151 - 2/10 - Newscast

News from: Shadow, Gaylord, Maxar, Zayo, Riot Blockchain, CDOT, Ping Identity, Red Canary, Automox, DarkOwl, Swimlane and a lot more!

Colorado = Poorly Made Election Applications

Iowa’s caucus app came from Colorado. Gaylord Rockies isn’t big enough!? Maxar is going to build robots in space. Read that sentence again. Zayo gets FCC approval to be acquired. SEC clears Riot Blockchain. A year later, we get more details about the CDOT’s SamSam incident. Ping Identity names its top partners for 2019. Red Canary prepares for RSAC. Automox’s new round goes public. DarkOwl announces a partnership. Cody Cornell (of Swimlane) is nominated for a prize.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• The problematic mobile app that caused Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucus chaos has Denver ties – The Colorado Sun

• Gaylord Rockies to expand resort near Denver airport

• Maxar Technologies wins $142M NASA contract to demonstrate construction robotics in space

• Boulder-based Zayo gets FCC approval for $14.3B buyout

• SEC clears Colorado cryptocurrency company after nearly 2-year investigation

• How SamSam ransomware took down CDOT and how the state fought back — twice

• Cheers to Ping Identity's 2019 Partners of the Year!

• RSA 2020 preview: Katie Nickels on adversary attribution

• Automox Raises $30M Series B, Plans to Hire in Boulder

• DarkOwl LLC and CyberQ Group Announce Strategic Partnership | WebWire

• Cody Cornell award nominated for Tech Trailblazer's CEO

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Product Security Engineer

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst - BCP & IR

• Ping Identity - Senior Infrastructure Security Analyst

• Zoll - Director of Security and Risk Management

• Vail Resorts - Sr Manager, Information Security Operations

• American Financing - Information Security Officer

• Invoca - Information Security Engineer

• TrackVIA - Cloud Security Engineer

• EY - Enterprise Technology IT Risk Manager

• Automox - Cloud Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• GrayLog - Graylog Community Denver Meetup - 2/10

• SecureSet - Intro to Wifi - 2/11

• ISSA Denver - February Chapter Meetings - 2/11-12

• ASIS - CONFRONTING HATE & VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE U.S. - 2/13

• NoCo ISSA - February Chapter Meeting - 2/13

• CTA - Level Up Your Tech Career: Listening Intelligence for Leaders - 2/14

• NCC (C.Springs) - Capture the flag - 2/14

• CSA - February Chapter Meeting - 2/18

• Emerging Tech Fan - Co-Event with IoT Colorado - 2/18

• ISSA C.Springs - February Chapter Meetings - 2/18-19

• DenSec - February Meetup - 2/19

• ISSA Denver - Women in Security - 2/19

• IAPP Denver KnowledgeNet - Mr Young AI: A case study in designing for privacy - 2/20

• ISACA Denver - February Chapter - 2/20

• SecureSet - Capture the Flag for Beginners - 2/21

• ISSA C.Springs - Mini Seminar - 2/22

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