Colorado = Security Podcast

In this episode: Andre Durand, CEO & Founder at Ping Identity is our guest this week. News from: DigitalGlobe, Swimlane, Facebook, Women Who Code, InteliSecure, Convercent, LogRhythm, Security Pursuit ... and a lot more!

Look Who's Poking Around Union Station

Facebook. Get it? Poking? That used to be a thing on Facebook. Anywho... FB is opening a big new office in Denver. Where does Denver rate for women in tech? At least one school district is enabling their teachers to be educated on cyber. InteliSecure has new integrations. Convercent tells us how to react to ethical incidents. LogRhythm teaches us about the big memcache DDoS. And Security Pursuit gives us the low-down on GDPR. 

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Thank you to Chris Abbey and Andre Gaeta for supporting us on Patreon!

Trivia: Congratulations to James W. for getting the answer this week. Did you catch this week's trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

Local security news:

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Facebook leases 23,000 SF at Union Station

How does Denver rank as a city for working women?

"Women who code" try to build a more diverse and inclusive Denver tech community

Teachers get schooled - GenCyber Colorado 2018

InteliSecure Announces Netskope and Digital Guardian Partnerships

The worst thing you can do is nothing: The case for reactivity in the workplace

LogRhythm blog - Detecting Memcached DDoS Attacks Targeting GitHub

Security Pursuit blog: What Is GDPR? And is Compliance Required?

Ping Identity blog - How IAM balances innovation and security for financial services

Job Openings:

Cognizant - Director, Corporate Security – Cyber Security Audit

NBCUniversal - Broadcast Cyber Security Officer

LogRhythm - Manager Compliance Research

Ping Identity - Infrastructure Security Specialist

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Ping Identity - Application Security Engineer

Pearson - Senior Cloud Security Engineer, DevOps

CHI - Enterprise Architect - Security

Swimlane - Sales Development Rep (SDR)

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CSA - March Chapter Meeting - 3/20

LadyCoders – Personal Branding: Branding Yourself for a Pivot - 3/20

DenSec - March Meetup - 3/21

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 3/22

SecureSet - Capture the Flag: Hackathon - 3/23

SecureSet - Career Conversations: Karen Worstell - 3/27

GDPR MeetUp - GDPR & The Legal Basis for Processing: Is consent really required? - 3/27

ISSA COS - 5th Annual Cyber Focus Day - 3/29

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Women in Security Denver - 4/24

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

BSides Denver - 5/11-12

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:

James Johnson, President of ISSA Denver is our guest this week. News from: RedCanary, Webroot, Amazon, Automox, Root9b, GTRI ... and a lot more!

Boozy Benefits

Did you know that until this week it was illegal to auction alcohol for charity? So all of those wine baskets and bottles of booze you won to help support the local PTA could have landed you in some hot water. Well, lucky for you, Governor Hickenlooper signed a law at the beginning of March to make this practice legal. I guess that means it is time to double down on charitable donations. Also, Amazon is opening a physical bookstore at Park Meadows. We have a couple stories on high school STEM education. RedCanary is wondering if we're going to see criminals move from ransomware to cryptocurrency miners as their primary methods for making money. Webroot is still having double digit growth. Automox has received $2M in funding and GTRI partners with Root9B

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Thank you to Chris Abbey and Andre Gaeta for supporting us on Patreon!

Trivia: Congratulations to James W. for getting the answer this week. Did you catch this week's trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Charity booze auctions now legal!

Amazon to open physical bookstore in Colorado

Top 20 Colorado STEM High Schools

Fort Collins High with Science Bowl

Will cryptocurrency miners overtake ransomware?

Webroot drives 4 years of double digit growth

Automox secures $2M in funding

GTRI and Root9B partner

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Ping Identity - Application Security Engineer

Coalfire - Director, Healthcare

Cognizant - Sr. Manager, Corporate Security - GRC

ProLogis - IT Risk, Governance, & Compliance Manager

Coalfire - Principal, Service Organization Controls Practice

Staples - Senior Application Security Engineer

ProtectWise - DevOps Engineer

CenturyLink - Information Security Engineer I

DirectDefense - LogRhythm Security Analyst

Pearson - Senior Cloud Security Engineer, DevOps

LenderLive - Information Security Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver March Meetings - 3/13-14

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

ISACA - March Meeting - Combatting Fraud and Corruption with Data Analytics - 3/15

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series: Chris Roberts, Acalvio - 3/15

ISC2 Denver - March Meeting - 3/15

ISACA Denver - Certification Training - 3/17

CSA - March Chapter Meeting - 3/20

DenSec - March Meetup - 3/21

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 3/22

SecureSet - Capture the Flag: Hackathon - 3/23

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

BSides Denver - 5/11-12

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:

Kris Kistler, CISO at Centura Health is our guest this week. News from: Firmspace, CDOT, ProtectWise, Coalfire, Ping Identity and a lot more!

#10 overall, but #1 in your hearts

Whatever formula ranks North Dakota over Colorado has some serious issues huh? But don't miss out that Colorado does rank as the strongest economy. And luxury co-working is on the way to make it even better. Election security is top of mind, and CDOT is still struggling with their ransomware attack. Lots more stories as well.

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure.

Trivia: Nobody knew that the Colorado = Security podcast has had no sponsors yet. You guys let Andre Gaeta off the hook last week. Did you catch this week's trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

Local security news:

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U.S. News & World Report: Colorado #1 for economy, #10 overall

U.S. governors worry about cyberattacks during fall elections

Luxury co-working coming to Denver

Ransomware strikes CDOT for second time even as agency still recovering from first attack

Colorado Leads and Grows as Cybersecurity Hotbed

Table of Experts: Cybersecurity/Fraud

Analysis of Active Satori Botnet Infections

Coalfire blog: New SEC Cyber Risk Disclosure Guidance: What Does It Mean for Public Companies?

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Ping Identity - Application Security Engineer

PDC ENERGY - Director, Information Security

Crowe Horwarth - IT Audit and Consulting Senior Manager

CenturyLink - Senior Information Security Engineer

Polycom - Senior Security Analyst

Spectrum - Security Engineer I

Western Union - Information Security Analyst

Home Advisor - Information Security Engineer

NREL - Cyber-Physical Systems Security & Resilience

Coalfire - Director, Healthcare

Blackstone Technology Group - Tier 3 Managed SOC Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

DenSec - South Meetup - 3/5

CTA - Daybreak Education Series: The Business of IoT - 3/6

SnowFroc - 3/8

ISSA Denver March Meetings - 3/13-14

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

ISACA - March Meeting - Combatting Fraud and Corruption with Data Analytics - 3/15

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series: Chris Roberts, Acalvio - 3/15

ISC2 Denver - March Meeting - 3/15

Other Notable Upcoming Events

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

BSides Denver - 5/11-12

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: Patrick Quinlan, CEO and co-founder of Convercent is our guest this week. News from: CDOT, Google, CryptoKitties, Riot Blockchain, Vista Equity Partners, BSides Denver, Overwatch.id, ManagedMethods, Ping Identity, Secure64 and a lot more!

In Soviet Russia, election votes you

Mueller's Russia investigation touches Colorado. And so does SamSam ransomware (sorry CDOT!). Google shows off their new digs in Boulder. Cyprokitties play with cryptocurrency in Denver, and Riot Blockchain looks a bit wobbly. And a lot more news this week.

Trivia: Congrats to Justin Brenneman who knew that the world's most secure seed vault is in Colorado. Did you catch this week's trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Colorado targeted by Russians indicted in Robert Mueller probe indictment says

SamSam ransomware variant hits Colorado transportation agency and demands bitcoin

Google shows off new Boulder campus, funds K-12 computer science

CryptoKitties paving way to understanding blockchain, including at Denver Ethereum hackathon

Riot Blockchain's stock tumbles 30% after CNBC investigation into former biotech firm that changed to trendy name

Billionaire Robert Smith left his hometown of Denver years ago, but now he’s growing a tech empire here

BSides CFP Open

Overwatch.Id $3.22 million Fundraising

Operation Cyber Blanket

ManagedMethods Wins Gold 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Cloud Security Product

Ping Identity Takes the Gold Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Second Consecutive Year

Secure64 blog - How to Stop Bots from Exploiting Social Media Sites

Job Openings:

Fast Enterprises - Information Security Officer

Gates - Sr Security Engineer

City and County of Denver - Information Security Specialist

Ping Identity - SRE - Security Operations

CHI - Security Engineer III - AV, Encryption

CoreSite - Senior Information Security Engineer

Cigna - Cyber Threat Responder and Malware Analysis Lead

Black Knight - Threat Intelligence Analyst II

First Data - Senior Application Analyst

Netizen - Cybersecurity Engineer III

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

GDPR Meetup - An Overview of GDPR - 2/27

SecureSet - Hacking 10 Workshop: AppSec - 2/27

ISSA COS - Women in Security - 2/27

DenSec - South Meetup - 3/5

CTA - Daybreak Education Series: The Business of IoT - 3/6

SnowFroc - 3/8

Other Notable Upcoming Events

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

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:

Joe Murdock from Red Rock Community College is our guest this week. News from: Digital Globe, CenturyLink, BurstIQ, LogRhythm and a lot more!

Colorado = Security, for an un-romantic Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day has come and gone but we tell how you to plan to be even more unromantic next year. DigitalGlobe was purchased last year and now their parent company is moving its HQ to Denver. Colorado is piloting a digital driver's license. We're pretty good at election security in Colorado (good job Rich Schliep). LogRhythm can now sell to the government. Plus much more!

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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10 Ways to Have and Unromantic Valentine's Day in Denver

DigitalGlobe parent moves 800-job HQ to Colorado

Colorado among states participating in digital driver's license pilot program

ATM jackpotting comes to Colorado

CenturyLink's COO worries about personal data privacy, too, he says at Boulder conference

“Colorado receives kudos”: State gets highest mark among U.S. peers for election security

Denver healthcare blockchain data company BurstIQ is raising money

LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms

Job Openings:

NBC Universal - Enterprise Cyber Security Officer

Redwood Trust - Technology Risk & Compliance Analyst

Logicworks - Sr. Cloud Security Engineer

Leiods - Senior Insider Risk Consultant (Remote)

Lares Security Consulting - Sr AppSec Research Engineer

Salesforce - Lead Security Engineer (Remote)

Arrow - Security Infrastructure Engineer, Senior

Arrow - IT Auditor

CableLabs - Security Engineer

CableLabs - Principal Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CSA - February Meeting - 2/20

Lady Coders - Negotiate Like a Boss

ISSA COS - February Meetings - 2/20-21

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 2/21

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

GDPR Meetup - An Overview of GDPR - 2/27

SecureSet - Hacking 10 Workshop: AppSec - 2/27

SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 3/2

Other Notable Upcoming Events

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

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:

Cam Williams, Founder & CTO at OverWatchID is our guest this week. News from: Google, Xactly, Gates, Red Canary, LogRhythm and a lot more!

Colorado = Security is always a bull market

Google is hiring in Colorado (Xactly too). In the blockchain Colorado trusts. Time to mentor. Gates IPO went pretty well. Red Canary's founder hits Forbes. A blog from LogRhythm. And a spotlight on our friend Gail Coury.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Google to hire thousands in 9 states (including Colorado)

Colorado eyes blockchain to secure government data, legal pot

New Cybersecurity Bill - "CONCERNING THE USE OF CYBER CODING CRYPTOLOGY FOR STATE RECORDS"

Invest in You: Are you ready to be a mentor?

Silicon Valley software firm Xactly expands in Denver

Gates says IPO raised nearly $800 million

As Featured in Forbes: CEO Brian Beyer on 2018 Cyber Security Trends

Integrating Threat Intelligence to Keep up with Today’s Cyberthreats

Gail Coury featured in ISSA Journal this month (page 12)

Job Openings:

Holland & Hart - Information Security Officer

BP - Security Architect

Arrow - Security Architect - Applications

QEP Resources - IT Security Analyst

Red Sky Solutions - Senior Systems Engineer

Burwood Group - Sr. Network Security Consultant

Kivu - Associate Director

Kivu - Analyst

SecureSet - Vice President of Educational Products and Programming

Optiv - Director Content Strategy

CyberGRX - Content Marketing Manager

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

Nederland Library - Cyber Security for the Individual - 2/13

ISSA Denver - February Chapter Meetings - 2/13-14

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series: Chris Roberts, Acalvio - 2/15

DenSec - North Meetup - 2/15

ISACA - February Meeting - Active Defense: Why Duck when you can Hit back? - 2/15

OWASP Boulder - Automating Offensive and Defensive CyberOps with John Grigg - 2/15

ISSA COS - Mini seminar - 2/17

CSA - February Meeting - 2/20

ISSA COS - February Meetings - 2/20-21

ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 2/21

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

Other Notable Upcoming Events

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10

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: Steve Wostal, Director of Security at Starz Entertainment is our guest this week. News from: DISH, Catalyst Accelerator, ProtectWise, CyberGRX, Swimlane, Threat-X, Colorado Matters, Red Canary, Kroll, LogRhythm, Webroot, Optiv, Virtual Armour, zvelo and a lot more!

We are Colorado's A-Team of security - or - 'Colorado = Security Stadium' anyone?

First Invesco Field, then Sports Authority, next... Colorado = Security Stadium? Works for us. DISH buys ParkiFI, Catalyst Accelerator launches a cohort, Colorado has some great startups (including several in security), Debbi Blyth was on the radio!, GDPR is coming to Colorado, Red Canary partners with Kroll, LogRhythm & Webroot team-up, and a whole lot more!

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Former Denver Mayor Webb wants to bring back the Mile High Stadium name

Dish Network buys Denver parking startup ParkiFi

Catalyst Accelerator launches first cohort

ChickTech Denver Hopes to Attract More Women to STEM Careers

50 Colorado Tech Startups to Watch

Debbi Blyth on Colorado Matters podcast on 1/29

European data-privacy changes send Colorado tech businesses ‘scrambling’

Kroll Announces Exclusive Partnership With Red Canary

SecurityBrief NZ - LogRhythm SIEM gets a boost with Webroot threat intelligence & IP reputation services

Optiv Blog - Cloud Critical Controls

Virtual Armour Blog - Cyber Threats: How Finance Directors Should Prepare

zvelo Blog: IoT Cyber Security Is Reaching A Tipping Point

Job Openings:

Schwab - Director, Risk Analytics

Camping World - Director IT Systems and Security

Arrow Electronics - Security Architect

Convercent - IT Security Engineer

Salt Lending - Security Analyst

Kudelski Security - Principal Advisor - Strategy & Governance

Stroz Friedberg - Vice President, Enterprise Sales

Coalfire - Sales Executive - Cloud and Technology Services

Cylance - Enterprise Sales Manager - Denver

StealthBits - Account Executive

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

Cybersecurity Reception with British Government - 2/5

DenSec - South Meetup - 2/5

Women in Security - 2/6

CTA 101 - 2/7

CTA - Actionable Analytics - 2/7

SecureSet - Career Conversations: Elaine Marino Of Equi.Li - 2/8

CTA - Skill Works: Skills-Based Hiring & Training - 2/8

CTA - Go Code Colorado Kick-Off - 2/8

CTA - Startup Weekend Women Denver - 2/9-11

ISSA Denver - February Chapter Meetings - 2/13-14

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series: Chris Roberts, Acalvio - 2/15

DenSec - North Meetup - 2/15

ISACA - February Meeting - Active Defense: Why Duck when you can Hit back? - 2/15

ISSA COS - Mini seminar - 2/17

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10

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.

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

In this episode: Andre McGregor, Director of Security at Tanium is our guest this week. News from: NCC, Red Canary, Optiv, Swimlane, root9B and a lot more!

One year over, and what do we have to show for it?

Colorado = Security is a year old, and did you buy us anything? Of course not, nobody thinks to get gifts for a podcast - but you could have at least got us a card. You can make up for it with a 5-star rating on iTunes. Anyway... we could all do with a bit less traffic on I-70, amiright? We got a bit more detail on the NCC $8m roof. Big news from Red Canary. Optiv hires a big wig in Europe. Swimlane slacks. And root9B has a couple interesting stories.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Denver testing smart technology to ease traffic congestion

Red Canary and CrowdStrike: Birds Join Forces

Optiv Security Names Simon Church as General Manager and Executive Vice President, Europe

Swimlane ChatOps via Slack Integration

root9B expands executive team

3 Educational Offerings Unique to Colorado

Job Openings:

Xactly - IT Security Analyst - SOX Compliance

Optiv - Practice Manager - Attack & Pen

SCL Health - Security Analyst I

NCAR - Cybersecurity Program Office (CPO) Student Assistant III

Xcel Energy - Electric EMS/SCADA Programmer III Job

Visa - Sr. Software Engineer - Application Security

FirstBank - Information Security Senior Analyst

QEP Resources - IT Security Analyst

Bank or America - Information Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

SecureSet - Hacking 101 Workshop: Intro to Social Engineering - 1/30

Cybersecurity Reception with British Government - 2/5

DenSec - South Meetup - 2/5

Women in Security - 2/6

CTA 101 - 2/7

SecureSet - Career Conversations: Elaine Marino Of Equi.Li - 2/8

CTA - Skill Works: Skills-Based Hiring & Training - 2/8

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10

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: Bret Fund, CEO & Founder of SecureSet Academy is our guest this week. News from: Amazon, Red Robin, ViaWest, SendGrid, Fast Enterprises, Red Canary, Webroot and a lot more!

HQ2 - So you're saying there's a chance!

Denver made the final 20 cities for Amazon's HQ2. Will they pick us? Do we want them to? Even if Amazon doesn't pick us, more and more retirees are. And Red Robin's going to stick around. ViaWest is now Flexential. SendGrid and Fast Enterprises are still great places to work. Plus we've got research from Red Canary and Webroot.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

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Denver makes the final 20 for Amazon HQ2

For Amazon's HQ2, here's how Denver stacks up against the 19 other finalists vying for Amazon's second headquarters

Denver says no thanks to Apple's proposed second campus

Colorado moves up on 'best states to retire' list

Red Robin recommits to Denver for its headquarters

ViaWest, now part of Peak 10, is no more as combined company changes name to Flexential

Two Colorado tech companies on Fortune's 'great place to work' list - Denver Business Journal

National Cybersecurity Center opens for business in Colorado Springs

Credential Harvesting on the Rise

How to Keep Your Cryptocurrency Secure

Job Openings:

Woodward (Ft Collins) - MANAGER OF INFORMATION SECURITY

OppenheimerFunds - Sr. Network Engineer

Arrow - Senior Security Infrastructure Engineer

Vail Health - IT Security Analyst

MITRE (Colorado Springs) - Lead Cyber Operations Engineer

Flatiron - Cybersecurity Policy & Compliance Analyst

BSI - Auditor - Information Security (ISO 27001)

Black Knight - Senior Penetration Testing Analyst IV

LeaderQuest HQ - Cyber Security Curriculum Designer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

Lady Coders – Workplace Sexual Harrassment: It happens. What do you do next? - 1/23

Red Canary - Micro brew tour - 1/26

SecureSet - Capture the flag - 1/26

SecureSet - Hacking 101 Workshop: Intro to Social Engineering - 1/30

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10

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: Chris Calvert, Co-Founder & VP Product Respond Software is our guest this week. News from: Left Hand Robotics, Rachio, Gates, Red Robin, Optiv, Convercent, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Intelisecure and a lot more!

I will never shovel snow again

So much news this week I don't know where to start. A robot that will clear my snow? Yes please. Colorado received a lot of venture funding in 2017 (I've got numbers to prove it). Speaking of funding... a local smart sprinkler company soaked up (get it? 'soaked up') 10m in funding. Gates announced an IPO, while Red Robin is laying off folks from corporate and restaurants. Colorado gets involved with GirlsGoCyberStart, Optiv hires a new CTO, Convercent's CEO wrote for Forbes.com, Ping security team talks about how to do MFA the right way, James from LogRhythm talks about CISO pain-points, and a couple new CISOs named in town.

Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. 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.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected]

Local security news:

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Colorado VC investment was highest in 16 years in 2017

Left Hand Robotics' snow clearing robot

Smart-home tech startup raises a new VC round

Denver-based Gates files for IPO

Red Robin corporate and restaurant layoffs

Colorado to partner in GirlsGoCyberStart, an innovative cybersecurity program for high school girls

Optiv Security names Stu Solomon chief technology and strategy officer

Disrupting the Employee Experience - by Patrick Quinlan

PingID Security Hardening: Your Guide to Achieving Five-Star MFA Security

7 Common CISO Pain Points and How to Overcome Them

Mischa Danaceau is the new CISO at InteliSecure

Job Openings:

TeleTech - Director, Information Security

Catholic Health Initiatives - Manager, IT Security Risk

Kivu Consulting - IT Manager

Comcast - Security Operations Center Lead

Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineering, Security Operations

DCP Midstream - IT Security Analyst V

Colorado State University (Denver) - Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Optiv - Consultant - Attack & Penetration

Arrow Electronics - IT Risk Intern

Vail Resorts - Information Security, Compliance, and Risk Internship

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CSA - January Meeting - 1/16

ISSA COS - January meetings - 1/16-17

DenSec - North Meeting - 1/18

Optiv - 2018 Solution and Program Insight Focus Group: Application Security (AppSec) - 1/18

ISACA - General Data Protection Regulation - 1/18

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series - 1/18

Red Canary - Micro brew tour - 1/26

SecureSet - Capture the flag - 1/26

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21

SnowFROC - 3/8

C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15

Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10

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