38 - 10/23/17 - Mike Benjamin, VP of Security at Level3

In this episode: Mike Benjamin, VP of Threat Intel and Research at
Level 3, is our feature guest this week. News from: Amazon,
the City of Denver, Webroot, LogRhythm, CenturyLink, CableLabs,
ProtectWise, Red Canary, Swimlane, SecureWorld, and a lot more!
Full show notes here:
https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/10/21/38-1023-mike-benjamin
The Amazon bid is in, but do we even want to win? Did you catch our
trivia question? Be the first to reply to
info@colorado-security.com with the right answer and get any $25
item from the Colorado = Security store. Colorado has submitted
their bid for Amazon HQ2 but does Colorado even want it? Some
locals are concerned about rising housing costs and additional
congestion. The City of Denver won a Cybersecurity Leadership and
Innovation Award based on their collaborative work on the integrity
of the 2016 election in conjunction the Colorado Secretary of State
and Homeland Security. The CEO of CenturyLink plans to stay in
Colorado. We also have announcements about a new threat research
site from Protectwise, LogRhythm embracing AI, and RedCanary
releasing a testing framework for defenders. Sign up for our
mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates
- https://www.colorado-security.com/. Feature interview: Mike
Benjamin, VP of Threat Intel and Research at Level 3, sat down with
Robb this week to share his take on the industry. Mike tells his
security career story, talks about the threats he sees on the
internet, why he moved to Colorado and a lot more. Mike is one of
the good guys in the Colorado security scene.  Local security
news: Colorado = Security store! Buy things now “Let another city
‘win'”: Some locals are saying no thanks to an Amazon headquarters
in Denver No bribes or cities named “Amazon”: Colorado’s pitch to
get the next headquarters touts incentives that could exceed $100M
We've got company: Denver's bid for Amazon HQ2 is in a big pile
Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards 2017 – Winners
Announced The 9 Best Tech Companies in Colorado Louisiana company’s
next CEO to stay in Colorado CableLabs Completes Full Duplex DOCSIS
Specification Introducing: Protectwise 401TRG Red Canary
Introduces Atomic Red Team, a New Testing Framework for Defenders
Swimlane Achieves Integration With McAfee Enterprise Security
Manager Through The McAfee Security Innovation Alliance JT Gaietto
now Executive Director, Security Services @ Richey May & Co Job
Openings: PwC - Cyber Privacy Manager DoD - Counterintelligence
Officer EMS Software - Director of Cloud Operations & Security
City of Golden - Information Technology Manager Spectrum -
Supervisor, Network Security Operations Blackstone Technology Group
- Project Manager, Risk Management/Information Security
InteliSecure - Data Protection Analyst AppliedTrust - InfoSec
Engineer, Boulder Premier Members Credit Union - Info Sec Analyst
Great-West - Security Data Science Director Upcoming Events: This
Week and Next: SecureSet - Hacking 101 Workshop: NetSec - 10/25 CTA
- Talent Series: Protecting Your Company's Trade Secrets and Other
Confidential Information - 10/25 ISSA Denver - Oil & Gas
Special Interest Group - 10/26 InfraGard - Business Email
Compromise (BEC) Workshop - 10/27 SecureSet - Capture the flag -
10/27 SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2 NCC - Governor's Cyber Symposium
- 11/1-3 Other Notable Upcoming Events: CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8
2017 CSA-CO Fall Summit - 11/9 View our events page for a full
list of upcoming events If you have any questions or comments,
or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex
and Robb at info@colorado-security.com * 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