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.
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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