142 - 11/18 - Alexis Kirkman, Associate General Counsel, Privacy and Cyber Risk at IHS Markit

News from: Norwegian Air, Guild Education, OpenText, Carbonite, Webroot, NREL, Ping Identity, Coalfire, Rule4, LogRhythm, and a little bit more!

Rome if you want to…

Rome around the world. Denver is pretty healthy. Technology is a’comin’. Guild Education raises big dollars. A bigger fish buys Webroot parent Carbonite. NREL hosts Cyberforce (2, Electric Boogaloo). Ping Identity releases their first results as a public company. Coalfire says the bad guys are coming for you, mid-sized companies. Rule4 gets their B Corp. And LogRhythm hires new leaders.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Norwegian will launch a Denver-Rome flight in 2020. But will passengers actually get to fly on one of their Dreamliners?

• Denver moves up in ratings of U.S. cities based on healthy policies

• 'The floodgates have opened': Denver is poised for more tech growth, study says

• Guild Education becomes latest female-led company to hit $1 billion

• OpenText buys data security firm Carbonite for $1.42B | TechCrunch

• NREL hosting Department of Energy's CyberForce Competition

• Ping Identity posts 1st earnings since going public

• Coalfire - Cybersecurity Research Reveals Risk is Shifting to Midsized Businesses

• Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology Consulting Firm Rule4 Earns B Corp Certification

• LogRhythm - LogRhythm Strengthens Executive Team with the Appointments of Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Product

• Privacy Maven - https://maven.secratic.com/

Job Openings:

• Department of the Interior - Cybersecurity Specialist - Golden

• Comcast - Principal Cyber Security Architect

• Deloitte - Cyber GRC ServiceNow Manager

• Travelport - Cyber Security Engineer II

• Shutterstock - Cloud Security Architect

• DirectDefense - Security Analyst

• Western Union - Organizational Change Manager, Cyber Security

• FirstBank - Network Security Analyst

• Metro State - Cybersecurity (CS) CAT II Lecturer

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - November Chapter Meeting - 11/18

• Denver ISSA Women in Security - November Meeting - 11/19

• ISSA Colorado Springs - November Chapter Meetings - 11/19-20

• ISSA Denver - November Happy Hour - 11/20

• OWASP Denver - November Meeting - 11/20

• DenverSec - November Meetup - 11/20

• ISACA Denver - November Meeting - 11/21

• ISC2 Denver - Chapter Meeting - Top 3 services that help change the security of an organizations - 11/21

• SecureSet - Intro to Software Security with Tremaine Island - 11/21

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• RIMS 2020 - 5/3-6

View our events page for a full list of upcoming events

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* Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0