103 - 2/4 - Stig Ravdal of Ravdal, Inc

In this episode:

Stig Ravdal, the man at Ravdal, Inc. our feature guest this week. News from: RTD, Gusto, Twilio, SendGrid, Convercent, ThreatX, Swimlane, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Webroot and a lot more!

Colorado = A great place to yak

Yes, you’re right, Colorado is a great place for raising your yak. RTD takes a step toward a driverless future. Gusto grows mas grande. Twilio closes on SendGrid. Convercent’s chief ethics officer talks ethics. ThreatX lands a product leader from LogRhythm. Swimlane launches a podcast. Ping Identity teaches us about Modlishka. LogRhythm talks cloud analytics. Webroot talks filling the staffing gap.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Colorado a hotbed for North American yak ranching

• Denver RTD launches autonomous shuttle near airport

• Payroll startup Gusto leases 60,000 more square feet, in two buildings

• Twilio closes acquisition of email specialist SendGrid in all-stock deal now worth $3B

• How the chief ethics officer of a Denver ethics software company handles business’ biggest issues

• ThreatX hires Chris Bradzindunas

• Listen Up! Swimlane Launches Hands-Free Security Podcast

• The Modlishka Phishing Tool and MFA: What You Need to Know

• LogRhythm’s Road to Scalable Cloud Analytics | LogRhythm

• Building a Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline One Coding Challenge at a Time

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Manager of Security Operations and Engineering

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

• Encana - Intern- IT Analyst

• Platform.sh - Security & Compliance Engineer

• Arapahoe County - IT Cyber Security Analyst

• Marathon Petroleum - IT/OT Cybersecurity Framework Specialist

• US Federal Government - Information Technology Specialist

• Raytheon - Cyber Security Engineer Intern

• SCL Health - Security Analyst II

• PDC Energy - Security GRC Specialist

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• DC Fly-In - 2/4-6

• SecureSet - Hacking 101: Social Engineering - 2/5

• CTA - SheTech - 2/8

• SecureSet - Expert Series: Scott Hogg on Encryption with AWS - 2/12

• ISSA Denver - February Chapter meetings - 2/12-13

• ISACA Denver - February Meeting - 2/14

• SecureSet - Capture the Flag: Cybersecurity Hackathon! - 2/15

• ISSA Denver Women in Security - February Meeting with Colorado = Security - 2/19

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