46 - 12/18 - FBI Special Agent for Denver

Colorado = Security Podcast

In this episode: Denver's local FBI Special Agent is our guest this week. News from: Chipotle, Cyberpatriots, Threat X, LogRhythm, Ping Identity, Coalfire and a lot more! https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/12/10/46-1218-fbi-special-agent-for-denver Are the Olympics coming to town? And more importantly, do we want them to come here in 2026? (Spoiler alert- No.) The Denver job market for 2018 looks good (especially for security). Chipotle is moving (but keeping the guac I hope). Highlands Ranch high school kids are better than you at security. Threat X takes a round (7.3m). And some blogs from LogRhythm, Ping (Robb wrote it!), and Coalfire. Please come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Did you catch our trivia question? Be the first to reply to [e-mail] with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store. Feature interview: This week's feature guest is a special agent for the FBI, focused here in Denver. To protect his privacy, we're not sharing his name, but he does share a lot of stories about what it's like to join the FBI, what his day-to-day job looks like, when we should engage with the FBI, and how he's experienced the Colorado community. Here is the FBI's position on encryption: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-encryption-united-states-naval. You can reach the Denver FBI field office at 303-629-7171 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 [e-mail] Local security news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Denver exploring 2026 Olympic bid What does the Denver tech job market look like for 2018? Chipotle is moving into new headquarters Highlands Ranch Cyberpatriots Threat X takes $7m round of capital LogRhythm blog - One Compliance Module to Rule Them All: Consolidated Compliance Framework Ping blog - Implementing High-quality Controls to Protect Private Keys Coalfire blog - Cybersecurity Incident Response: Three Lessons from Uber’s Story Job Openings: Cigna - Cyber Threat Responder and Malware Analysis Lead Ping Identity - Cloud Security Engineer Sunflower Bank - IT Risk Specialist Transamerica - Lead Paralegal, Privacy & Cyber Security Compliance Fast Enterprises - Information Security Analyst Cherokee Nation Businesses - Network & Cloud Security Specialist Wells Fargo - System Architect 5 - Crypto Security Carbon Black - SOC Analyst Black Knight - Threat Intelligence Analyst I The Merker Group - Privacy & Data Security Attorneys and Partners Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: Colorado = Security lunch meet-up! (check us out on Slack for details) CitySec - Meetup North - 12/21 Other Notable Upcoming Events: Optiv - 2017 Solution and Program Insight Focus Group: Application Security (AppSec) - 1/18 SnowFROC - 3/8 Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10 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 [e-mail]. 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