21 - 6/26/17 - Brad Feld, Founder of Foundry Group & Techstars

In this episode: Brad Feld is the feature interview this week. Brad
is managing partner for Foundry Group, and co-founder of Techstars.
News from Amazon, ID Watchdog, Sphero, Optiv, Ping Identity, and
Swimlane.
https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/6/24/21-626-show-notes
Alex will never be lonely again The summer is in full swing, though
the Denver weather hasn't quite been convinced to get with the
program. Tech hiring is up in Denver in 2017, a Denver identity
theft company gets acquired for a big price tag, Optiv and Ping
have some big announcements this week, Swimlane gives a nice
tutorial on what security automation is (and why you need).
Finally, a local toy maker has spun off a personal robot
company; Alex will never be lonely again. Sign up for our
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info@colorado-security.com Feature interview: Brad Feld, co-founder
at Techstars and managing partner at Foundry Group, has
brought Boulder, and all of Colorado, into the Venture Capital
world. Robb was lucky enough to have the opportunity to sit with
Brad to discuss how he ended up in Boulder, what accomplishment
Brad is most proud of, and where he sees technology (and security)
going in the future.  Local security news: The Denver Post
tried Amazon’s Prime Now in Denver. Here’s what you need to
know.  Sphero, Boulder toy maker, spins off personal robot
company Denver IT hiring expected to increase in second half of
2017 ID Watchdog, Denver based identity theft company, bought for
$63m Optiv Security Announces Two New Offerings to Help
Organizations Build Identity Centric Security Programs Ping
Identity Extends Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Delivering
Secure Access to All On-Premises Enterprise Applications Ping makes
their MFA product super customizable with an SDK Swimlane Blog:
What is Security Automation and Do You Need It? Randall Frietzsche
CISO at Denver Health Job Openings: Optiv - Executive
Director-Executive Solutions-oCISO DISH Networks - Sr. Security
Engineer Premier Members Credit Union - Info Security Analyst
Western Union - IT Project Manager (Information Security) BP -
Security Architect West Corporation - Senior Divisional Information
Security Risk Analyst Ping Identity - GRC Analyst Upcoming Events:
This Week and Next: ISSA Denver WIS - 6/27 (new location - Denver
Field House) Cyber Security World - 6/28-29 Evanta - 2017 CISO
Executive Summit - 6/29 SecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends -
6/29 SecureSet - Open House at new location - 6/29 DenSec - Meetup
- 7/3 Other Notable Upcoming Events: COS ISSA - CISSP Exam Prep -
7/29 7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum -
8/30-31 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