121 - 6/17 - Debbi Blyth (CISO for Colorado), Alex and Robb live from RMISC

Debbi Blyth, CISO for the State of Colorado joined Robb and Alex live on the keynote stage at RMISC - we captured this as our feature interview this week. News from: Red Robin, Galvanize, Swimlane, System76, Ping Identity, VirtualArmour, CTA, ISACA and a lot more!

Ireland wants you in them

Ireland is looking for Americans to move to a little island there. I’m in. Which Colorado city has the most breweries per capita? Red Robin dealing with an activist investor. Polis pushing for Space Command to land in Colorado. Galvanize lays off 27. We gotta get more women in cybersecurity. Denver has vulns - this should surprise nobody. Swimlane uses mad stacks of cash to hire three new execs. System76’s new high powered linux rig is here. Ping releases a framework for zero trust. VirtualArmour provides the 2019 version of ransomware research. The CISO of the year awards are open! And local boy makes good - congrats to Brennan Baybeck for being named chair of ISACA International.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Colorado = Security Salary Survey is OPEN

• An Irish Island Wants Americans to Move There

• Colorado cities with the most breweries per capita

• Red Robin Gourmet Burgers activist investor offers to buy struggling company

• Jared Polis touts military projects as he tries to lure national museum and Space Command to Colorado

• Denver-based Galvanize, tech educator, is laying off 27 people

• Colorado women execs take aim at the gender gap in cybersecurity

• Denver’s cybersecurity system has holes you can’t know about and they’re always trying to plug them

• Swimlane Names Trio Of New Execs After $23M Funding

• System76's supercharged Linux-powered Gazelle laptop is finally available

• Ping Identity Releases Capabilities Framework for Zero Trust Deployments

• Everything You Need to Know About Ransomware (2019 Edition)

• Apex Awards Nominations Open - CISO of the Year

• ISACA Installs New Board

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Manager of Product Security

• Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer

• The Doyle Group - Director of Cybersecurity (CISO)

• GHR - Sr. Information Security Officer

• CenturyLink - LEAD INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER

• Spectrum - Security Engineer III - Senior Security Risk Assessment Engineer

• IHS Markit - Cyber security Assessor Specialist

• Xcel Energy - Cyber Security Engineer

• Ibotta - Infrastructure Security Engineer

• Convercent - Application Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• DenSec Meetup - 6/17

• CSA Colorado - June Chapter Meeting - 6/18

• Get Gamified: A New Cyber Experience Cybersecurity Learning Tour - 6/19

• ISSA Denver - Oil & Gas SIG Happy Hour - 6/19

• COS ISSA - ISSA-COS June Special Interest Groups Meeting - 6/20

• NCC - Blockchain 102: Case Study on the "Secure the Vote" initiative - 6/24

• GDPR Meetup - A Case Study of how to use Data Privacy as a Competitive Advantage - 6/25

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - June Chapter Meeting - 6/26

• SecureSet - Women Only Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag - 6/26

• ISC2 - Secure Summit Denver - 6/28

• Office Hours with Davis Graham & Stubbs - 6/28

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• Denver CyberSecurity Conference - 7/31

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