240 - 10/10 - Patrick Dennis, CEO at Extrahop

Patrick Dennis, CEO at Extrahop is our feature interview this week. News from, Colorado DMV, Wheat Ridge, Virta Health, Colorado AG, CommonSpirit, Red Canary, Ping Identity and a lot more.

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This week’s news:

• Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel

• The Drunkest Cities in America: Denver Comes in a Disappointing Fourth

• Stuck on Colorado? Add Affinity Icons to Your Digital ID

• Colorado becomes first state to accept crypto for tax payments

• Denver suburb won’t cough up millions in ransomware attack that closed city hall

• Bay Area health tech unicorn Virta Health to relocate HQ to Denver

• Colorado AG Gives First Public Comments on Privacy Rules Since April

• Ex-NSA worker in Colorado Springs thought he was helping Russia, indictment says

• US Healthcare Giant CommonSpirit Hit by Possible Ransomware

• Cloud coverage: Detecting an email payroll diversion attack

• Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Four Best Practices

Job Openings:

• Visa - Senior Director, Product Security Architecture and Assessments

• Sovrn - Privacy System Engineer

• Boulder Valley School District - Director Information Technology Security

• Janus Henderson Investors - IT Operational Risk and Business Continuity Manager

• Charles Schwab - Director Security Development & Engineering Principal

• DotCom Therapy - Director of Information Technology and Security (Remote - US)

• Denver Water - IT Asset Manager

• Western Union - Leader, Information Security - Cyber Threat Intelligence

• Banner Health - Associate Director of Cybersecurity GRC

• TIAA - Lead Info Security Governance & Risk Specialist

Upcoming Events:

This Week and Next:

• Let's Talk Software Security! - Software Security Engineering and Automation - 10/14

• ISSA C.Springs - October Meeting - 10/18

• CSA Colorado - Fall Summit 2022 - 10/18

• ISACA Denver - October Chapter Meeting: Cloud Auditing & View From the Top - How Boards and C-suites Value our Work - 10/20

• ISSA C.Springs - October Mini Seminar - 10/22

• ISC2 Pikes Peak - October Meeting - 10/26

• Let's Talk Software Security - Talent and Strategy Diversity in AppSec - 11/4

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