorld 2019 - 10/29-30
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