In this episode:
Joe McComb, CISO at Janus Henderson is our feature guest this week. News from: In 'n Out, City of Boulder, Sparkfun, LogRhythm, Optiv, SecureSet, Ping Identity, Convercent and a lot more!
I'll take my double double animal style
Everyone's favorite California hamburger place may be coming to Colorado (just don't eat the fries... they aren't good). Colorado is working on some futuristic tech (JetBike anyone?). Colorado public sector starts thinking about security (Boulder asks private industry to help, the State creates a program for veterans, and the schools prep for ransoms). A local company creates an Androit app to detect skimmers (hint: it's looking for bluetooth). LogRhythm features Sue Lapierre (Sue's going to be a guest on the podcast soon!). Optiv unveils their 10 tips for the holidays (and KKR might have an Optiv problem). SecureSet opens a campus outside Colorado (Florida, here we come). Ping Identity makes deploying to the cloud easy (especially AWS). Convercent tells you how to monitor your culture for sickness (check out the 3 KPIs).
Please 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 info@colorado-security.com with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.
Feature interview:
Joe McComb sat down with Robb this week to talk about how he got to run one the security program for of the biggest names in investing. Joe's background takes us through genetics, archeology, data analysis and a whole lot more.
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Local security news:
- Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel
- In ‘N Out coming to Colorado
- The Most Futuristic Technology Coming Out of Colorado
- City of Boulder seeking a ‘startup in residence’
- Desperate for Cybersecurity Workers, States Help Build the Next Generation
- Colorado schools prepare for potential cyber ransom attacks
- Colorado company creates app to detect credit card skimmers
- A CISO's Perspective: Sue Lapierre
- Optiv Security Unveils 10 Tips for Businesses to Optimize Security Programs During 2017 Holiday Season
- KKR Faces Turmoil at Optiv, Its Big Security Bet
- Denver cybersecurity school expands outside of Colorado
- Ping Identity launches new platform capabilities
- Convercent Blog: Monitor Culture Like a KPI: Three Indictors Yours Culture is Secretly Sick
- John Everson leaving DISH Networks for Afiniti
Job Openings:
- Dominion Voting Systems - Chief Security Officer job
- Cognizant - Senior Manager, Corporate Security Engineer
- CHI - Manager, IT Security Risk
- BioScrip - IT Security Operations Manager job
- RubinBrown - Senior Auditor, Information Technology - Business Advisory Services
- City of Broomfield - IT Security Analyst
- Chipotle - IT Security Threat Analyst
Upcoming Events:
This Week and Next:
- CitySec - Meetup South - 12/4
- CTA - C-level volunteer kickoff - 12/7
- COS ISSA - Awards Banquet - 12/7
- SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 12/8
- CSA - CCSK Training - 12/8
- CTA - CTA 101 - 12/13
- ISSA / ISACA Joint Meeting @ Comedy Works - 12/14
- CTA - Legislative Outlook - 12/14
Other Notable Upcoming Events:
- Optiv - 2017 Solution and Program Insight Focus Group: Application Security (AppSec) - 1/18
- SnowFROC - 3/8
- 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 carrrladams@gmail.com. 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