117 - 5/13 - Krissy Safi, Regional Leader @ IBM X-Force Red

In this episode: Krissy Safi, Regional Leader at IBM’s X-Force Red
is our feature guest this week. News from: Red Canary,
Anadarko, Occidental, CenturyLink, Zayo, Sumo Logic, Optiv,
Webroot, Intelisecure, Coalfire and a lot more! Only three weeks to
RMISC I hope you’re all ready for the biggest security conference
in the region. Denver is a great place to start a business. Red
Canary leads all companies in raising money in April. Anadarko says
“Show me the money!” and picks Occidental. CenturyLink thinking of
shedding some business units. Zayo acquired by private equity. Sumo
Logic raises $110 million. Webroot rates each state’s cyber
hygiene. Optiv, Intelisecure and Coalfire write some instructive
blogs. Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds
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If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or
events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at
info@colorado-security.com This week’s news: Join the Colorado =
Security Slack channel Denver among best places to start a business
The Term Sheet: Startup funding roundup for April 2019 Chevron
won’t counter Occidental’s offer to acquire Anadarko CenturyLink
considering strategic options, including selling off parts of
business Zayo Group Holdings Inc. to be acquired by private equity
firms for $14.3 billion Sumo Logic Completes $110 Million Funding
Round Business Email Compromise (BEC) Fraud is Exploiting the Cloud
Webroot Releases Report Ranking U.S.A. States on Cyber Hygiene
Securing the Digital Transformation Part 1: Defining Digital
Transformation Is Cloud Computing Really New? And Other Insights on
the Changing Face of Cloud Job Openings: Ping Identity - Product
Security Team Lead Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer
Coalfire - Consultant, Penetration Tester Aims Community College -
Information Security Analyst Splunk - Senior Security Engineer –
Application & Mobile Penetration Testing Bank Of America -
Identity and Access Management (IAM) Architect MedKeeper -
Information Security Engineer Digital Globe - Senior Software
Security Architect Red Robin - Senior Security Analyst WOW! -
Intern, Information Security Upcoming Events: This Week and Next:
NCC - Beyond Bitcoin 102: The Future of the Tokenized Economy -
5/13 SecureSet - Expert Series: John Morton – MITRE ATT&CK -
5/14 ISSA Denver - Chapter Meetings - 5/14-15 DenSec - May Meeting
- 5/15 (Rheinhaus) Denver OWASP - May Meeting - 5/15 Open Source,
Open Taps, Open Possibilities - 5/15 ISC2 Denver - May 16 2019
Chapter Meeting - 5/16 SecureSet - Capture the Flag at denhac! -
5/16 ISSA COS - May Mini Seminar - 5/18 SecureSet - Cybersecurity
Meet and Greet at SecureSet! - 5/20 CSA Colorado - May Chapter
Meeting - 5/21 ISSA COS - May Meetings - 5/21-22 ASIS - May Meeting
| BEHIND THE SCENES OF VIDEO ANALYTICS - 5/22 ISC2 Pikes Peak - May
Chapter Meeting - 5/22 ISSA Denver - Education Workshop: Incident
Response and Disaster Recovery - 5/23 SecureSet - Capture the Flag:
Cybersecurity Hackathon! - 5/23 NCC - Secure GPS for Critical
Infrastructure and Key Resources Seminar - 5/24 Other Notable
Upcoming Events Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference
(RMISC) - 6/4-6 View our events page for a full list of upcoming
events * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any
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