93 - 11/26 - John Everson, CISO of Afiniti

In this episode:

John Everson, CISO for Afiniti is our feature interview this week. News from: Denver Airport, Colorado.gov, System76, Ping Identity, Automox, Red Canary, Threat Stack, InteliSecure, LogRhythm, CableLabs and a lot more!

All the single ladies love Denver

We couldn’t land Amazon, but Denver does land the single ladies. DIA is the best large airport in the US (and getting better). Our state website is pretty great too. And our economy is growing like crazy. Some insight on System76 bringing their computer manufacturing to Colorado. Ping Identity hires some execs. Automox raises money. Red Canary partners with Threat Stack. InteliSecure releases their big 2018 report. LogRhythm holds themselves accountable for their predictions. And CableLabs releases Micronets.

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Local security news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Denver ranks among top housing markets for career-minded, single women

• DIA is the best large airport

• Colorado.gov, the Official State Website, Ranks 5th in the Country | Business Wire

• Colorado economy accelerates in second quarter

• Why an open-source PC maker decided to bring its manufacturing to Denver -- and how it did it

• Ping Identity Announces Additions to Leadership Team

• Boulder cybersecurity firm Automox to add 20 employees after $9.3M raise

• Red Canary and Threat Stack Partner to Protect Cloud Infrastructure

• InteliSecure Releases 2018 State of Critical Data Protection Report Revealing Significant Gaps in Cybersecurity Expertise, Execution

• Looking Back at LogRhythm Labs' 2018 Predictions for Security - How Did We Do?

• Micronets: Enterprise-Level Security Is No Longer Just For Enterprises

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst - Business Continuity & Incident Response

• Ping Identity - Security Program Business Analyst

• Colorado Secretary of State - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

• Fort Lewis College - Chief Information Security Officer

• SomaLogic - VP, Information Security

• Risk Based Security - Software Security Analyst

• Bank of America - Cybersecurity Threat Hunt Specialist

• CISO LLC - Maritime Operational Technology Security Specialist

• Herjavec Group - Commercial Sales Representative

• Regis University - Assistant (or Associate) Professor

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• SecureSet - Denver War Games: Applied Cryptography 2 - 11/26

• DenSec - November meetup - 11/28

• SecureSet - Denver War Games: Network Security 1—ARP Poisoning - 11/28

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - November meeting - 11/28

• Lockpicking event at Kivu - 11/30

• SecureSet - Women Only – Intro to Capture The Flag – Extended Mix - 11/30

• COS ISSA - Chapter Annual Awards Banquet - 12/6

• COLORADO SPRINGS CYBERSECURITY FIRST FRIDAY SOCIAL & MIXER - 12/7

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• ISSA / ISACA Holiday Bash - 12/10

• SnowFROC - 3/14

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