128 - 8/12 - Eric Alexander, Sr Lead DevSecOps Engineer at The Trade Desk

Published: Aug. 11, 2019, 6 p.m.

b'Eric Alexander, Senior Lead DevSecOps Engineer at The Trade Desk is our feature interview this week.\\xa0News from Ibotta, Angi Homeservices, TTEC, Western Union, Ping Identity, ManagedMethods, Optiv, Webroot, DarkOwl and a lot more!\\n\\nA Unicorn spotting in Denver\\n\\nIbotta is Colorado\\u2019s latest unicorn. Angi Homeservices talks about a spinoff. TTEC and Western Union both lay off employees. Ping Identity releases a private cloud solution. ManagedMethods grows a lot. Optiv has a new CTO. Webroot talks about making Threat Intelligence smarter. DarkOwl talks 8chan. The BuffOvrFlows win first place at the Wicked6 cyber games. \\n\\nSupport 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.\\n\\nSign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates -\\xa0https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com\\n\\nThis week\\u2019s news:\\n\\nJoin the Colorado = Security Slack channel\\n\\nIbotta is Colorado\'s newest $1 billion unicorn\\n\\nAngi Homeservices CEO talks possible spinoff from parent company\\n\\nTTEC Services to lay off more than 170 workers\\n\\nWestern Union closes Florida office, lays off 9 vice presidents as staff cuts begin\\n\\nPing Identity launches private cloud identity solution\\n\\nManagedMethods Increases Revenue by 141 Percent in the First Half of 2019\\n\\nOptiv Security Appoints Todd Weber Chief Technology Officer for the Americas\\n\\nContext Matters: Turning Data into Threat Intelligence | Webroot\\n\\n8chan Activates \\u201cEmergency Bunker\\u201d on Dark Web \\u2014 DarkOwl\\n\\nJob Openings:\\n\\nPing Identity - Manager of Product Security\\n\\nPing Identity - GRC Analyst\\n\\nMAXAR - VP, Enterprise Security, TS/SCI\\n\\nVisa - Chief cybersecurity Engineer\\n\\nBank of America - Cybersecurity Incident Manager\\n\\nBall Corp - Cyber Security Operations Lead\\n\\nTerumo BCT - Software Security Architect\\n\\nOffice of the Attorney General - Cyber Security Analyst\\n\\nIHS Markit - Cyber Security Specialist\\n\\nJeppesen - Security Specialist\\n\\nCoalfire - VP, Cybersecurity Services Innovation\\n\\nProtiviti - Denver IT Audit Associate Director\\n\\nUpcoming Events:\\n\\nThis Week and Next:\\n\\nSplunk Meetup - Brewery Tour and Hands on Workshop: Making your own Splunk visualization app! - 8/13\\n\\nISSA Denver - August Chapter Meetings - 8/13-14\\n\\nSecureSet - Hacking 101: Intro to Data Visualization - 8/15\\n\\nCISSP Seminar Series Domain 1 (Security & Risk Management) - 8/17\\n\\nC.Springs ISSA - August Meetings - 8/20-21\\n\\nCTA - DevOps at Scale - 8/21\\n\\nIT Security Professionals Happy Hour hosted by Intelisecure - 8/22\\n\\nCTA - Women in Government with CWCC Young Professionals Board and Public Affairs Committee - 8/22\\n\\nC.Springs - Air Force CyberWorx Small Business Innovation Research Seminar - 8/22\\n\\nSecureSet - Beginner\\u2019s Intro to Capture The Flag - 8/23\\n\\nCISSP Seminar Series Domain 3 (Security Engineering) - 8/24\\n\\nColorado Springs ISSA - Mini Seminar - 8/24\\n\\nOther Notable Upcoming Events\\n\\nSecureWorld 2019 - 10/29-30\\n\\nView our events page for a full list of upcoming events\\n\\n* Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here.\\n\\n* Intro and exit song:\\xa0"The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians\\xa0is licensed under CC BY 2.0'