102 - 1/28 - Ben Soulier and Mark Evans, Founders @ Alpin

In this episode:

Ben Soulier and Mark Evans of Alpin (https://alpin.io/) are our feature guests this week, plus learn about the new Northern Colorado ISSA Chapter. News from: Maxar, WOW!, Ping Identity, Webroot, SecureSet, Coalfire, VirtualArmour and a lot more!

Why yes, I do have a huge brain

I know, I know. You thought I just had a huge head - but this research says it’s actually because of how big my brain is. But am I smart enough to retire in Colorado? Our new state CIO is ready to delight us. Maxar gets some bad news. WOW! delivers some bad news to some workers. Ping Identity releases new research. Webroot talks wearables. SecureSet says everyone can do security. Coalfire talks CCPA. And VirtualArmour talks BYOD.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Colorado wields most brain power west of Mississippi, ranking says

• Colorado named 3rd best state for retirement

• New Colorado CIO wants to deliver 'customer delight' to state workers and residents

• Westminster-based Maxar's shares plummet after satellite failure

• Denver-area cable company (WOW) laying off more than 200 employees

• Security Concerns are Preventing Cloud and SaaS Adoption, According to Latest Ping Identity Survey

• Webroot blog - Smart Wearables: Convenience vs. Security

• SecureSet blog - Not sure if you can ‘hack it’ as a cybersecurity professional?

• Coalfire Blog - California Consumer Privacy Act Will It Apply To Your Organization?

• Keeping Your Network Secure in a "Bring Your Own Device" World | VirtualArmour

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Manager of Security Operations and Engineering

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

• Janus Henderson - Head of Technology & SOX Audit

• CoBank - Senior Security Analyst

• PENSCO Trust Company - Sr Information Security Program Manager

• GB Protect - Senior Security Consultant

• Bellco Credit Union - OTS Information Security Intern

• University of Denver - Professor (Open Rank), Cyber-Physical Systems and Cybersecurity - Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science (005796)

• State of Colorado - DORA: Division of Banking - Financial / Credit Examiner IV

• Zvelo - VP, DevOps

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• GDPR Meetup - Data Privacy Day - Privacy Trends for 2019 - 1/28

• SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 1/30

• COLORADO SPRINGS CYBERSECURITY “FIRST FRIDAY” SOCIAL & MIXER - 2/1

• DC Fly-In - 2/4-6

• CTA - SheTech - 2/8

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• SnowFROC - 3/14

• Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) - 6/4-6

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