In this episode: Mike Benjamin, VP of Threat Intel and Research at Level 3, is our feature guest this week. News from: Amazon, the City of Denver, Webroot, LogRhythm, CenturyLink, CableLabs, ProtectWise, Red Canary, Swimlane, SecureWorld, and a lot more! Full show notes here: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/10/21/38-1023-mike-benjamin

The Amazon bid is in, but do we even want to win?

Did you catch our trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.

Colorado has submitted their bid for Amazon HQ2 but does Colorado even want it? Some locals are concerned about rising housing costs and additional congestion. The City of Denver won a Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Award based on their collaborative work on the integrity of the 2016 election in conjunction the Colorado Secretary of State and Homeland Security. The CEO of CenturyLink plans to stay in Colorado. We also have announcements about a new threat research site from Protectwise, LogRhythm embracing AI, and RedCanary releasing a testing framework for defenders.

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Feature interview:

Mike Benjamin, VP of Threat Intel and Research at Level 3, sat down with Robb this week to share his take on the industry. Mike tells his security career story, talks about the threats he sees on the internet, why he moved to Colorado and a lot more. Mike is one of the good guys in the Colorado security scene. 

Local security news:

Colorado = Security store! Buy things now

“Let another city ‘win'”: Some locals are saying no thanks to an Amazon headquarters in Denver

No bribes or cities named “Amazon”: Colorado’s pitch to get the next headquarters touts incentives that could exceed $100M

We've got company: Denver's bid for Amazon HQ2 is in a big pile

Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards 2017 – Winners Announced

The 9 Best Tech Companies in Colorado

Louisiana company’s next CEO to stay in Colorado

CableLabs Completes Full Duplex DOCSIS Specification

Introducing: Protectwise 401TRG

Red Canary Introduces Atomic Red Team, a New Testing Framework for Defenders

Swimlane Achieves Integration With McAfee® Enterprise Security Manager Through The McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

JT Gaietto now Executive Director, Security Services @ Richey May & Co

Job Openings:

PwC - Cyber Privacy Manager

DoD - Counterintelligence Officer

EMS Software - Director of Cloud Operations & Security

City of Golden - Information Technology Manager

Spectrum - Supervisor, Network Security Operations

Blackstone Technology Group - Project Manager, Risk Management/Information Security

InteliSecure - Data Protection Analyst

AppliedTrust - InfoSec Engineer, Boulder

Premier Members Credit Union - Info Sec Analyst

Great-West - Security Data Science Director

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Hacking 101 Workshop: NetSec - 10/25

CTA - Talent Series: Protecting Your Company's Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Information - 10/25

ISSA Denver - Oil & Gas Special Interest Group - 10/26

InfraGard - Business Email Compromise (BEC) Workshop - 10/27

SecureSet - Capture the flag - 10/27

SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2

NCC - Governor's Cyber Symposium - 11/1-3

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

2017 CSA-CO Fall Summit - 11/9

View our events page for a full list of upcoming events

If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

* 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