In this episode: Karen Worstell, former CISO for Microsoft, Russell Investments, AT&T, and now Managing Principal and Founder at W Risk Group, is our feature interview this week. News from: Bird, Lime, Sphero, Amazon, National Cybersecurity Center, Google, Ping Identity, SecureSet, Intelisecure and a lot more!
I hope I look this good when I turn 242 years old
Happy birthday America! I hope you like fireworks. Denver makes a scooter program. Tariffs might hit Colorado. Will HQ2 come to Denver? We are the Silicon Valley for Blockchain. Google has news. Ping makes a big acquisition. So does SecureSet. It's not to late to vote for the CISO of the year!
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Local security news:
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Denver unveils pilot program for electric scooters
Denver leads U.S. in small-business job growth in June 2018, No. 3 for wage growth per Paychex report
Why this Denver tech firm is concerned about tariffs and trade wars
Denver ranks No. 4 for Amazon HQ2 in GeekWire reader survey
Colorado will be 'Silicon Valley for blockchain technology,' National Cybersecurity Center CEO says
Google announces $2.8M in grants, office space to Boulder tech education
Ping Identity acquires stealthy API security startup Elastic Beam
SecureSet Acquires HackEd to Bring Immersive Cybersecurity Education to Washington D.C. Metro Region
Intelisecure - The Economics of Data and Information
CISO of the year voting
Job Openings:
Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations
Ping Identity - Director of IT
Kaiser Permanente - Executive Director, Cyber Risk Defense Center & Deputy CISO
PDC Energy - Director, Information Security
Jacobs Entertainment - Corporate IT Security Manager
GB Protect - Senior Information Security Analyst
Department of Homeland Security - IT Specialist (INFOSEC)
Centura Health - Security Analyst
Comcast - Security Engineer, Incident Response
Gaming Labs - Security Specialist
CU Boulder - Incident Response Analyst
Upcoming Events:
This Week and Next:
ISSA Denver July Meetings - 7/10-11
CTA - CTA 101 - 7/11
SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 7/13
CSA - July Meeting - 7/17
ISSA COS - July Meetings - 7/17-18
DenSec - Meetup - 7/18
SecureSet - Career Convos: Alison Lawrence Daley - 7/19
ISC2 – Data Protection: Industry Practices to Identify and Protect Sensitive Information - 7/19
ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 7/21
Other Notable Upcoming Events
Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22
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
