145 - 12/16 - Newscast

News from: Crusoe Energy Systems, Salesforce, Gtmhub, Coalfire, CyberGRX, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Optiv, and a lot more!

Turns out you’re right - they are all terrible drivers

Colorado’s drivers are sixth worst (at least Texas is worse). Startup turns oil wells into cryptocurrency. Loads of Colorado tech companies are going to hire next year. Salesforce is coming in strong - and branding a building. Gtmhub is comin’ to town. Coalfire has new owners. CyberGRX raises a round. 2020 predictions from Ping and LogRhythm. Part 2 of security ROI from Optiv.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Colorado drivers now rank 6th worst in the country

• Denver startup turns oil well emissions into cryptocurrency millions

• These Colorado tech companies expect to hire for more than 1,000 new jobs in 2020 - Denver Business Journal

• Salesforce plans to brand Denver tower, double Colorado workforce - Denver Business Journal

• Global company makes Denver its U.S. HQ, closes $9M funding round

• Carlyle L P : Funds advised by Apax Partners to acquire Coalfire from The Carlyle Group and The Chertoff Group | MarketScreener

• Denver cybersecurity firm CyberGRX closes on $40 million Series D funding - Denver Business Journal

• Where We're Headed: 2020 Identity Industry Predictions

• 8 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020 | LogRhythm

• Measuring Cybersecurity ROI Part 2: Cost Savings, Decreasing M&A Risk | Optiv

Job Openings:

• Pulte Financial Services - CISO

• Western Union - Director, Cybersecurity & Technology Governance

• RTD - Manager, Integrated Security, Technology

• Empower Retirement - Security Relationship Manager

• Shutterstock - Cloud Security Architect

• Ibotta - Security Risk Analyst

• Slack - Senior Security Threat Analyst

• Visa - Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

• DISH - Information Security Business Partner

• American Medical Response - Cyber Security Analyst III

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• SecureSet - Movie Night: Hackers - 12/17

• Splunk 1st Thursdays @ Top Golf - 1/2

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• RIMS 2020 - 5/3-6

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