267 - 10/1 - CJ Cox, COO at Black Hills Information Security

CJ Cox, Chief Operating Officer at Black Hills Information Security is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. News from Sundance Film, Valhallan, Red Canary, Optiv and a lot more.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Boulder selected as 1 of 3 finalists to host Sundance Film Festival in 2027

• Colorado adds a single Michelin-starred restaurant

• Houston-based esports company opens metro-area training center, plans more

• Five Colorado small businesses rank among U.S. Chamber's top 100

• How Arvada became Colorado’s quantum hub

• The CrowdStrike outage: Detection and defense in depth | Red Canary

• A Technological Revolution: How AI is Increasing Efficiency in Cybersecurity

• Top Five Budget-Friendly OT Networking Improvements for Small Manufacturers

• UCCS Day of Service – Community Cyber Hygiene Open House - National Cybersecurity Center

Job Openings:

• Invenergy - Director, Cyber Security Programs

• Twilio - Director, Cybersecurity Counsel

• S&P Global - Head of Security Architecture & Engineering

• Moody's - VP-Cybersecurity Engineer (Cyber Investigations Manager)

• The Trade Desk - Sr. Manager, Global Security & Resilience

• Bank of America - Cloud Security Controls Deployment Specialist – Global Information Security

• Protiviti - Privacy Management Senior Consultant

• ZOLL - Information Security Architect

• Red Canary - Senior Threat Hunter

• Xcel Energy - Senior Regulatory Security Consultant

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• Secure World Denver - 10/10

• ISSA COS - October Meeting - 10/15

• Let's Talk Software Security - Is Pursuing CHANGE Essential in AppSec? - 10/15

• CSA Colorado - October Meeting: Addressing Material Risks - 10/15

• ISACA Denver - October Chapter Meeting (Online only): Auditing with AI - Demos - 10/17

• Webinar: Cisco SCOR: Building a Strong Cybersecurity Foundation - 10/17

• ISSA COS - October Mini Seminar - 10/19

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - October Meeting - 10/23

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