Colorado = Security Podcast

Dave Farrow, CISO at Red Canary is our feature interview this week. News from Ball Arena, RigStrips, DISH Network, Fluid Truck, Techstars, Red Canary, Ping Identity 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Denver rezones Ball Arena property for massive redevelopment Denver startup on 'Shark Tank' signs deal with Raising Cane CEO DirecTV buys Colorado-based Dish as satellite rivals hunker down against onslaught of streaming services Scheme by Fluid Truck defrauded investors of $11M, lawsuit says Techstars revives Boulder accelerator, with a twist Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure Hackers leak thousands of confidential files from Axis Health System Artificial authentication: Monitoring Azure OpenAI abuse Why Siloed IAM Is a Burden on IT Resources and Security National Cybersecurity Center Opens Registration for 2025 Cybersecurity Certification Courses Job Openings: CommonSpirit - Sys SVP Chief Information Security Officer Invenergy - Director, Cyber Security Programs Boston Consulting Group - Senior Consultant, Cybersecurity - Platinion H&R Block - Director, Security Engineering iTradeNetwork - Director of Information & Security BakerHostetler - Associate - Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity Visa - Global Safety & Security Senior Manager-Engineer– Physical Security Technology Bank of America - Senior Information Security Officer Securitas Security Services - Cyber Security Awareness Analyst Plante Moran - Cybersecurity Compliance Sr. Consultant Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: Check out the full calendar ISSA COS - November Meeting - 11/12 ISC2 Pikes Peak - November Meeting - 11/13 Denver ISSA - Doing more with DSPM - 11/13 Let's Talk Software Security - Are Automated Testing Tools Truly Reducing Risks? - 11/13 WiCyS Colorado 2nd Annual CyberCon - 11/13 Not-So-Secret Secret Speakeasy Cyber Event - 11/14 ISSA COS - November Mini Seminar - 11/16 CSA Colorado - Modernizing big data to help secure your cloud - 11/19 Denver ISSA - Women in Security SIG: Back to Basics - 11/20 ISACA Denver - November Meeting (Online) - 11/21 ISSA and ISACA Annual Holiday Party - 12/4 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

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. 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: 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

Joseph Dhanapal, CEO at SecureAuth is our feature interview this week. News from Casa Bonita, SpaceX, Blackpoint Cyber, Lares, Optiv, NCC 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Casa Bonita documentary comes to Denver movie theater in September Meet the Colorado Astronauts Aboard the Polaris Dawn Mission More than 200 new Colorado laws are about to take effect. Here are several, from gun permit rules to concert ticket fees. Cybersecurity company relocates its headquarters to downtown Denver Guidelines for Integrating LLMs into Systems Securely and Safely Preparing for a Quantum World: Examining the Migration Path of Hybrid Certificates National Cybersecurity Center Completes Another Summer of CyberPatriot Camps - National Cybersecurity Center Burn The Ships, GenAI Is Here and Not Going Away - National Cybersecurity Center Job Openings: Pax8 - GRC Analyst Vertafore - VP, Cybersecurity Denver Water - IT Security Analyst Google Mandiant - Associate Red Team Security Consultant Western Union - Senior Information Security Analyst Micron - Product Security Engineer Bank of America - Identity and Access Management Defense Senior Specialist Commonspirit Health - IT Cybersecurity Sr Engineer RTD - Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Network Trust Tallgrass Energy - Analyst-Cyber GRC Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA COS - 14th Annual Peak Cyber Symposium - 9/10-12 Let's Talk Software Security - Are Software Security “Best Practices” Really the Best? - 9/12 Denver OWASP - September Meeting - 9/18 Mandiant mWise Conference 9/18-9/19 ISACA Denver - September Meeting - 9/19 (7 CPEs) ISC2 Pikes Peak - September Meeting - 9/25 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

Gadalia Montoya Weinberg O'Bryan, CEO and founder at Dapple Security is our feature interview this week, interviewed by our own Frank Victory. News from Southwest Airlines, Alterra Mountain Company, Vail Resorts, Botdoc, Crowdstrike, LogRhythm, Red Canary, Lares, 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. 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Southwest breaks with 50-year tradition and will assign seats; profit falls at Southwest, American Denver-based ski giants to host Olympics events How the Colorado, New Mexico quantum industry plan to use its federal funding Colorado company strikes AI partnership for security at car dealerships Communications outages from CrowdStrike update cancel RTD trains, shut down Colorado DMVs, hinder first responders A Comparison of AI Regulatory Frameworks Merged Exabeam and LogRhythm cut jobs, face lawsuit Halting a hospital ransomware attack - Red Canary Enhancing Organizational Communication and Culture through Purple Team Testing 7 Tips on Keeping Your Data Private When Using AI - Webroot Blog Job Openings: Pax8 - GRC Analyst City & County of Denver - CISO Lumen - Vice President, Deputy Chief Security Officer CoBank - Director, Internal Controls and Operational Risk, IT Westerra Credit Union - Director of Information Security (Hybrid - must reside in CO Meta - Security Partner - Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Robinhood - Enterprise Risk Manager State of Colorado - Cyber Criminal Investigator IV Fastly - Senior Manager, Security Detection and Response Motion Recruitment - GRC Analyst The Trade Desk - Sr Staff Product Manager-Data Governance & Policy Applications - Trust & Safety Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA COS - August Meeting - 8/13 ISSA Denver - August Meeting, "Incident Response" - 8/14 Let's Talk Software Security - Vulnerability Remediation:Fixing Problems or Creating New Ones? - 8/14 ISSA COS - August Mini Seminar - 8/17 Colorado = Security & Colorado CSA Summer Picnic - 8/24 ISC2 Pikes Peak - August Meeting - 8/28 Denver ISSA - AI/ML Special Interest Group - 8/28 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

Mary Writz, SVP of Product Management at Red Canary is our feature interview this week. News from Tattered Cover, Arrow Electronics, PhotoPacks.ai, Ping Identity, Lares, LogRhythm 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Morrison's new cameras flag 9,000 speeders in less than two weeks - Canyon Courier Barnes & Noble CEO explains Tattered Cover bookstores deal New AI summit in Denver to focus on how to address affordability Colorado public companies notch big profits and big losses in DBJ rankings Denver startup uses AI to generate professional headshots How Colorado's tech leaders want the state's new AI law changed Denver lacks comprehensive approach to cybersecurity risks, city auditor says How Session Management Works and Why It’s Important The Power of Modern-Day Purple Teaming: A Consultant's Perspective How to Ensure Your Data is Ready for an AI-Driven SOC  | LogRhythm Job Openings: Pax8 - IAM Architect Gates - Sr Cybersecurity Analyst Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck - CISO Affirm - Director of Product, Trust & Safety Bank of America - Senior Information Security Officer Meta - Security Partner - Mergers & Acquisitions HealthEdge - Director, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Presidio - Vice President, Cyber Security Practice DAT - Security Analyst 1 Ryder System - Application Security Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA COS - Cybersecurity First Friday - 7/12 ISSA COS - July meeting - Conversations that count - 7/16 CSA Colorado - Responding to the Quantum Computing Threat - 7/16 Denver ISSA - BBQ - 7/17 Denver OWASP - AI in the Age of Application Security - 7/17 ISSA COS - July Mini Seminar "Blackout Brainstorm" Tabletop around EMPs - 7/20 Let's Talk Software Security - What do the Developers Think of your Security Program? - 7/23 ISC2 Pikes Peak - July Meeting - 7/24 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

Guy Sereff, Partner at Michael Best is our feature interview this week. News from Arapahoe Community College, Guild, Katilyst, LogRhythm, 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 This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Denver Named Number One on List of Best U.S. Cities for Foodies Colorado Legislature Passes First-in-Nation Artificial Intelligence Bill Denver-area community college first to join Space Force effort to teach aerospace workers How Colorado organizations are preparing to fill quantum positions Denver tech firm Guild grew rapidly, now it is shrinking rapidly Katilyst - Out of Stealth and Ready to be Your Security Champion LogRhythm and Exabeam Announce Intent to Merge, Harnessing Collective Innovation Strengths to Lead the Future of AI-Driven Security Operations What Is Liveness Detection? How It Helps Fraud Prevention What to consider when evaluating EDR Job Openings: Pax8 - IAM Architect Bank of America - Azure - Senior Cloud Security Engineer State of CO - Senior Security Administrator (Audit) CoBank - Director, Internal Controls and Operational Risk, IT Maxar - Senior Information Security Specialist Gates Corp - Cybersecurity & DLP Specialist Quizlet - Staff Cloud Security Engineer Flexential - Manager, Security Architecture Western Union - Information Security Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: RMISC - 6/11-13 BSides Boulder - 6/14 Let's Talk Software Security - Quality Tests, Security Outcomes: Are We There Yet? - 6/20 CSA Colorado - June Meeting, "Modern AI Threats and Challenges" - 6/25 ISC2 Pikes Peak - June Meeting - 6/26 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

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. 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel 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. 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel 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 This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel 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 This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel 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

Richard Mac Namee, Director of the Cybersecurity Center at MSU is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. News from DISH, Ping Identity, Broadcom, Coalfire, zvelo, LogRhythm 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Migration to Colorado is on the decline, but here's where people are moving from Remote work on a slight decline in Colorado, nationally The world's fastest temporary internet service gets turned on in Denver Layoffs @ Dish, Ping & Broadcom Dish Network laying off hundreds in Colorado Denver-based Ping Identity goes through layoffs after merger with San Francisco company Broadcom lays off 184 Colorado employees following $69B VMware merger RADICL Adds $9 Million in Funding to Fortify Cyber Defenses of SMBs in Defense Industrial Base JeffCo Schools hacker demands money, threatens to release stolen data Navigating the AI security landscape: The federal push for responsible AI adoption The Role of AI in Social Engineering Colorado Publishes Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Shortlist Detecting Domain Name Abuse – Security Spotlight | LogRhythm Job Openings: Pax8 - Director of GRC Spectrum - VP, Information Security Engineering Vertafore - VP, Cybersecurity Zoll - Director, Information Security & Cyber Risk Connect for Health Colorado - Director of Cybersecurity Cloudflare - Director, Cybersecurity & IT Audit Darktrace - Cyber Security Technologist City and County of Denver - Senior Manager of Airport Security - Denver International Airport Sovrn - Privacy Ops Engineer Denver Water - IT Security Architect Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISC2 Pikes Peak - December Meeting: Holiday Lunch - 12/8 CSA Colorado/LIFT Holiday Party - 12/12 Annual ISSA & ISACA Holiday Party - 12/12 ASIS - Holiday Happy Hour & Board Nominations - 12/12 Let's Talk Software Security - Are Industry Security Controls Relevant? - 12/14 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

This is a special episode. On November 9th Robb moderated a CISO Debate Webinar with Christine Vanderpool (CTO of Florida Crystals) and Adam Glick (CISO for PSG), on the topic of “Will increased regulation improve security outcomes?” This session was recorded and is being shared here, for you to enjoy, share and mock. Have fun! You can check out a version with video as well as audio on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/5URZ_ufdKCM 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

Douglas Brush, Founder and Court Appointed Neutral of Accel Consulting is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. News from Xcel Energy, Guild Education, National Cybersecurity Center, Coalfire, Red Canary, 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 This week’s news: Colorado has the four most expensive housing markets in U.S. not on a coast Ten Reasons Why Denver Is a “Bastion of Geekdom” Colorado designated as official tech hub for quantum industry Aurora data center to become one of Xcel Energy’s biggest customers, rivaling mines and steel mills Denver-area tech unicorn Guild just made a big investment in AI education National Cybersecurity Center Hosts Project Pisces Training And Onboarding - National Cybersecurity Center Maximizing the value of threat modeling Guardians of IoT: Strengthening the security of IoT-connected medical devices in the healthcare industry Validating detection for Gootloader with Atomic Red Team Cyber Insurance Tightens the Reins to Lower Risk Job Openings: Tiktok - Converged Security Technology Security Specialist Maximus - VP - Business Information Security Officer Tanium - Senior Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer, CCS Advanced Energy - Manager, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Western Union - Cyber Security Governance Business Manager US Bank - Risk Framework Professional Datavant - Head of Information Security Governance Kroll - Vice President, Policy Writer, Cyber Risk Modivcare - Sr. IT Governance Analyst Meta - Security Partner - Infrastructure Upcoming Events: Let's Talk Software Security - What's Your Biggest Security Challenge? - 11/8 ISSA Denver - November Chapter Meeting, Asset Management - 11/8 CISO Debate Series: Will more government regulation help drive better security? - 11/9 ISSA Denver - The New SEC Reporting Rule and the End Cybersecurity as We Know It - 11/9 ISSA COS - November Mini Seminar - 11/11 CSA Colorado - Security Insights With James Condon - 11/14 ISSA COS - November Chapter Meeting - 11/14 ISC2 Pikes Peak - November Meeting - 11/15 ISSA Denver - Inaugural Veterans Special Interest Group meeting - 11/16 ISACA Denver - SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure - 11/16 ISSA COS - Mentoring Mixer and Log Wars - 11/30 Colorado Cyber Security - Cyber First Friday - 12/1 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. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Darren Weiner, President of Cloud Security Alliance Colorado is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. News from Maxar, University of Colorado, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Coalfire, 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 This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Colorado's first Michelin Star recipients announced 10 companies selected as finalists for Coolest Thing Made in Colorado contest Denver airport unveils plans for new walkable concourses (Renderings) Colorado aerospace giant being split in two, its CEO replaced and some employees laid off Colorado school ranks among top universities for startup founders MSU Denver cybersecurity program expands with the help of a new grant MFA Bombing Dismantled | Ping Identity Q3 2023 Analytic Co-Pilot Use Cases | LogRhythm A rundown of the OWASP top 10 for large language model applications SEC tells companies to “show their work” on cybersecurity - Red Canary Job Openings: Greenlight - VP, Security Thrivent - Director of Information Security BDO - Director, Privacy & Data Protection Gensler - Security Administrator - Senior Western Union - Information Security Architect Bank of America - Vulnerability Identification Senior Analyst Gogo Business Aviation - Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Honeywell - IT Security Engineering Manager CoBank - Senior Cloud Security Analyst Plante Moran - Cybersecurity Consultant - Entry Level (2024) Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA Denver - October Chapter Meetings - 10/11 Let's Talk Software Security - Is Threat Modeling Scalable? - 10/17 ISACA Denver - October Chapter Meeting: Fraud Lessons from a Reinvention Architect & Mindset Coach - 10/19 ISACA Denver - Fraud Lessons from a Reinvention Architect & Mindset Coach - 10/19 ISC2 Pikes Peak - October Meeting - 10/25 CSA Colorado - Fall Summit 2023 AI IN CYBERSECURITY: REVOLUTION AND RISKS - 10/25 ISSA Denver - Women and Whiskey - 10/25 ISACA Denver - Dark Web Investigations Workshop - 11/3 Let's Talk Software Security - What's Your Biggest Security Challenge? - 11/8 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

This is a special episode. On September 19th Alex and Robb participated in the closing keynote at SecureWorld Denver. This panel was recorded and is being shared here, for you to enjoy, share and mock. Have fun! 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 Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISA Automation and Leadership Conference - 10/4-6 ISACA Denver - ISACA CommunIty Day 2023 : Denver Parks: Preparing Wash Park for Fall/Winter - 10/7 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

Brandon Stewart, CEO at Nereus Systems is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Frank Victory. News from Teriyaki Madness, DISH, Echostar, Ball Corp, Blazy Susan, Ping Identity, Coalfire, 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Denver-based fast-casual chain rolls out new tech to be 'faster than a drive thru' Here's what execs say will come from a Dish Network, EchoStar merger Behind the deal: Here's why Ball Corp.'s CEO says it sold off its aerospace business 134 Colorado companies rank among the fastest-growing in America, according to Inc. As VC funding slows in Colorado and the West, it's rising elsewhere Colorado receives $1M grant to allay cyberattacks and threats Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center, National Cybersecurity Center, and University of Colorado Colorado Springs Unite to Drive Impactful Cybersecurity Initiatives with $927,236 Grant - National Cybersecurity Center Thoma Bravo Merges ForgeRock with Ping Identity How Fortune 500s are building brand value by communicating security posture Twelve Planning Tips to Avoid Complications with the SEC’s Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules: Part II Job Openings: Ibotta - Director, Compliance RingCentral - Director, Security Programs Western Union - Senior Manager, Information Security Holland & Hart - Information Security Manager Astroscale - Security Manager/FSO Charles Schwab - Information Technology Asset Manager Risk Governance Flexential - IT Security and Compliance Analyst Quantinuum - Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Krayden - Cybersecurity Analyst Modivcare - IT Governance Analyst Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA Denver - September Chapter Meetings (DTC and Downtown) - 9/13 ISACA Denver - September Chapter Meeting: Getting Started in Blue Teaming & Advanced Concepts and Testing Strategies for Auditing SAP - 9/14 CSA Colorado - September Chapter Meeting: The API Security Landscape and what we are seeing in the field - 9/19 SecureWorld Denver - 9/19 Let's Talk Software Security - Operating Models for Modern Software Security - 9/21 ISC2 Pikes Peak - September Meeting - 9/27 ISA Automation and Leadership Conference - 10/4-6 ISACA Denver - ISACA CommunIty Day 2023 : Denver Parks: Preparing Wash Park for Fall/Winter - 10/7 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

Patrick Walsh, CEO and founder at IronCore Labs is our feature interview this week. News from Casa Bonita, Koelbel and Company, CyberGRX, Lares, Coalfire, 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 This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Casa Bonita taps Denver brewery to create an original “casa beer” Denver's airport is spending $1.5 million on one way to ease security lines New Denver company is hungry for 'zombie buildings' across the country 3 startups win Colorado pitch competition and $5,000 grants Biden to keep US Space Command in Colorado, reversing Trump decision Colorado Dept. of Higher Education cyberattack threatens student, teacher data Denver-based CyberGRX goes through layoffs following acquisition Strengthening Cybersecurity Practices: An Overview of the SEC's Latest Rules Coalfire Unveils Offensive Security Platform Contain yourself: An intro to Linux EDR Job Openings: Davita - Engineer, Security (IT) Homebot - Security Operations Manager Bank of America - Senior Data Security Engineer StarRez - Data Privacy Manager Workday - Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer Salesforce - Senior Incident and Vulnerability Manager Deloitte - Confidentiality & Privacy - Incident Management Senior Specialist Movement Mortgage - Cyber Security Cloud Engineer CoBank - Senior Cloud Security Analyst Colorado PERA - Information Security Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: How to Protect Sensitive AI Data in Vector Databases - 8/10 CSA Colorado - Rockies Night - 8/15 Let's Talk Software Security - Getting Buy-In: Impactful Communication for Software Security Business Cases - 8/23 ISC2 Pikes Peak - August Meeting - 8/23 Denver OWASP - API Security: A CISO Perspective - 8/23 LIFT - Level up your golf game with LIFT, Women in Cybersecurity - 8/28 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 Cherry Cricket, Ball Corp, Boom Supersonic, Casa Bonita, Optiv, Red Canary, SSO, zvelo, LogRhythm 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: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel The Cherry Cricket Is Now Serving Its Iconic Burgers in Littleton TSA Testing Facial Recognition at Denver International Airport Ball Corp. eyes possible sale of aerospace business Boom Supersonic inches closer to legitimacy as doubts remain Casa Bonita eliminates tipping, going against service industry norm New Changes to the 2023 OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks When MFA isn’t an option: The legacy of ROPC - Red Canary Top Benefits of single sign-on AI and Machine Learning in Cybersecurity LogRhythm Celebrates 20 Years of Empowering Security Teams to Ensure a More Secure Environment with Continued Quarterly Innovations | LogRhythm Job Openings: City of Lafayette - Senior Network and Security Administrator FirstBank - Info Security Analyst Proofpoint - Security Solution Analyst II KP - VP, Technology Risk Mgmt Maxar - Product Engineering Information Security Manager Olympus - Principal Product Cybersecurity Engineer Perforce - Head of Product Security FBI - Special Agent (cybersecurity background) Fastly - IAM Security Architect Microsoft - Principal Security Architect Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA Denver - July Meeting (DTC and Downtown) - 7/12 Let's Talk Software Security - Applying AI to AppSec - 7/18 CSA CO - July Meeting: Getting your hands dirty: Exploring Exploits with ChatGPT - 7/20 ISC2 Pikes Peak - July Meeting - 7/26 Colorado = Security Gives Back - Brent's Place Annual Block Party - 8/5 Colorado = Security 2023 Picnic 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