Colorado = Security Podcast

In this episode: Patrick Walsh, CEO of IronCore Labs is our feature guest. Plus bad news from root9B and DirectDefense, and good news from InteliSecure, Optiv, Target, Oracle, Denver Startup Week, and WebRoot. Full show notes: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/8/18/29-821-show-notes

Will root9B be around for next quarter's Cybersecurity 500 list?

"Welcome to the world’s largest pay-for-play data exfiltration botnet." That's what Colorado's own DirectDefense said about Carbon Black this week. And root9B, the public security company in Colorado Springs that's topped the Cybersecurity 500 list for the last 6 quarters, is in dire straits. Creditors are planning to auction their assets on August 31st. More routine stories include: Three Colorado security companies made the Inc 5000, Target brings next-day delivery to Denver, Gail Coury and ISSA COS get recognized, there WILL be a Cybersecurity Panel at Denver Startup Week, WebRoot makes an acquisition, and a chance for you to help out students at Red Rocks Community College.

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This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Patrick Walsh is the founder and CEO of Boulder-based IronCorp Labs. They just made it through the TechStars program and tells tales of the experience. Patrick has had a great career, and shares his learnings along the way.

Local security news:

Colorado = Security store! Buy things now.

International oil firm BP begins hiring for new 200-person Denver office - Hiring for a security architect (click here)

Target expands next-day delivery to Denver

Inc 5000 - 113 Colorado companies (Including DirectDefense, InteliSecure and Optiv)

root9B assets to be auctioned

Colorado Based DirectDefense Incorrectly Asserts Architectural Flaw in Cb Response | Carbon Black

Snowmass Village hit by $60k phishing attack

Gail Coury named to ISSA Honor Roll + COS ISSA wins chapter of the year

Cybersecurity founders panel at DSW

Webroot acquires Oregon security firm to fix the security industry's weakest link: humans

Red Rocks CyberLab looking for hardware and you can help!

Job Openings:

MarkWest Energy - Enterprise Security Architect

Frontier Airlines - Sr Network Security Engineer

Assured Information Security, Inc - Advising Computer Engineer

Kaiser Permanente - Analyst Cyber Risk Defense

CU Denver - Instructor in Information Systems

Navigant: Senior Consultant - Information Security and Forensics, Legal Technology Solutions - Remote Locations

Westech - Robotic Network Security Engineer

Deloitte - Senior Data Protection Security Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CTA - CTA 101 - 8/22

CSA - August chapter meeting - 8/23

SecureSet - Securing Your Digital Health Company - 8/23

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Hackathon - 8/25

CTA - Sip and Connect - 8/29

SecureSet - Hacking 101: Girl Develop It! Workshop - 8/30

Colorado Springs ISSA - 7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30 - 8/31

NCC - First Responder Cyber Exercise - 8/31

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode: David Willson, lawyer from Titan Info Security Group joined us. Plus news from Galvanize, Red Lion, Ping Identity, Coalfire, InteliSecure, and more. Full details available here: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/8/13/28-814-show-notes

"Alexa, teach me to code"

Denver-based Galvanize is going to be taking the lead on teaching developers how to program for Alexa. Colorado is the most internet business friendly state in the country. Red Lion is moving their HQ to town. What exactly is an IDaaS? SOC2 changes are coming. And 10 things to avoid in your DLP rollout. 

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Feature interview:

David Willson, practicing lawyer at Titan Info Security Group, sat down with Robb this week to discuss what it's like being a lawyer doing security work, his service to our country, the legal landscape around security, and hacking back. You can reach David at: [email protected]. 

Local security news:

Colorado = Security store! Buy things now.

Colorado #1 easiest for internet businesses

Galvanize teaming with Amazon to train developers on Alexa

National hotel chain (Red Lion) moving its corporate headquarters to Denver

Colorado's a cybersecurity center

Ping Blog: What is Identity as a Service (IDaaS)?

Coalfire Blog: SOC2 Changes are Coming (and you can have a voice)

InteliSecure Blog: Top 10 DLP Pitfalls

Job Openings:

Check out all the local security company job openings!

Dish Network - Identity Management Admin

Charter Communications - Sr. Manager, Security Operations Center

Charter Communications Security Job Fair

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA - Financial Services SIG - 8/16

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends - Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending - 8/17

NCC - Cybersecurity oversight training - 8/17

DenverSec - North Meetup - 8/17

ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 8/19

CTA - CTA 101 - 8/22

CSA - August chapter meeting - 8/23

SecureSet - Securing Your Digital Health Company - 8/23

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Hackathon - 8/25

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode:

Chris Nickerson, founder of Lares and BSides, is our feature guest. Plus news from Telsa, SparkFun, eFolder, Fortrust, Optiv, CyberGRX, Red Canary, and a lot more. 

Yes, we do know where you can buy a Colorado = Security thong

The founder of SparkFun has created a robot that's got your back. It's not a very cute robot unfortunately. Also this week, the Colorado = Security podcast is selling out (we hope), we learn that DIA booked an IR training, Telsa is charging up Littleton, eFolder is folding into a competitor, Fortrust is swallowed by a Mountain, Optiv sees its way to a Gartner top 10, Red Canary sings a dirge for perimeter security, and a lot more bad puns.

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This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Chris Nickerson, founder of Lares and BSides, is our feature guest this week. Alex sat with Chris to learn about Chris's background, hear some of the stories of the early security community in Colorado, and what it's like building a conference and a security consulting company. 

Local security news:

Colorado = Security store! Buy things now.

Denver International Airport held large-scale emergency response training

Castle Rock to startups: We want you

Tesla opens a showroom and service center in the heart of Littleton

SparkFun founder uses robot to crack open safe live at security event Def Con

eFolder merging with California company (Axcient)

Fortrust being bought by Iron Mountain

Optiv Security Ranked Top 10 Global Security Consulting Provider by Revenue by Gartner

CyberGRX Expands Senior Leadership Team with Key Executive Appointments

Red Canary Blog: Security Mistake - Focusing on the perimeter

Apex Awards - CISO of the year award is up now!

Job Openings:

Google - Security Operations Engineer, Google Cloud (Apigee)

Denovo Ventures LLC - Director of Information Security

SecureWorks - Managed Security Services Consultant

IHS Markit - Enterprise Risk Management, Senior Manager

Trustech - Senior Network Security Engineer

Cognizant - Associate Director, Corporate Security GRC

Ball Aerospace, Information Security - Cyber Security Specialist (entry level)

Ball Aerospace, Information Security - Cyber Security Operations Lead

Welltok - Business Security Liason

Ping Identity - Security Compliance / GRC Analyst & Jr Product Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

DenverSec - Meetup - 8/7

ISSA Denver - August Meetings - 8/8-9

SecureSet - Expert Series - Clark Hobbie, Miranda and Open Source - 8/10

SecureSet - Colorado Springs Open Hours - 8/11

ISSA - Financial Services SIG - 8/16

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends - Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending - 8/17

NCC - Cybersecurity oversight training - 8/17

DenverSec - North Meetup - 8/17

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode: Steven Drew (CEO) and Jeremy Wittkop (CTO) from Intelisecure are this week's feature interview. News from CH2M, Coalfire, Swimlane, ProtectWise (and Ixia), Ping Identity, Intelisecure and root9B. https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/7/27/26-731-show-notes

Alright, which of you is the CISO of the year?

Only a couple of weeks left in nominations for the inaugural Apex Awards Colorado CISO of the year. We are confident that one of you lovely listeners has the perfect candidate. No more waiting, nominate them now! In addition to our feature interview with Intelisecure, we delve into the topics you need to know. Just which European city has a new direct flight from Denver? What is an Ixia, and why is ProtectWise partnering with it? How did Ping Identity win yet another award? Why am I asking so many questions? Does anyone read this stuff anyway? Free beer to the first person to tell me you read this and claim the beer.

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This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Robb sat down with two leaders of Greenwood Village based Intelisecure - CEO Steven Drew, and CTO Jeremy Wittkop. Steven, who has only been at Intelisecure for about a year, talked about the road which lead him to leading one of Denver's biggest security companies. And Jeremy, who was an early employee, tells the story of joining when the company was tiny (and named BEW Global) and riding the growth over the years. Our conversation ranges from Critical Asset Protection, perimeter based security, and a lot more. Enjoy learning more about one of Colorado's best security companies.

Local security news:

DIA keeps adding international flights - New London flight is the latest

Denver Startup Week 2017: Registration opens

CH2M in talks to be acquired

Coalfire Blog: 5 AWS certifications explained

Swimlane partnered in EY's new Cybersecurity Center

ProtectWise and Ixia Announce Integration Partnership

Ping Identity wins 2017 CODiE award

Intelisecure - Open enrollment of its 2018 critical data protection benchmark survey

Apex Awards - CISO of the year award is up now!

Job Openings:

Coalfire - Director, Technical Services

NCC -  Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Program Manager (COS)

Booz Allen - Multi-Intelligence Collaboration Specialist, Junior

Radware - Cloud Regional Sales Manager - Cyber Security

AT&T - Cybersecurity Consultant 3 - Payment Card Industry

Accenture - Federal – Cyber Hunter (Remote) ++

General Dynamics - Cybersecurity Software Development Lead

Ping Identity - Security Compliance / GRC Analyst & Jr Product Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CTA - Tech Tour - 7/31-8/4

CTA - Tech Tour Colorado Springs / Community Lunch & Panel - 7/31

DenverSec - Meetup - 8/7

ISSA Denver - August Meetings - 8/8-9

SecureSet - Expert Series - Clark Hobbie, Miranda and Open Source - 8/10

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode: Coalfire's Bryce Bearchell tells the story of paying ransom to save a company. News from Ping Identity, SecureSet, Automox, Red Canary, ProtectWise and more. For full show notes: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/7/21/25-724-show-notes

The pizza is mediocre, but that honey? Mmmm

After more than 40 years, the Beau Jo's on Colorado Blvd is closing. This leaves us wondering, are there any other places with such mediocre food that are so popular? (White Castle maybe?) This week we learned that Comcast is launching an IoT network in Denver, the City's auditors find security issues with the 311 phone system, SecureSet's Alex Kreilin is famous, Automox officially comes out of stealth, and a whole lot more.

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This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

In early June we covered a fascinating blog post by Coalfire: The Anatomy of Paying a Ransom. The story so interested us that we reached out to contacts at Coalfire to meet the author. Bryce Bearchell is the security consultant who worked this incident and wrote the blog. In this week's interview Bryce gives us more context about his role at Coalfire, the company that was hit by this attack, how they recovered, and lessons for the rest of us, so we don't suffer the same fate.

Local security news:

Beau Jo's on Colorado is closing after 40+ years

Comcast to launch 'internet of things' network in Denver

Denver auditor finds possible security issues with city's 311 system

Ping named Applied Materials supplier of the year

SecureSet Accelerator's Alex Kreilin Profiled in Denver Business Journal

Automox launches in Boulder

Red Canary Threat Hunting resources

ProtectWise Research: Winnti Evolution - Going Open Source

Apex Awards - CISO of the year award is up now!

Job Openings:

Arrow Electronics - Principal Security Architect

Amazon - Sr. Security Engineer

LogRhythm - Senior Security Research Engineer job

Xcel Energy - Senior Analyst, Threat Intelligence

TIAA - Sr Director, IT Audit

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - Cloud Computing Site Reliability Engineer

OppenheimerFunds - Security Engineer

Frontier Airlines - Sr Network Security Engineer

RIM Technologies - Data Security Specialist

Ping Identity - Security Compliance / GRC Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

NCC - Air Force Association's CyberPatriot CyberCamp - 7/24-28

SecureSet - Capture the flag - 7/28

ISSA COS - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

CTA - Tech Tour - 7/31-8/4

CTA - Tech Tour Colorado Springs / Community Lunch & Panel - 7/31

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode: Feature interview with Genevieve Southwick - aka Bana Sidhe (pronounced Banshee) - Denver's wrangler of security conferences. Also news from Palo Alto Networks, Secure64, Swimlane and Automox. Full show notes: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/7/15/24-717-show-notes

Girl Scouts - selling cookies, camping and... hacking computers?

The weather isn't the only thing heating up in Colorado. Tons of new meetings posted this week, and a lot of great news. Funding for a Denver home automation company, a new CISO of the year award is posted, new cybersecurity rules for investment advisors and broker-dealers in Colorado, a new board member for Secure64, Swimlane win's an award, and a local company explains the CVE system. And my favorite... Palo Alto networks is working with the Girl Scouts to create cybersecurity badges. What a great world we live in.

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This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Genevieve Southwick is one of the most colorful and fun characters in the Colorado security community. Known online as Bana Sidhe (pronounced Banshee), Gen has been responsible for helping organize Denver BSides, Las Vegas BSides, and a number of other security conferences over the last decade. In this conversation we learn how Gen's career at the Renaissance Faire turned into a security career. BSides - Proving Grounds. Denver City Sec. 

Local security news:

Why go into the office? Denver area embraces telecommuting

Josh.ai - Denver home automation startup raises 8m

Apex Awards - CISO of the year award is up now!

Colorado Division of Securities Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rule

Palo Alto and Girl Scout team up on security badges

Cyber Security Expert Dan Massey Joins the Secure64 Executive Team

Swimlane named "breakout vendor" by Forrester

Automox Blog - CVE System Explained

Job Openings:

Gates - Director of Information Risk & Security

Connect for Health Colorado - Security Analyst

ProtectWise - Malware Analyst, Threat  Researcher

Coalfire - Sr Security Consultant, Penetration Tester

Red Canary - Security Operations Center Analyst

Webroot - Advanced Malware Threat Research Engineer

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

OWASP - July meeting - 7/19

NCC - Cyber Center Charrette 2017 - 7/19-21

DenverSec - Meetup - 7/20

ISC2 Denver - CISSP - ISSEP Presentation - 7/20

ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 7/22

NCC - Air Force Association's CyberPatriot CyberCamp - 7/24-28

SecureSet - Capture the flag - 7/28

ISSA COS - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8

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

In this episode: LogRhythm CISO James Carder is our featured interview. News from Secure64, LogRhythm, Ping Identity, Vector8 and Managed Methods. Full show notes here: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/7/8/23-710-show-notes

100,000 Cosplay-ers can't be wrong

We hope you've recovered from a week of cosplay, fireworks and flag waving, and you're ready to get back to the real world. The news never stops here in Colorado. Besides Comic Con, we got news that a local college placed in a national cybersecurity competition, Secure64 looks to secure DNS for major carriers, LogRhythm and Ping Identity win prizes, and blogs from Vector8 and Managed Methods.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know.

This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

James Carder has had an interesting career on his way to Denver. From Air Force, to Raytheon, IBM, Mandiant, the Mayo Clinic, and finally LogRhythm here in Colorado, James has had a great career. He sat down with Alex to share with you all.

Local security news:

Denver Comic Con draws 115,000, packs a $10 million economic punch

Colorado robotics team takes world championship, eyes next opponent

Red Rocks CC wins 2nd in Community College Innovation Challenge

Secure64 & Mavenir Team Up to Bring NFV-ready IMS to Carriers

LogRhythm Clinches the 2017 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Enterprise Security Product Line Strategy Leadership Award

Ping Identity named in 2017 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass on CIAM

Managed Methods blog:  Schools Using Google Need a Lesson in Cloud Security

Vector8 blog: The Five Dimensions of Hunting

Robb & Alex featured on this week's Cybersecurity Interviews podcast

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Trust Company of America - Sr. Manager, Information Technology Policy and Governance

Aimco - Information Security Analyst

Reed Group - Information Security Officer

Trace 3 - Identity Architect

Lares Sec Consulting - Application Security Consultant

RedShield Security - Cloud Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

CSA - July Meeting - 7/11

Denver ISSA - July Meetings - 7/11-12

COS ISSA - Chapter meetings - 7/12-13

SecureSet - Expert Series, Bryan Becker, Kroenke Sports - 7/13

Colorado Innovation and Technology Experience - 7/13-14

OWASP - July meeting - 7/19

NCC - Cyber Center Charrette 2017 - 7/19-21

DenverSec - Meetup - 7/20

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

COS ISSA - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

In this episode: Don Bailey of Lab Mouse Security was our featured guest. News from Boom Supersonic, TapInfluence leaving Colorado, Microsoft, ProtectWise, SecureSet, LogRhythm, Ping Identity and root9B. Full notes here: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/6/30/22-73-show-notes

Happy birthday 'Murica

It's our nation's birthday! We hope you are grilling a hot dog, hanging at the pool in your flip flops as you listen to this episode. We kept it quick so you don't burn (on your shoulders or your grill) while you listen. Robb sat down with local security entrepreneur Don Bailey of Lab Mouse Security. Plus all kinds of great local news. 

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know.

This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Don Bailey, founder and president of Lab Mouse Security, sat with Robb to talk about how he made his way from studying and playing music, to hacking phones and cars, to securing the Internet of Things. Don sheds some light on the Colorado security scene and where he sees the industry going. Find Don on Twitter.

Local security news:

The Denver Post tried Amazon’s Prime Now in Denver. Here’s what you need to know. 

Ax throwing, Denver's latest bar game, is like darts but with axes

Boom Supersonic unveils new airplane, sees aircraft orders increase sevenfold

Tech firm TapInfluence moves headquarters to Silicon Valley

Microsoft gives $25.8 million to expand Colorado workforce training program

ProtectWise & sep2 announce channel partnership

root9b tops the Cybersecurity 500 List again

SecureSet adds Senator Mark Udall to its board

LogRhythm Blog: Deploying Netmon freemium at home to monitor IoT

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

SecureWorks - Senior Security Program Manager

Swimlane - Technical Content Writer

Vail Valley Medical Center - IT Security Analyst

Amazon - Sr Security Engineer

Oracle - Sr Security Analyst

LogRhythm - Professional Services Consultant, Senior PS Consultant, & Manager of PS

Salesforce - Manager - External Certifications, Sr. Analyst - External Certifications, Sr. Analyst - IT SOX

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

DenSec - Meetup - 7/3

CSA - July Meeting - 7/11

Denver ISSA - July Meetings - 7/11-12

COS ISSA - Chapter meetings - 7/12-13

Colorado Innovation and Technology Experience - 7/13-14

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

COS ISSA - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

In this episode: Brad Feld is the feature interview this week. Brad is managing partner for Foundry Group, and co-founder of Techstars. News from Amazon, ID Watchdog, Sphero, Optiv, Ping Identity, and Swimlane. https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/6/24/21-626-show-notes

Alex will never be lonely again

The summer is in full swing, though the Denver weather hasn't quite been convinced to get with the program. Tech hiring is up in Denver in 2017, a Denver identity theft company gets acquired for a big price tag, Optiv and Ping have some big announcements this week, Swimlane gives a nice tutorial on what security automation is (and why you need). Finally, a local toy maker has spun off a personal robot company; Alex will never be lonely again.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know.

This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to [email protected]

Feature interview:

Brad Feld, co-founder at Techstars and managing partner at Foundry Group, has brought Boulder, and all of Colorado, into the Venture Capital world. Robb was lucky enough to have the opportunity to sit with Brad to discuss how he ended up in Boulder, what accomplishment Brad is most proud of, and where he sees technology (and security) going in the future. 

Local security news:

The Denver Post tried Amazon’s Prime Now in Denver. Here’s what you need to know. 

Sphero, Boulder toy maker, spins off personal robot company

Denver IT hiring expected to increase in second half of 2017

ID Watchdog, Denver based identity theft company, bought for $63m

Optiv Security Announces Two New Offerings to Help Organizations Build Identity Centric Security Programs

Ping Identity Extends Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Delivering Secure Access to All On-Premises Enterprise Applications

Ping makes their MFA product super customizable with an SDK

Swimlane Blog: What is Security Automation and Do You Need It?

Randall Frietzsche CISO at Denver Health

Job Openings:

Optiv - Executive Director-Executive Solutions-oCISO

DISH Networks - Sr. Security Engineer

Premier Members Credit Union - Info Security Analyst

Western Union - IT Project Manager (Information Security)

BP - Security Architect

West Corporation - Senior Divisional Information Security Risk Analyst

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver WIS - 6/27 (new location - Denver Field House)

Cyber Security World - 6/28-29

Evanta - 2017 CISO Executive Summit - 6/29

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends - 6/29

SecureSet - Open House at new location - 6/29

DenSec - Meetup - 7/3

Other Notable Upcoming Events:

COS ISSA - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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

In this episode: Alex interviews infosec lawyer Dave Navetta. News from Amazon, ViaWest, Notion, Ping Identity, ProtectWise, Webroot, LogRhythm, and Optiv. Full show notes here: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/6/16/20-619-show-notes

Ping is a leader (but we knew that already, right?)

Need that Amazon order this afternoon? Well I have good news for you. Amazon is rolling out 2 hour deliver to Denver. Denver is the #8 tech city in the country, and our workers are crazy well-educated. It's a good week for Ping Identity, as it is recognized on Gartner's Access Management Magic Quadrant, and is rated the #1 large tech company to work for in Denver. LogRhythm also had a great week, winning gold in Gartner Peer Insights. Woman leaders at both ProtectWise and Webroot are recognized by Built in Colorado. And Optiv, Colorado's biggest security company, makes some big industry hires.

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Feature interview:

Alex sat with Denver's own Dave Navetta, security lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright. Dave was one of the creators of the cyber security insurance, and offers some great insight from his years in large firms, his own firm, and the insurance industry.

Local security news:

Denver is the #8 tech city in the US

Amazon Prime Now delivers within 2 hours

Colorado info tech and data-center company ViaWest sold for $1.675 billion

Notion, Denver based Smart Home company, raises 10m

Ping named leader in 2017 Gartner Access Management Magic Quadrant

Ping is #1 Tech company and #4 overall on DBJ's best places to work, XL

Women leaders at ProtectWise and Webroot recognized

LogRhythm wins Gold on Gartner Peer Insights

Optiv Security Hires Industry Veterans

LogRhythm Blog: Reactions to Trump's Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Job Openings:

Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

Denver Health - IS Analyst Security III

Johns Manville - Cyber Security Analyst - Entry Level

Alchemy Security - Multiple security operations roles

Red Canary - Security Operations Center Analyst

ProtectWise - DevOps engineer

Swimlane - Integrated Marketing Intern

LogRhythm - Sr Security Analyst

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next Week:

Optiv - Denver Enterprise Security Summit - 6/20

ISSA Denver - Healthcare SIG - 6/22

CTA - Meet the Board with Suma Nallapati - 6/22

SecureSet - Capture the lag events - 6/23

COS ISSA - Mini seminar - 6/24

ISSA Denver WIS - 6/27 (new location - Denver Field House)

Cyber Security World - 6/28-29

Evanta - 2017 CISO Executive Summit - 6/29

SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends - 6/29

SecureSet - Open House at new location - 6/29

Notable Upcoming Events:

COS ISSA - CISSP Exam Prep - 7/29

7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31

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