37 - 10/16 - Al Barton, President, Colorado Cloud Security Alliance Chapter

This episode: Al Barton, president of the Colorado Cloud Security Alliance, is our feature guest this week. News from: Xero, Apple, Secure64, Apex Awards, Optiv, LogRhythm and a lot more! Show Notes: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/10/12/37-1016-al-barton No, women are NOT well represented in leadership Did you catch our trivia question? Be the first to reply to [email protected] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store. Survey shows that 63% of men are bad at math... at least when it comes to evaluating women in the executive suite. Ex-CSA & NSA head Hayden tells us not to get our hopes up for the government to help out. Xero, Apple, Trimble all invest in Denver growth. Secure64 founder tells us that little DNS issues can cause big headaches. Forrester has a crush on Optiv. LogRhythm makes a splash. And a couple of security leaders land in new companies. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback from our listeners. If you have any issues, or suggestions for our format, let us know. This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes, and Google Play. Reach out with questions or comments to [email protected] Feature interview: Al Barton, president of Colorado's Cloud Security Alliance sat with Robb to talk about the CSA. Al tells a bit about his background, then dives into what the CSA does, who should attend and what the future looks like for the group. Al also gives some advice on doing your own cloud security. Local security news: Colorado = Security store! Buy things now A surprising number of men think women are well represented when just 1 in 10 executives is female Ex-CIA, NSA chief Hayden to business: 'The cavalry ain’t coming' on cyber-attacks Xero claims top floor of new Circa Building on Platte Street Apple hiring software engineers to work in Denver GPS-tech company Trimble doubles down on metro Denver, plans big hiring How to avoid the network outage that could cost you the C-suite Optiv Named a Strong Performer in Two 2017 Forrester Evaluations LogRhythm Unveils Self-Evolving Cloud-Based Analytics to Enhance its Threat Lifecycle Management Platform Merlin Namuth left Red Robin to join ReedGroup as Business Information Security Officer (BISO) Job Openings: Healthgrades - CISO Children’s Hospital - Director Information Security Gates - Security Architect Vail Resorts - Network Security Engineer DaVita - IT Security Risk Analyst CHAN HEALTHCARE - Careers -IT Audit Manager Western Union - Sr Info Security Analyst ManTech - Software Vulnerability Researcher Ball Aerospace - Security Awareness Training & Education (SATE) Coordinator Alchemy Security - Systems Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CSA - October Chapter Meeting - 10/17 Become a Threat Hunter - 10/17 ISSA COS - October Chapter Meetings - 10/18-19 ISSA Denver - Government Special Interest Group - 10/19 SecureSet - Cybersecurity Expert Series: Chris Roberts, Acalvio - 10/19 DenSec - Meetup North - 10/19 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 Other Notable Upcoming Events: SecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2 NCC - Governor's Cyber Symposium - 11/1-3 CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8 2017 CSA-CO Fall Summit - 11/9 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