James Carder, LogRhythm’s CISO, Joe Murdock Cyber Security Program Lead at Red Rocks Community College, and Matt Adrian, a current Red Rocks student, discuss Singapore’s Cyber Defender’s Discovery Camp as our feature interview this week. News from: CDOT, UCCS, SecureSet, Swimlane, Optiv, Webroot, Security Pursuit and a lot more!
There’s something about a train… that’s magic
Investigating a train from Pueblo to Ft Collins. UCCS has been doing a facial recognition program on campus. Four Denver companies building a new research campus in Antartica. Deets on the Colorado coding boot camps. Are vets the solution to the security staff gap? Swimlane raises a B round. Optiv is a strong number 2 in IR. Webroot talks machine learning. Security Pursuit asks the big question - will biometrics get rid of passwords?
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This week’s news:
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Colorado Department of Transportation seeking proposals for 173-mile Front Range passenger rail line
Colorado students unknowingly photographed for facial recognition study
4 Denver companies chosen to build a modern research campus in Antarctica
Inside Colorado coding boot camps: Who reaps the benefits?
A cybersecurity worker shortage in Colorado has the industry tapping veterans to fill the gap
Swimlane takes 23m in B round
Optiv Security Recognized with Second-Highest Score in Current Offering Category for Cybersecurity Incident Response Services in Independent Analyst Report
What Defines a Machine Learning-Based Threat Intelligence Platform? | Webroot
Security Pursuit blog - Will biometrics replace passwords?
Job Openings:
Ping Identity - Manager of Product Security
Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer
Nexthealth - Chief Information Security Officer
Bank Of America - Sr. Information Security Officer
Alteryx - Sr. Cyber Security Engineer
Great West - Architect Security
Tri-State Generation - Cyber Security Engineer I, II, III or Senior
MedKeeper - Information Security Engineer
Department of the Interior - Senior Advisor - Information Assurance (Cyber Security), Industrial Control Systems
City of Arvada - IT Security Specialist
Upcoming Events:
This Week and Next:
IAM Meetup - IAM Networking Event - 6/4
Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) - 6/4-6
Techstars West Slope Startup Week - 6/5-8
Splunk Meetup - First Thursday @ Top Golf - 6/6
First Friday! Cybersecurity Social & Mixer - 6/7
ISSA COS - CISSP Prep - 6/7 (and several more weeks)
CTA - CTA 101 - 6/12
SecureSet - HACKING 101: INTRO TO WIFI WITH WOMEN WHO CODE - 6/13
FAIR Institute Colorado - Chapter Meeting - 6/14
Other Notable Upcoming Events
ISC2 - Secure Summit Denver - 6/28
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
