In this episode:
Benjamin Edelen, CISO of the city of Boulder, is our feature interview this week. News from: Denver International Airport, VictorOps, Splunk, Apex Awards, Coalfire, LogRhythm, Red Canary, Regis, Colorado Christian University and a lot more!
I got 99 problems but a <lack of local colleges with cybersecurity degree program> ain't one
We've got news! Denver's got an airport (and it's big). Denver's got a tech scene (and it's big). VictorOps sold to Splunk. CISO of the year nominations are open. Optiv hires a couple of C-levels. Coalfire, LogRhythm, and Red Canary have some news. And two local schools add security degrees.
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Local security news:
- Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel
- The top U.S. airports compared to their international rankings
- Is Denver a New Kind of Tech Town? Positively.
- Boulder's VictorOps selling to San Francisco firm for $120 million
- CISO of the Year Nominations Open
- Optiv Security Names COO, CFO
- Coalfire - How I Found CVE-2018-8819: Out-of-Band (OOB) XXE in WebCTRL
- LogRhythm blog - Time to Reset Your Router? Understanding and Removing VPNFilter Malware
- Introducing the Next Chapter of Atomic Red Team Tests
- Regis adds cybersecurity undergraduate degree
- Colorado Christian University created a new Masters in Cyber Security
Job Openings:
- Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations
- EDUCAUSE - Director of Cybersecurity Program
- KPMG - Manager, IT Security Risk Assessment
- Carbon Black - Threat Researcher - Reverse Engineer
- Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association - Network Security Specialist
- Staples - Microsoft Cloud Security Consultant
- Guild Education - Security Engineer
- Aetna - Information Security - 3rd Party Risk Assessment
- Swimlane - Enterprise Sales Engineer - Security Operations
Upcoming Events:
This Week and Next:
- ISSA COS - June Meetings - 6/19-20
- CSA - June Chapter Meeting - 6/19
- ISSA Denver - June Happy Hour - 6/20
- AI for GDPR Compliance: In Conversation with Darktrace - 6/21
- ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 6/23
- NCC - Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency & Blockchain for Beginners - 6/26
- SecureSet - Career Convos: Hilary Constable of Constable HR; Make your resume SHINE - 6/26
- ISSA Denver - June Healthcare Special interest Group - 6/27
- SecureSet - Expert Series: Bryan Becker - 6/28
- SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 6/29
Other Notable Upcoming Events
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* 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