216 - 6/28 - Identiverse Interview with Mike Benjamin & Alex Weinert

Our feature interview this week is a recap of the Identiverse keynote panel with Mike Benjamin (from Lumen), Alex Weinert (from Microsoft) and our own Alex Wood. News from Africa Adventure Consultants, Canoosh, Valyant AI, EverCommerce, GrayLog, VirtualArmour, Phylum, Ping Identity, Red Canary and a lot more!

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• One of the world's top safari operators is based in Denver. Here's how it survived months without revenue.

• A Colorado family was so into board games, they made their own

• Denver AI startup steps up amid a growing restaurant labor shortage

• Denver unicorn sets IPO pricing, could be valued up to $3.46 billion

• Tech firm led by ex-LogRhythm boss raises $18M Series B funding round

• Evergreen Services Group to Enter MSSP Market with Agreement to Acquire VirtualArmour

• Ping Identity Announces the Acquisition of SecuredTouch to Accelerate Identity Fraud Capabilities

• Phylum Closes $4.5M in Seed Funding and Comes Out of Stealth Mode

• Ping Identity puts users in control of their identity with New Personal Identity Solution

• 500 security leaders reveal what worries them most and why

Job Openings:

• CommonSpirit Health - System Vice President - Cybersecurity Transformation

• S&P Global - Director, Data Security Architecture

• Poly - Sr. Manager of Enterprise Security

• Cleerly - Senior Manager Information Security

• Denver Center for the Performing Arts - Information Security Manager

• University of Colorado - Security Operations Manager

• Cushman & Wakefield - Security Strategy and Operations Senior Manager

• State of Colorado - Manager of Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Colorado School of Mines - Security Analyst Incident Response

• Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies - Senior Cyber Security Engineer

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This Week and Next:

• Cyber Mountain C.Springs - Hybrid First Friday - 7/9

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