154 - 3/2 - James Westbrook, Cybersecurity Analyst at Nelnet

James Westbrook, Cybersecurity Analyst at Nelnet is our feature guest this week. News from: Denver Zoo, Velóce Corporation, Google, ShapeShift, Swimlane, root9B, SurveyGizmo, Ping Identity and a lot more!

And you thought your baby was ugly!

Just kidding, baby rhinos are adorable. Denver traffic is terrible. The future of medicine is here (and weird). Google is doubling down on Colorado. Boulder and Denver’s job markets are HOT HOT HOT. Denver’s ShapeShift may be the world’s greatest crypto company. Cody Cornell was definitely named the world’s best male CEO last year. root9B appoints a new board member. Here from SurveyGizmo’s Desiree Robinson. Ping drops some knowledge on us.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• Denver Zoo rhino gives birth after more than 480 days of pregnancy

• Denver is home to three of worst traffic bottlenecks in U.S.

• Denver Startup Develops Smart Pill for Wireless Drug Delivery

• Google to grow in Colorado

• Report: Denver and Boulder Named Among Hottest U.S. Job Markets

• Can this former Apple, PayPal exec help ShapeShift become 'the world's greatest crypto company'?

• Cody Cornell wins Tech Trailblazer CEO of the year

• R9B Appoints Former Verizon Exec John G. Stratton To The Board of Directors

• Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech: “It is a myth that women in STEM are robots or have little to no personality” with Desiree Robinson of SurveyGizmo

• Security Twins, Intelligent Access and Governance of Things

Job Openings:

• Ping Identity - Product Security Engineer

• Ping Identity - GRC Analyst - BCP & IR

• Ping Identity - Senior Infrastructure Security Analyst

• B of A - Identity Data Architect – Zero Trust

• University of Denver - Information Security Engineer II

• Wells Fargo - Compliance Officer

• Visa - Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Perimeter Operations

• BP - Security Architect

• Aegon Nederland - Assistant General Counsel - Cybersecurity

• Flatiron School - Cybersecurity Lab Architect & Instructional Designer

• Snooze - Vice President Information Technology

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• CTA - TECH DAY AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL - 3/3

• Secure Set - Capture the Flag ALL LEVELS - 3/4

• Splunk 1st Thursdays @ Top Golf - 3/5

• Elastic Brews - Happy Hour with Elastic - 3/5

• SnowFROC 2020 - 3/5

• C.Springs - CYBERSECURITY FIRST FRIDAY - 3/6

• ISSA C.Springs - Security + Exam Preparation Seminar - 3/7 (1 of 3)

• SecureSet - Creating a virtual lab - 3/10

• ASIS - SAVE THE DATE : PANDORA’S BOX : EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CONSIDERATIONS - 3/11

• ISACA Denver - March Meeting - 3/12

• NoCo ISSA - March Chapter Meeting - 3/12

• WiCyS - Women in Cybersecurity Conference - 3/12-14

• CSA - CCSK Plus Class - 3/13

Other Notable Upcoming Events

• RIMS 2020 - 5/3-6

• RMISC - 6/9-11

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