Colorado = Security Podcast Alex Wood & Robb Reck

Randall Frietzsche, CISO at Denver Health is our feature interview this week. News from the Brown Palace, Ibotta, Pax8, Red Canary, Optiv, zvelo and a lot more.

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Two new pizza shops opening in Denver, the “No. 1 city for pizza”

The Brown Palace closing its marquee restaurant, Palace Arms, “until further notice”

Colorado’s startup community rallies behind Ibotta as Denver’s popular consumer app has IPO

Downtown Vitality Index: How Downtown Denver’s comeback compares

Has Boulder lost its luster? For those in the local tech community, the answer is not so simple.

Fast-growing Denver tech company hires new CEO to replace founder

Coloradans scammed out of $187.6M in 2023, new FBI report says

Manage your SOC like a product

The Rising Role of the BISO

Escalating Deepfake Threats and Countermeasures

Job Openings:

Pax8 - Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Pax8 - IAM Engineer

Bank of America - Senior Information Security Officer

Klaviyo - Senior Manager, Security Risk & Reviews

Trimble - IT Risk & Control Manager

Amazon Games - Senior Security Risk Specialist, GME (Games, Media, & Entertainment) Security

Gogo Business Aviation - Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Juniper Square - GRC Security Specialist

US Bank - IS Governance, Risk & Controls Specialist

NREL - Chief Cybersecurity Engineer

Synopsys - Sr. Staff Cyber Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISC2 Denver - Navigating the Cyber Landscape in Operational Technology (OT): Challenges, Threats, and Solutions - 5/8

ISSA Denver - The Real World : Hunting Cloud Security Threats - 5/8 (DTC and Downtown)

Let's Talk Software Security - Security Champions: What Can Keep Them From Being Successful? - 5/14

Let's Talk Software Security - Security Champions: What Can Go Wrong? - 5/15

CSA Colorado - AWS hands-on Identity and Access Management Immersion workshop - 5/21

ISSA Denver - AI/ML Special Interest Group Inaugural Roundtable - 5/21

ISSA Denver - ISSA Denver Chapter and Gigamon Superfly Golf Event - 5/22

ISC2 Pikes Peak - May Meeting - 5/22

RMISC - 6/11-13

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

News from Stanley Hotel, Boom Supersonic, Ibotta, Red Canary, Optiv, LogRhythm, Webroot and a lot more.

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

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A new plan for the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park: Sell it to Colorado

Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft

Techstars Boulder kicks off ‘grand finale’ with 5 local companies

Colorado Inno Madness bracket down to last 4 companies

Ibotta's expansion into enterprise should set it up for a successful IPO

Best practices for securing Azure Active Directory

Crafting a Successful Vulnerability Management Process Framework

Key Components of a Robust Cloud Security Maturity Strategy

Understanding Brute Force Attacks: The Persistent Threat in Cybersecurity

Cyber Future Foundation and National Cybersecurity Center Announce the 9th Annual Cyber Future Summit in Colorado Springs, CO

Job Openings:

Cologix - Security Engineer II

US Army Corps of Engineers - IT Specialist (Infosec/Network)

City and County of Denver - Senior IT Security Analyst – Denver International Airport

FirstBank Holding Company - IAM Systems Admin

CableLabs - Principal IoT Security Architect

US Bank - Information Security/Technology Risk Manager

B of A - Information Security Identity and Access Management (IAM) Architect

Prologis - Senior Analyst, IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Replicant - Staff Cloud Security Engineer

Janus Henderson - Sr. IT Audit Manager

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver - April Meeting (DTC and Downtown) - 4/10

ISSA Denver - Veterans SIG - 4/17

Denver OWASP - AppSec 2.0: Reimagine AppSec With Runtime Analysis - 4/17

ISACA Denver - Annual Meeting - 4/18

CSA Colorado - AWS token theft: Stolen identities and what to do about them - 4/18

Let's Talk Software Security - How can OffSec enhance your AppSec game? - 4/23

ISC2 Pikes Peak - April Meeting - 4/24

CO = Security - Security Leader Summit 1 - 4/26

ISACA Denver - Empowering Women in Tech: CISM Bootcamp by SheLeadsTech - 4/26-28

ISACA Denver - ISACA Technical Training: Alteryx Exploration (A Beginner Workshop) - 5/2

ISC2 Denver - Navigating the Cyber Landscape in Operational Technology (OT): Challenges, Threats, and Solutions - 5/8

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

Doug Hudson is our feature interview this week. News from American Ninja Warrior, Vinyl Media Pressing, Ball Aerospace, Techstars, Colorado Public Defender’s Office, Invictus Systems,Todyl, Red Canary, Ping Identity, zvelo and a lot more.

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com

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American Ninja Warrior Adventure Park opening in Denver

Inside the River North Art District's new vinyl-record-making plant

Ball Aerospace now called Space & Mission Systems, but company’s base to remain Colorado

Techstars moving HQ out of Colorado and ending its Boulder accelerator

Colorado shows a highly educated population isn’t a safeguard against falling victim to fraud

Cyberattack shuts down Colorado public defender’s office

Virginia-based cybersecurity firm expands to Colorado, set to bring up to 130 jobs

Denver cybersecurity startup raises $50M to double headcount, open new offices

Introducing Red Canary’s multicloud launch

Is MFA Enough to Stop Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks?

Malicious AI: The Rise of Dark LLMs

Job Openings:

Pax8 - Sr Director of Security Operations

Pax8 - Trust & Security Program Operations

Bank of America - Senior Cyber Crime Specialist

Bank of America - Information Security Mainframe Security Engineering Team Manager

Colas - Information Security Manager

NREL - Chief Cybersecurity Engineer

CommonSpirit Health - Cybersecurity Sr Engineer Penetration Tester

Pulte Mortgage - Manager of Information Security Operations

Maxar - Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Analyst

Jefferson County - Cybersecurity Analyst II

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver - March Chapter Meeting, "Better Together: Why Leaders Make Good Privacy Champions" by Mike Pedrick - 3/13

CSA Colorado - March Meeting: A Pentester's Guide to API Security - 3/19

ISSA Denver - Women in Security presents: An Evening with Gail Coury - 3/20

ISACA Denver - March Chapter Meeting: The Human Factors of Security, Compliance, and Risk Management - 3/21

ISC2 Pikes Peak - March Meeting - 3/27

ISSA COS - Cyber Focus Week - 3/27-29

Let's Talk Software Security - Application Security Posture Management: Rebrand or Revolution? 3/28

Red Canary Live - 4/6

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

Merlin Namuth is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Debbi Blyth. News from Kingdom Wealth Exchange, Lightship Energy, Foundry Group, Coalfire, Ping Identity, Red Canary and a lot more.

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com

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Colorado Pastor Accused Of Multimillion Dollar Crypto Scheme

Everything you need to know about navigating DIA's new security

Electric RV maker lands $34M as it prepares to open its Denver-area factory

Boulder VC firm Foundry to shutter, not raise additional fund

Colorado software Startups to Watch in 2024

Space ISAC and National Cybersecurity Center Announce Next Stage in Relationship

Mastering AI Risks: Navigating the NIST AI RMF Core with Coalfire

What is Device Trust? How it Works in 2024

Kubernetes security: Safeguarding your container kingdom

BSides Boulder 2024: Call for Speakers

Job Openings:

Pax8 - VP of GRC

1Password - Director, Security Operations

Inspirato - Director, Cybersecurity Operations

Sage Hospitality Group - Information Security, Manager

Newmont - Senior Operational Technology Cybersecurity Analyst

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - Information Technology Specialist (Information Security)

Klaviyo - Senior Security Trust & Compliance Analyst - GRC Analyst

Datadog - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Governance Analyst

Salesforce - Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead/Manager - Security IEM

BofA - Manual Ethical Hacker

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISACA Denver - Technical Training: Alteryx Exploration (A Beginner Workshop) - 2/9

ISSA Denver - February Meetings - 2/14

Let's Talk Software Security - Are We Defending Against the Biggest Threats to Software? - 2/14

ISACA Denver - February Joint Chapter Meeting with IIA - 2/15

CSA Colorado - CI/CD Workload Security with Orca - 2/20

ISSA Denver - Privacy SIG - 2/22

ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 2/24

Colorado = Security Gives Back - Homeless Shelter Service - 2/25

ISSA COS - February Meeting, An Introduction to Zero Trust With Enterprise Linux - 2/27

ISC2 Pikes Peak - February Meeting - 2/28

ISSA COS - Mentoring Mixer and LogWars - 2/29

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

Dr. Erik Huffman, Director of IT at BombBomb is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. Check our Erik’s Ted Talk here. News from ACI Learning, VF Corp, Red Canary, Ping Identity, Optiv, Secure64 and a lot more.

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com

This week’s news:

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DIA begins receiving new cars to upgrade passenger train from terminal

Colorado and Illinois are officially quantum tech hubs. What does that mean?

Denver cybersecurity company acquires Baltimore edtech firm

VF Corp. hit by cyberattack limiting its ability to fulfill customer orders

Red Canary's best of 2023

Ping Leadership Predicts the 2024 Global Identity Landscape

One Year Later: Managing Security in the Age of ChatGPT

Secure64 uses AI and Machine learning to stop data exfiltration via DNS tunnels

Job Openings:

Pax8 - Platform Security Engineer

Checkr - VP, Corporate Engineering & Security

Danone - Head of Cybersecurity

Western Union - Director, Cyber Security Architecture

Metro State - Cybersecurity (CSS) Affiliate Instructor

Gensler - Security Administrator - Senior

Medtronic - Senior Director- Cybersecurity

Charles Schwab - Senior Specialist, Technology Risk Management

Gusto - Privacy Program Director

Epic - Security Engineer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

ISSA Denver - Navigating Trust: AI's Impact on Media Integrity - 1/10 (DTC & downtown)

Let's Talk Software Security - What Do Our AppSec Terms Even Mean? - 1/16

CSA Colorado - Unlock Your Future in Cybersecurity: A Roadmap to Success - 1/16

OWASP Denver - Threat Modeling the AI Pipeline - 1/17

ISACA Denver - January Meeting, "Managing Regulatory and Compliance Risks from AI Driven Digital Technologies" - 1/18

ISC2 Pikes Peak - January Meeting - 1/24

ISACA Denver - SheLeadsTech Uplift Lunch - 1/26

ASIS - Security Officer Appreciation Night - 2/8

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

Oh nelly… this is a what we’ve all been waiting for. Robb vs. Alex in a battle to the… er… audience vote? Listen in as Alex and Robb square off to debate the assertion “Profit motives of vendors make security harder for CISOs.” This debate was aired during the SecureWorld Pacific Virtual Conference on December 13th. Make sure to stick around to the end of the episode to find out who won!

You can check out a version with video as well as audio on our Youtube channel

Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.

Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com

* 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