Summary: In this episode: Chris Calvert, Co-Founder & VP Product Respond Software is our guest this week. News from: Left Hand Robotics, Rachio, Gates, Red Robin, Optiv, Convercent, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Intelisecure and a lot more! I will never shovel snow again So much news this week I don't know where to start. A robot that will clear my snow? Yes please. Colorado received a lot of venture funding in 2017 (I've got numbers to prove it). Speaking of funding... a local smart sprinkler company soaked up (get it? 'soaked up') 10m in funding. Gates announced an IPO, while Red Robin is laying off folks from corporate and restaurants. Colorado gets involved with GirlsGoCyberStart, Optiv hires a new CTO, Convercent's CEO wrote for Forbes.com, Ping security team talks about how to do MFA the right way, James from LogRhythm talks about CISO pain-points, and a couple new CISOs named in town. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Did you catch our trivia question? Be the first to reply to info@colorado-security.com with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store. 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 Local security news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Colorado VC investment was highest in 16 years in 2017 Left Hand Robotics' snow clearing robot Smart-home tech startup raises a new VC round Denver-based Gates files for IPO Red Robin corporate and restaurant layoffs Colorado to partner in GirlsGoCyberStart, an innovative cybersecurity program for high school girls Optiv Security names Stu Solomon chief technology and strategy officer Disrupting the Employee Experience - by Patrick Quinlan PingID Security Hardening: Your Guide to Achieving Five-Star MFA Security 7 Common CISO Pain Points and How to Overcome Them Mischa Danaceau is the new CISO at InteliSecure Job Openings: TeleTech - Director, Information Security Catholic Health Initiatives - Manager, IT Security Risk Kivu Consulting - IT Manager Comcast - Security Operations Center Lead Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineering, Security Operations DCP Midstream - IT Security Analyst V Colorado State University (Denver) - Senior Cyber Security Engineer Optiv - Consultant - Attack & Penetration Arrow Electronics - IT Risk Intern Vail Resorts - Information Security, Compliance, and Risk Internship Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CSA - January Meeting - 1/16 ISSA COS - January meetings - 1/16-17 DenSec - North Meeting - 1/18 Optiv - 2018 Solution and Program Insight Focus Group: Application Security (AppSec) - 1/18 ISACA - General Data Protection Regulation - 1/18 SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series - 1/18 Red Canary - Micro brew tour - 1/26 SecureSet - Capture the flag - 1/26 Other Notable Upcoming Events: CTA - Day at the Capital - 2/21 SnowFROC - 3/8 C-Level @ Mile High - 3/15 Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10 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
