27 - 8/7/17 - Chris Nickerson, Lares Security

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, midnight

b'In this episode:\\n\\nChris Nickerson, founder of Lares and BSides, is our feature guest. Plus news from Telsa, SparkFun, eFolder, Fortrust, Optiv, CyberGRX, Red Canary, and a lot more.\\xa0\\n\\nYes, we do know where you can buy a Colorado = Security thong\\n\\nThe founder of SparkFun has created a robot that\'s got your back. It\'s not a very cute robot unfortunately. Also this week, the Colorado = Security podcast is selling out (we hope), we learn that DIA booked an IR training, Telsa is charging up Littleton, eFolder is folding into a competitor, Fortrust is swallowed by a Mountain, Optiv sees its way to a Gartner top 10, Red Canary sings a dirge for perimeter security, and a lot more bad puns.\\n\\nSign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates -\\xa0https://www.colorado-security.com/. We\'re continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know.\\n\\nThis week\'s episode is available on Soundcloud,\\xa0iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to info@colorado-security.com\\n\\nFeature interview:\\n\\nChris Nickerson, founder of Lares and BSides, is our feature guest this week. Alex sat with Chris to learn about Chris\'s background, hear some of the stories of the early security community in Colorado, and what it\'s like building a conference and a security consulting company.\\xa0\\n\\nLocal security news:\\n\\nColorado = Security store! Buy things now.\\nDenver International Airport held large-scale emergency response training\\nCastle Rock to startups: We want you\\nTesla opens a showroom and service center in the heart of Littleton\\nSparkFun founder uses robot to crack open safe live at security event Def Con\\neFolder merging with California company (Axcient)\\nFortrust being bought by Iron Mountain\\nOptiv Security Ranked Top 10 Global Security Consulting Provider by Revenue by Gartner\\nCyberGRX Expands Senior Leadership Team with Key Executive Appointments\\nRed Canary Blog: Security Mistake - Focusing on the perimeter\\nApex Awards -\\xa0CISO of the year award is up now!\\nJob Openings:\\n\\nGoogle - Security Operations Engineer, Google Cloud (Apigee)\\nDenovo Ventures LLC - Director of Information Security\\nSecureWorks - Managed Security Services Consultant\\nIHS Markit - Enterprise Risk Management, Senior Manager\\nTrustech - Senior Network Security Engineer\\nCognizant - Associate Director, Corporate Security GRC\\nBall Aerospace, Information Security - Cyber Security Specialist (entry level)\\nBall Aerospace, Information Security - Cyber Security Operations Lead\\nWelltok - Business Security Liason\\nPing Identity - Security Compliance / GRC Analyst & Jr Product Security Engineer\\nUpcoming Events:\\n\\nThis Week and Next:\\n\\nDenverSec - Meetup - 8/7\\nISSA Denver - August Meetings - 8/8-9\\nSecureSet - Expert Series - Clark Hobbie, Miranda and Open Source - 8/10\\nSecureSet - Colorado Springs Open Hours - 8/11\\nISSA - Financial Services SIG - 8/16\\nSecureSet - Cybersecurity Career Trends - Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending - 8/17\\nNCC - Cybersecurity oversight training - 8/17\\nDenverSec - North Meetup - 8/17\\nOther Notable Upcoming Events:\\n\\n7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31\\nSecureWorld Denver - 11/1-2\\nNCC - Governor\'s Cyber Symposium - 11/1-3\\nCTA - APEX Awards - 11/8\\nView our events page for a full list\\xa0of upcoming events\\n\\nIf you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com\\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'