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 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 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 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