109 - 3/18 - Chris Betz, CSO at CenturyLink

In this episode: Chris Betz, CSO at CenturyLink is our feature
guest this week. News from: OverWatchID, Gusto, Gates,
PingIdentity, Coalfire, Red Canary and a lot more! Is Alex
Colorado’s first billionaire CISO? Curious who the richest folks on
Colorado are? We’ve got that. Computer science education for
teachers? We’ve got that too. Science City in Broomfield, white men
dominating Denver’s tech scene, CU’s cybersecurity program and a
lot more. What else? Well, since you asked - Five of Colorados’s
best startups, including a security company, EVOTEK hires a friend
of the show, Gusto hires a new CSO who we don’t know (yet!), Gates
implements Ping, Ping educates us on WebAuthn, Coalfire learns us
about Password Spraying, and finally… Red Canary teaches us about
tabletop simulations. How’s that for a full show? Support us on
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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 Where
Colorado billionaires rank on Forbes' list of the richest people in
the world Computer science isn’t required in Colorado schools. But
enough people think it should be that the state is training
teachers for free. Broomfield’s 'Science City' touted as the next
big regional research park White males dominate Denver’s technology
sector, but some companies are working to change that CU
cybersecurity Program gets attention of Secretary of State 2019
Colorado Startups on the Rise EVOTEK Expands Cybersecurity Presence
in Denver, Adds Matt Shufeldt as Chief Information Security Officer
| Executive Advisor Meet Gusto's new chief security officer from
fintech giant Square Gates Provides Seamless and Secure Access to
Over 6,500 Employees Ping blog: WebAuthn Ushers in a New Era in
Internet Safety Coalfire - “Password Spraying”—What to Do and How
to Avoid It Red Canary blog: Are You Using Tabletop Simulations to
Improve Your Information Security Program? Job Openings: Ping
Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer Carbon Black - SOC Manager
Centura - Security Engineer Sr Coalfire - Business Operations
Coordinator CenturyLink - Lead Security Engineer - Penetration
Testing Deloitte - Cyber Infrastructure Engineer - Security
Compliance Panasonic Automotive - IT Security Specialist Ball
Metalpack - IT Intern - Security and Risk Spectrum - Summer Intern:
Security Engineer Denver Community Credit Union - Information
Technology Manager Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CSA - March
Meeting - 3/19 DenverSec March meet-up - 3/20 - Wally's Wisconsin
Tavern SecureSet: Hacking 101: Python in Cybersecurity - 3/20 ISACA
Denver - March Chapter Meeting - 3/21 ISC2 Denver - March 2019
Chapter Meeting - Who is your hacker, and why does it matter? -
3/21 SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Convos: Jason Zaffuto on Pen
Testing - 3/21 SecureSet - Women Only Beginner’s Intro to Capture
The Flag - 3/26 GDPR meetup - GDPR/Privacy March In-Person
Gathering - 3/26 ISC2 Pikes Peak - March Chapter Meeting - 3/27
ISSA COS - 6th Annual ISSA-COS Cyber Focus Day - 3/28 Office Hours
with Davis Graham & Stubbs - 3/29 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 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