129 - 8/19 - Mikko Hypponen, RMISC Keynote, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure

Mikko Hypponen, RMISC keynote speaker and Chief Research Officer at F-Secure is our feature interview this week. News from John Hickenlooper, In-N-Out, Southwest Airlines, Techstars, ULA, Ping Identity, root9B, Optiv, Webroot, ManagedMethods and a lot more!

Hickenlooper for… Senate?

Hick drops out of one race, and maybe into another. In-N-Out Burger proposes a location for restaurant #1, Southwest wants to bring an additional 100 daily flights to Denver, Techstars raises a lot of money, ULA’s Dream comes true, Ping hires a new CMO, root9B hires a new head of sales, Optiv has a short list of ways to avoid phishing, Webroot has advice for your security internship, ManagedMethods talks DLP.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• John Hickenlooper ends 2020 presidential campaign, nods at potential Senate bid

• In-N-Out Burger submits proposal for location near Park Meadows Mall

• Southwest Airlines exec said carrier could add more than 100 flights a day in Denver if its gets gate wish

• Form D Friday: Boulder-based startup accelerator Techstars raising nearly $42.5M

• ULA contracted to fly SNC's Dream Chaser for NASA missions to ISS

• Ping Identity Names Kevin Sellers as Chief Marketing Officer

• R9B Expands Executive Team – R9B

• 22 ways to protect yourself against phishing attacks | Optiv

• Webroot - Will You Ace Your Cybersecurity Internship?

• How Data Loss Prevention Software Works | ManagedMethods

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Manager of Product Security

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst

• Untangle - Director, Software Engineering - Cybersecurity

• IT Security Operations Manager - Platform.sh

• Arrow Electronics - Cloud Security Senior Risk Analyst

• Bank Of America - Malware Threat Sr. Specialist

• Bank Of America - Data Security Analytics Associate

• Direct Defense - Security Analyst

• Zivaro - Cybersecurity Director

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• C.Springs ISSA - August Meetings - 8/20-21

• CTA - DevOps at Scale - 8/21

• IT Security Professionals Happy Hour hosted by Intelisecure - 8/22

• CTA - Women in Government with CWCC Young Professionals Board and Public Affairs Committee - 8/22

• C.Springs - Air Force CyberWorx Small Business Innovation Research Seminar - 8/22

• Elastic Denver User Group - Open Source Network Security Monitoring using Zeek & Elastic - 8/22

• SecureSet - Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag - 8/23

• CTA - SECRETS TO SUCCESS IN THE NEW WORLD OF INNOVATION: A CONVERSATION WITH GARY SHAPIRO - 8/23

• CISSP Seminar Series Domain 3 (Security Engineering) - 8/24

• Elastic Denver Users Group - Hands-on Workshop: Threat Hunting and Incident Response using Zeek and Elastic - 8/24

• Colorado Springs ISSA - Mini Seminar - 8/24

• GDPR Meetup - Ping Pong and Food - 8/27

• EmergingTechFan - AI is a Team Sport - 8/27

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - August Chapter Meeting - 8/28

• CSA - August 2019 - CSA Rockies Game - 8/29

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• SecureWorld 2019 - 10/29-30

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