74 - 7/9 - Karen Worstell, Founder of W Risk Group

In this episode: Karen Worstell, former CISO for Microsoft, Russell Investments, AT&T, and now Managing Principal and Founder at W Risk Group, is our feature interview this week. News from: Bird, Lime, Sphero, Amazon, National Cybersecurity Center, Google, Ping Identity, SecureSet, Intelisecure and a lot more! I hope I look this good when I turn 242 years old Happy birthday America! I hope you like fireworks. Denver makes a scooter program. Tariffs might hit Colorado. Will HQ2 come to Denver? We are the Silicon Valley for Blockchain. Google has news. Ping makes a big acquisition. So does SecureSet. It's not to late to vote for the CISO of the year! Visit Karen's website at: karenworstell.com 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] Local security news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Denver unveils pilot program for electric scooters Denver leads U.S. in small-business job growth in June 2018, No. 3 for wage growth per Paychex report Why this Denver tech firm is concerned about tariffs and trade wars Denver ranks No. 4 for Amazon HQ2 in GeekWire reader survey Colorado will be 'Silicon Valley for blockchain technology,' National Cybersecurity Center CEO says Google announces $2.8M in grants, office space to Boulder tech education Ping Identity acquires stealthy API security startup Elastic Beam SecureSet Acquires HackEd to Bring Immersive Cybersecurity Education to Washington D.C. Metro Region Intelisecure - The Economics of Data and Information CISO of the year voting Job Openings: Ping Identity - Site Reliability Engineer - Security Operations Ping Identity - Director of IT Kaiser Permanente - Executive Director, Cyber Risk Defense Center & Deputy CISO PDC Energy - Director, Information Security Jacobs Entertainment - Corporate IT Security Manager GB Protect - Senior Information Security Analyst Department of Homeland Security - IT Specialist (INFOSEC) Centura Health - Security Analyst Comcast - Security Engineer, Incident Response Gaming Labs - Security Specialist CU Boulder - Incident Response Analyst Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ISSA Denver July Meetings - 7/10-11 CTA - CTA 101 - 7/11 SecureSet - Capture the Flag - 7/13 CSA - July Meeting - 7/17 ISSA COS - July Meetings - 7/17-18 DenSec - Meetup - 7/18 SecureSet - Career Convos: Alison Lawrence Daley - 7/19 ISC2 – Data Protection: Industry Practices to Identify and Protect Sensitive Information - 7/19 ISSA COS - Mini Seminar - 7/21 Other Notable Upcoming Events Colorado Springs - Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) - 8/22 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