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.

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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