In this episode: Sasha Shtern, local entrepreneur and blockchain investor, is our feature interview this week. News from: Old Spaghetti Factory, Intelisecure, Webroot, Coalfire, Ping Identity and a lot more!

Don't miss your last chance to eat in a cable car

The food isn't great, but I'll miss OSF. Colorado's economy is #1. Cory Gardner proposed a federal cyber bill, and the Colorado law has gone into effect. Cyberbullying sucks. Intelisecure is growing. Webroot teams up with Digital Shadows. Coalfire posts another great blog. And two MFA hot takes from Ping.

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Downtown Old Spaghetti Factory closing

Colorado ranks No. 1 in 'best economy' states

Apple’s latest acquisition of Colorado startup breathes new life into AR glasses rumors

Gardner’s cybersecurity bill deals automatic sanctions, unless the president says no

Who knew? Strict consumer data protection is now the law for businesses in Colorado -- with a Sept. 1 deadline to comply

Not a 'Gotcha Law': How Corporate Legal Can Prep for Colorado's Cyber Law | Corporate Counsel

Increasing frequency of cyberbullying prompts Loveland judge to take 'zero tolerance' approach

Denver Business Journal 2018 Fast 50 finalists

Digital Shadows SearchLight Enhances Threat Intelligence for its Clients by Integrating with Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Intelligence Services

Coalfire Blog - AWS Slurp Github Takeover

PingID + YubiKey: MFA the Hard (Token) Way

Ping blog - Five preventable breaches make the case for MFA everywhere

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Cloud Security Architect

Ping - NOC/SOC Manager (SRE Manager, Cloud Operations)

SomaLogic - VP of Information Security

DISH - Senior Leader- Cybersecurity

Comcast - Senior Director, Software Defined Network Security Products

PDC Energy - Security Analyst

ICF - Insider Threat Analyst

PWC - Cybersecurity Incident Response - Director

Red Canary - Content Manager, Information Security

SecureSet - Network Security Instructor

University of Denver - Faculty Director of Computer Science Professional Programs - Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Hacking 101: Social Engineering - 9/6

Colorado Springs Cybersecurity "First Friday" Social & Mixer - 9/7

CSA - CCSK Training - 9/7-9/8

Infragard - Identifying, Investigating, and Interrupting Targeted Cyber Attacks: An InstructionalCourse for Government employees - 9/10

ISSA Denver - September Chapter Meetings - 9/11-12

CTA - Insights Series | Blockchain Explained: What You Need to Know about Blockchain and Beyond - 9/13

SecureSet - Career Convos: Laura Baker - 9/13

SecureSet - Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag: Extended Mix - 9/14

Other Notable Upcoming Events

C-Suite Awards Celebration 2018 - 9/25

CTA - Apex Awards - 11/7

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

In this episode: Sam Masiello, CISO at Gates Corporation is our feature interview this week. News from: Archery Games Denver, Colorado Space and Air Port, Ting, Xero, ProtectWise, Optiv, Red Canary, Ping Identity and a lot more!

Rocket Man in Colorado

What would really make Colorado perfect? Archery Games and, yeah... a spaceport. Let's do it. Centennial gets gig fiber (but not Robb's house).  The atomic clock counts down. Xero grows its Denver presence even more. ProtectWise is AWS competent. Blogs from Optiv, Red Canary and Ping. 

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Archery Games Opens In Arvada

Spaceport Colorado wins FAA license

Ting launches new gigabit internet service in Centennial

Time running out on atomic-clock station in Fort Collins

Xero growing Denver headcount to 300 at U.S. headquarters

ProtectWise Achieves AWS Security Competency

Red Canary blog - What Makes an Effective Security Architecture? (It's Not More Products...)

Token Binding: A Critical Turning Point for Securing Identity

7 Identity Trends You Should Be Monitoring Now

Ping Identity Publishes Top Industry Trends and Findings, According to CISOs

8 Things Every C-Level Exec Should Know About Identity

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Cloud Security Architect

Cherwell - Director of Information Security

NREL - Junior Information System Security Officer

Zoom - Sr Information Security Engineer

Noodles & Company - IT Security & Compliance Manager

Carbon Black - SOC Manager

Ball Aerospace - Software Security Engineer

State of Colorado - IT Security Risk & Compliance Analyst

Janus Henderson - Security Analyst

RubinBrown - Winter 2019 Intern - Business Advisory Services

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

Denver Splunk Meetup - 8/27

GDPR Meetup - Single Subject Search: The Missing Link to GDPR Individual Rights Compliance - 8/28

SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 8/31

SecureSet - Hacking 101: Social Engineering - 9/6

Colorado Springs Cybersecurity "First Friday" Social & Mixer - 9/7

CSA - CCSK Training - 9/7-9/8

Other Notable Upcoming Events

C-Suite Awards Celebration 2018 - 9/25

CTA - Apex Awards - 11/7

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* 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

In this episode: Cody Cornell, the CEO and co-founder of Swimlane is our feature interview this week. News from: VF Corp, Honey, Gusto, Direct Defense, Intelisecure, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Coalfire, Swimlane, Threat X and a lot more!

A lot of companies are coming our way

I'm not kidding, lots of companies are coming to town. The Springs has lots of jobs too, and not enough workers. Direct Defense and Intelisecure make a national list (it's a good thing). Robb gets honored. Blogs from LogRhythm, Ping Identity, Coalfire, Swimlane and Threat X.

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Colorado 8th best place to open a business

VF Corp, outdoor brand parent company, moving to Denver

Honey signs lease on Pearl Street location

Gusto hiring up to 100 in Denver, growing office faster than San Francisco HQ

Talent, security breaches weigh on NoCo tech CEOs

Cybersecurity industry booming in Springs, but worker shortage remains

136 Colorado businesses make 2018 Inc. 5,000

Denver Business Journal reveals 2018 C-Suite Awards honorees (Photos)

Measure and Optimize SOC Performance with New LogRhythm Tools

How Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Solves Key Technical Requirements of GDPR

Coalfire - The Dangers of Client Probing on Palo Alto Firewalls

Swimlane - Farewell, Summer Interns

Threat X - From White Hat Hacker to CTO - An Interview with Threat X's Andrew Useckas

Job Openings:

ForgeRock - Product Management Director (IoT)

LogRhythm - Manager, Security Operations

Slack - Senior Security Detection & Response Engineer

Slack - Senior Product Security Engineer

NBCUniversal - Senior Product Security Tech Lead

Red Robin - Senior Security Engineer

Splunk - Technology Advocate (Developer Relations) for Collaborative Incident Management (DevOps, VictorOps)

UDI - Security Analyst

Xanterra - IT Security Analyst

Gusto - Risk Operations

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver - Women in Security - 8/21

ISSA COS - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

SecureSet - Career Convos: Scott Bowman, CSM & Alex Reed, SSA Alum - 8/22

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 8/23

Denver Splunk Meetup - 8/27

GDPR Meetup - Single Subject Search: The Missing Link to GDPR Individual Rights Compliance - 8/28

SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 8/31

Other Notable Upcoming Events

C-Suite Awards Celebration 2018 - 9/25

CTA - Apex Awards - 11/7

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

In this episode: David McGuire, Director of Security at QEP Resources is our feature interview this week. News from: Amazon, Crocs, Red Canary, PasswordPing, Convercent, Intelisecure, Coalfire, Optiv, ThreatX and a lot more!

Crocs CFO croaks

I would never have written that if he actually died, what kind of monster do you think I am?... She's just resigning effective 4/1/19. But you've gotta admit that's a strong tabloid headline. Also... Denver is growing (did you already know that?). Amazon keeps teasing us. Red Canary signs on a new EDR technology. PasswordPing hires a new CEO. Convercent gives us the low-down on GDPR's impacts thus far. Intelisecure, Coalfire, Optiv and ThreatX wow us with their blog posts. 

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Colorado identity theft risk second-highest in the country

Denver's a bigger 'boomtown' than Seattle or Dallas, says new report

Is downtown becoming Denver's new tech hub?

Amazon.com Inc. could release another HQ2 short list this month, report says

Crocs to close all its manufacturing facilities; CFO resigning

Red Canary and Endgame Announce Partnership

Cyber-security startup hires Greene as chief executive

Convercent - Lessons Learned from GDPR (part 1,  part 2, part 3 and part 4)

Intelisecure - The Proper Role of Cyber Insurance in Enterprise Risk Management

Coalfire: Our Analysis: Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Risk Management, 2018

Optiv Security Announces Integrated Suite of Services that Allows Clients to See Themselves through the Eyes of the Enemy; Further Helps Organizations Rationalize and Optimize Cyber Security

ThreatX - USING ANDROID PROXY BROWSERS - CONVENIENCE WITHOUT WEB APPLICATION SECURITY

Job Openings:

TeleTech - Cybersecurity Principal Engineer and GRC Specialist -- Nationwide / Telecommute

FINRA - Examiner - Member Regulation Sales Practice

Coalfire - Consultant, Penetration Tester

CBIZ - Risk & Advisory Services - Senior IT Audit Associate

Proofpoint - Web Security Solutions Architect - West

Webroot - Field Marketing Program Manager

ThreatX - Account Executive

Carbon Black - Competitive Research Analyst

Water for People - Director of Technology

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Career Convos: Reuben Booker - 8/14

ISSA Denver - August Chapter Meetings - 8/14-15

DenSec - 8/15 - Wynkoop

CTA - General Assembly @ RiNo Industry Station - 8/15

SecureSet - Expert Series: Cody Cornell, Swimlane CEO - 8/16

ISSA Denver - Women in Security - 8/21

ISSA COS - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

SecureSet - Career Convos: Scott Bowman, CSM & Alex Reed, SSA Alum - 8/22

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 8/23

Other Notable Upcoming Events

C-Suite Awards Celebration 2018 - 9/25

CTA - Apex Awards - 11/7

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* 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

In this episode: Brad Bussie, Managing Principal of Security Services at Trace3 is our feature interview this week. News from: Molson Coors, Propeller Aero, DISCON, GTRI, Aegis, Webroot, SecureSet, Ping Identity, Red Canary, ThreatX and a lot more!

A six pack of what now?

Pot infused beer - because you're way too sober right now. I-70 is being transformed. Drones are coming to Denver. Blockchain has already made it. Girls are learning science in the Colorado wilderness. GTRI makes an acquisition. Webroot's CEO gets recognized. SecureSet a new program. Blogs from Ping, Red Canary and ThreatX.

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Colorado DOT takes first steps to turn I-70 into connected roadway

Molson Coors makes cannabis-infused beverage deal in Canada

Drone company makes final approach to Denver

Boulder DISCON: Blockchain’s role in transforming real estate likely hot topic

Girls on Rock gives teenage girls from across the country a chance to learn science in Colorado's backcountry

GTRI, now Zivaro, Inc., Acquires Assets and Contracts of Aegis Identity Software, Inc.

Webroot CEO Mike Potts Recognized on CRN's Annual Top 100 Executives List

SecureSet Academy Launches SecureSet Foundation to Promote Cybersecurity Career Education

Ping blog: How Azure AD Connect and PingFederate work together

Red Canary blog: SANS Endpoint Survey: Too Many Tools and Alerts

ThreatX blog: 5 Negative Impacts of Misaligned Security Strategies

Job Openings:

Cognizant - Director of Cloud Security & Operations

Pinkerton - Security Manager

Comcast - Security Investigator

Alteryx - Application Security Engineer

Sunrun - Sr. Information Security Analyst

Intelisecure - Security Platform Engineer SIEM

DigitalGlobe - Industrial Security Analyst Lead

Ibotta - IT Security Analyst

Jeffco Public School - Analyst - Information Security

Arrow Electronics - Communications Specialist, Security

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Hacking 101: AppSec - 8/7

NCC - Cybersecurity Simplified - 8/7

CSA - CCSK Training - 8/10-11

SecureSet - Career Convos: Reuben Booker - 8/14

ISSA Denver - August Chapter Meetings - 8/14-15

CTA - General Assembly @ RiNo Industry Station - 8/15

SecureSet - Expert Series: Cody Cornell, Swimlane CEO - 8/16

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

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

In this episode: Nolan Mondrow, CEO of Lockstate is our feature interview this week. News from: Target, NCC, LogRhythm, OverWatchID, ProtectWise (x2), Red Canary, CyberGRX, and Webroot and a lot more!

Denver, Still Chasing Austin in the Rankings

We now have a Target on the 16th street mall, which means we have arrived. Denver is one of the top places to live and we have a lot of great tech talent. The NCC is helping small businesses improve their cybersecurity. LogRhythm customers like them and they told Gartner so. OverWatchID has a new solution for PAM on websites. ProtectWise is partnering with CrowdStrike and Director of Threat Research, James Condon was on a podcast (not ours). Red Canary has advice on choosing a MDR provider. CyberGRX knows what modern vendor risk management programs do. Webroot has advice for service providers on incident response.

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Target comes to the 16th street mall

Denver ranks as one of the top cities to live in

Denver in top 10 for tech talent

Cyber classes to teach protection to small businesses

LogRhythm recognize as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SEIM

OverWatchID introduces Dynamic WebUI engine for PAM

ProtectWise joins CrowdStrike's elevate partner program

James Condon on the Future Tech Podcast

3 areas to consider when choosing a Managed Detection and Response provider

The one thing all modern third party cyber risk management programs do

6 steps to build an incident response plan

CISO of the year voting

Job Openings:

S&P Global - Director, Information Security - IAM product manager

Digital Globe - Director, Cyber Security Operations and Engineering

KPMG - Manager, Cyber Security Services - Privacy

Lockheed Martin - Embedded Cyber Hardware Researcher

Aetna - Sr. Information Security Compliance Consultant

Amazon - Security Transformation Consultant

Cherwell Software - IT Security Architect

Tri-State Generation and Transmission - EMS Cyber Security Analsyt I, II, III or Senior

Nelnet - Security Operations Center Analyst

Sumo Logic - Enterprise Sales Engineer - Security

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet COS - Hacking 101: AppSec - 7/31

SecureSet - Beginner’s Intro to CTF – Extended Mix - 8/3

SecureSet - Hacking 101: AppSec - 8/7

NCC - Cybersecurity Simplified - 8/7

CSA - CCSK Training - 8/10-11

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

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* 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

In this episode: Brett Wentworth, Director of Global Security at CenturyLink is our feature interview this week. News from: Denver Startup Week, System76, Conga, Galvanize, CSU, OverwatchID, Red Canary, SecureSet, LogRhythm and a lot more!

Aurora, People Want to Live There

It must be official because Denver Startup Week has a schedule. Conga and Galvanize are growing. The Secretary of State race is going to hinge on cybersecurity. CSU gets $1.2M from recent cybersecurity legislation. OverwatchID gets a new headquarters. And blogs from LogRhythm, SecureSet, and Red Canary.

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Denver Startup Week schedule announced

Aurora ranked one of the fastest growing suburbs

System76 shows off their new manufacturing facility

Conga announces Broomfield as global HQ

Galvanize acquires Hack Reactor and announces $32M in funding

Colorado Secretary of State's race includes cybersecurity

CSU to receive $1.2M from new Colorado law

OverwatchID moves into a new HQ

Build vs Buy: Not mutually exclusive

Formalizing cyber threat intelligence planning: part 1

Enrich your security data with LogRhythm and Kibana

CISO of the year voting

Job Openings:

Cognizant Healthcare - Associate Director Healthcare Security Architecture, Corporate Security Leader

Coalfire - Director, Cyber Risk Services

Western Union - Senior Manager, Internal Audit

Marketo - Manager, Security Operations

US Bank - Senior Cyber Defense Engineer

Spectrum - Security Engineer III - Senior Security Risk Assessor & Consultant

Medkeeper - Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Jeffco Public Schools - Analyst - Information Security

Denver Public Schools - INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR II

GBProtect - Security Operations Center (SOC) Operator

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

GDPR Meetup - Hosting.com: GDPR and Compliance as a Service - 7/24

SecureSet - Expert Series: Douglas Brush - 7/26

SecureSet COS - Expert Series Matthew Titcombe - 7/26

ISSA COS - CISSP Exam Prep (1 of 5) - 7/28

SecureSet COS - Hacking 101: AppSec - 7/31

SecureSet - Beginner’s Intro to CTF – Extended Mix - 8/3

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

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

In this episode:

Mark Weatherford, first CISO of Colorado, and current Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for vArmour is our feature interview this week. News from: Shark Tank, CNBC, Denver International Airport, CTA, Coalfire, zvelo, Webroot and a lot more!

Swim With Sharks In Denver

What could be better than the Sharks coming to town? How about 25 awesome ice cream parlors? Denver is moving up the list of best states for business, and DEN (hard not to say DIA) is getting a massive overhaul. CTA gets a new CEO. Coalfire has TWO blogs so good I couldn't help but include them both this week. And blogs from zvelo and Webroot.

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Shark Tank Open Casting Call in Denver

25 Best Ice Cream Shops in Denver

Colorado moves up on CNBC's 'top states for business' list

Denver International Airport's terminal is in for more than 3 years of construction -- here’s how it will play out

Colorado Technology Association names Frannie Matthews new CEO

Coalfire blog - Expanded Privacy Protections Granted to California Residents: The California Consumer Protection Act

Coalfire blog - Transitioning to the New SOC 2 Criteria – What You Need to Know

Securely Logging & Tracing HTTP Requests in Go | zvelo

3 Cyber Threats IT Providers Should Protect Against | Webroot

CISO of the year voting

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations

Ping Identity - Director of IT

Denver Health - Security Analyst 3

LogRhythm - Manager, Security Operations

NCC - Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Pearson - Lead Enterprise Security Architect - Identity

Arapahoe Community College - Cybersecurity Faculty

NREL - Cybersecurity Research Engineer

NBCUniversal - Cyber Security Architect

DirectDefense - Security Analyst Team Lead

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CSA - July Meeting - 7/17

ISSA COS - July Meetings - 7/17-18

DenSec - Meetup - 7/18

SecureSet - Career Convos: Alison Lawrence Daley - 7/19

ISC2 – Data Protection: Industry Practices to Identify and Protect Sensitive Information - 7/19

ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 7/21

NCC - AFA CyberCamp - 7/23

GDPR Meetup - Hosting.com: GDPR and Compliance as a Service - 7/24

SecureSet - Expert Series: Douglas Brush - 7/26

ISSA COS - CISSP Exam Prep (1 of 5) - 7/28

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

View our events page for a full list of upcoming events

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

In this episode: Karen Worstell, former CISO for Microsoft, Russell Investments, AT&T, and now Managing Principal and Founder at W Risk Group, is our feature interview this week. News from: Bird, Lime, Sphero, Amazon, National Cybersecurity Center, Google, Ping Identity, SecureSet, Intelisecure and a lot more!

I hope I look this good when I turn 242 years old

Happy birthday America! I hope you like fireworks. Denver makes a scooter program. Tariffs might hit Colorado. Will HQ2 come to Denver? We are the Silicon Valley for Blockchain. Google has news. Ping makes a big acquisition. So does SecureSet. It's not to late to vote for the CISO of the year!

Visit Karen's website at: karenworstell.com

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Denver unveils pilot program for electric scooters

Denver leads U.S. in small-business job growth in June 2018, No. 3 for wage growth per Paychex report

Why this Denver tech firm is concerned about tariffs and trade wars

Denver ranks No. 4 for Amazon HQ2 in GeekWire reader survey

Colorado will be 'Silicon Valley for blockchain technology,' National Cybersecurity Center CEO says

Google announces $2.8M in grants, office space to Boulder tech education

Ping Identity acquires stealthy API security startup Elastic Beam

SecureSet Acquires HackEd to Bring Immersive Cybersecurity Education to Washington D.C. Metro Region

Intelisecure - The Economics of Data and Information

CISO of the year voting

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations

Ping Identity - Director of IT

Kaiser Permanente - Executive Director, Cyber Risk Defense Center & Deputy CISO

PDC Energy - Director, Information Security

Jacobs Entertainment - Corporate IT Security Manager

GB Protect - Senior Information Security Analyst

Department of Homeland Security - IT Specialist (INFOSEC)

Centura Health - Security Analyst

Comcast - Security Engineer, Incident Response

Gaming Labs - Security Specialist

CU Boulder - Incident Response Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver July Meetings - 7/10-11

CTA - CTA 101 - 7/11

SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 7/13

CSA - July Meeting - 7/17

ISSA COS - July Meetings - 7/17-18

DenSec - Meetup - 7/18

SecureSet - Career Convos: Alison Lawrence Daley - 7/19

ISC2 – Data Protection: Industry Practices to Identify and Protect Sensitive Information - 7/19

ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 7/21

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

View our events page for a full list of upcoming events

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

In this episode: Cole Wist, Colorado Representative for District 37, is our feature interview this week. News from: The Colorado Sun, Denver Post, Viaggi, University of Colorado, EKS&H, Plante Moran, Ping Identity, Webroot, ProtectWise, SecureSet, Security Pursuit and a lot more!

Blockchain is the new newspaper?

Can you believe it? Alex tracked down Cole Wist, the Colorado Representative who co-authored Colorado's new cybersecurity bill. Also, the Sun rises in Colorado, "Everywhere WiFi" in Denver, CU is going to find cyberbullies. EKS&H is merging with Plante Moran. Ping Identity is a Leader again. And news from Webroot, Protectwise, SecureSet and Security Pursuit. 

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Goodbye, Denver Post. Hello, Blockchain

5 ways downtown Denver is working to stay competitive

Viaggi expands 'Everywhere Wi-Fi' to Denver, other cities

CU researchers launch “cyberbullying detector” program for social media

EKS&H announced Friday that it is merging with accounting firm Plante Moran

Ping Identity Named a Leader in Gartner's 2018 Magic Quadrant for Access Management

Webroot: Parsing the Distinction Between AI & Machine Learning

Top 4 Ways to Find the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent

SecureSet: How to Stand Apart in Your InfoSec Job Search

Security Pursuit: 5 Online Business Banking Best Practices

CISO of the Year Nominations Open

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations

Ping Identity - Director of IT

CPI Card Group - IT Director for Info/Cyber Security

Western Union - Information Security Manager, Compliance

Western Union - Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Charles Schwab - Technical Director, Cyber Threat Risk Management

PDC Energy - Sr. Information Security Engineer

VMWare - DevOps/Automation Security Engineer

Twitter - Security Engineer

Google - Security and Compliance Cloud Consultant

Denver Health - IS Security Analyst III

Internet 2 - Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer

OverWatchID - Java Software Engineer, Sr C/C++ Software Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

NCC - Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency & Blockchain for Beginners - 6/26

SecureSet - Career Convos: Hilary Constable of Constable HR; Make your resume SHINE - 6/26

ISSA Denver - June Healthcare Special interest Group - 6/27

SecureSet - Expert Series: Bryan Becker - 6/28

SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 6/29

OWASP Boulder - Digital Identity & Blockchain with Zak Wolff - 7/5

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22

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