110 - 3/25 - Rock Lambros, CEO at Rock Cyber

In this episode: Rock Lambros, CEO & Founder at Rock Cyber is our feature guest this week. News from: Checkr, NREL, Coalfire, Ping Identity, ThreatX, LogRhythm, Intelisecure and a lot more! From Cow Town to Tech Town I like that headline. We are a tech town now! Colorado is the 5th most innovative state! Checkr might be bringing us over 1400 jobs. NREL brings us the dough. Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District got ransomed. DPS has a privacy officer! Coalfire releases a password cracking tool. Ping wins API security awards. ThreatX is a top 25 security company. Blogs from LogRhythm and Intelisecure. Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at [email protected] This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel From cow town to tech town: Denver’s startup scene is flourishing WalletHub: Colorado is No. 5 on list of Most Innovative States Bay Area tech firm Checkr could bring more than 1,400 jobs to Colorado in its HQ2 NREL has an economic impact of more than $1 billion Cyberattacker demands ransom from Colorado utility Chief Privacy Officers: The Unicorns of K-12 Education Coalfire Labs Develops Open Source Password Cracking Tool Ping Identity’s API Cybersecurity Solution Wins Two More Industry Awards ThreatX : Recognized as a 2019 Top 25 Cybersecurity Company Exploring Legitimate Interest within the GDPR | LogRhythm Intelisecure- Evaluating a Penetration Testing Company Job Openings: Ping Identity - Jr. Product Security Engineer PENSCO - Sr Information Security Program Manager Colorado Judicial Branch - Manager of Information Security Recurly - Senior Security Compliance Analyst Transamerica - Int. Information Systems Security Analyst - Policies and Standards Healthgrades - Security Analyst Proofpoint - Senior Security Engineer Intelisecure - Security Platform Engineer Coalfire - Cloud Architect University of Colorado Colorado Springs Company Location - Instructor - Cybersecurity Swimlane - Marketing Coordinator Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: 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 NCC - Meet n Greet - 4/1 SecureSet - Hacking 101: Intro to WiFi - 4/2 ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 4/4 (At Automox) LadyCoders Conference - 4/4-6 Cybersecurity in COS - First Friday - 4/5 ISSA COS - Security + (SY0-501) Exam Preparation Seminar, Session 1 - 4/6 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 [email protected]. 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